course descriptions
 

           
     

Course Details

CUL 280A  Pastry & Confections Lab
   
Lecture: 00 Lab: 03
Clinical:  00 Credit: 01
   
Components:  None
Prerequisites: CUL 110, CUL 140, CUL 160, and CUL 260
Corequisites:   CUL 280
   
This course provides a laboratory experience for enhancing student skills in confections/candy, chocolate techniques, transfer sheets, pulled/blown sugar, pastillage, marzipan and custom silicon molding. Emphasis is placed on practical experiences with showpieces, pre-set molding, stencil cutouts, pattern tracing and/or free-hand shaping. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate proficiency in the execution of plated desserts, dessert platters and showpieces.