Taught by Paul A Young
How to make the perfect Easter Egg
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Course overview
Have you ever wondered how to make your own Easter egg? In this course master chocolatier Paul A Young will show you how you can create the perfect Easter egg at home.
This course will take you through, step by step, everything from which chocolate and cocoa levels to use, melting and tempering chocolate (to create the all important shiny finish on the chocolate egg), what to use to mould your Easter egg halves and how to create a thin even layer of chocolate, through to decorating your egg at a professional standard.
All of Paul’s chocolates are natural and handmade, so you'll be able to learn directly from an award-winning chocolate maker.
The skills demonstrated in this course will give you the artistic license to create chocolates or chocolate eggs in any shape and size, for any occasion.
You'll learn:
- how to temper chocolate
- preparing an Easter egg mould (and what to use)
- sticking the Easter egg halves together (to form a perfect whole egg)
- decorating ideas for your egg and how to get the whole family involved
The course includes:
- 1 on-demand video lesson - presented by Paul A Young
- lifetime access to the video, notes and interactive class
- flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
- downloadable lesson notes
- practical chocolate making assignment
- access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
- small interactive online classroom - practice and chat online to students from around the world
Time to complete the chocolate Easter egg making course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 3 hours 45 minutes to complete including:
- Video lessons: 45 minutes in total
- Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
- Making your own chocolate Easter egg with decoration: at least 2 hours
- Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes
- Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes
You'll need:
Paul will teach you how to temper chocolate on a tabletop - so you'll need a cool flat surface to spread the chocolate on.
He uses 64% Madagascan chocolate - you can use dark, milk or white chocolate.
- Chocolate scraper
- Palette knife
- Metallic powders otherwise known as shimmer powder or lustre dust for decoration (colours Paul uses are copper, bronze, scarlet, gold, silver)
- Microfiber cloth
- Baking paper
- Cutter or metal ring
- Pan
- Heatproof bowl
- Hairdryer or heatgun
- Digital thermometer (optional)
- Artist or pastry brush
- Large wooden spoon
- Cotton glove or food handling gloves
- Baking tray
- Medium chocolate easter egg mould 12 cm from top to bottom made of polycarbonate (two halves in one mould) OR • Multiple egg mould (7cm eggs and 4 whole egg moulds) • (If you can’t buy a mould, buy a shop bought easter egg and use the plastic moulds that hold the egg in place in the packaging)
Optional for filling: Truffles, mini chocs
Optional: Decoration for egg piping bag, cocoa butter colourings, paint with edible food colouring, shredded paper
The course is suitable for all levels - beginnners to expert chocolate makers.
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Paul on your Easter egg and chocolate making techniques and questions.
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Lesson summary
How to create the perfect chocolate egg
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Expert-level
Develop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition:
- Start the course whenever you like
- Tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- Certificate of completion and CPD learning hours
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- Lessons with expert videos & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
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Get the most from shared knowledge and community study:
- Start course whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- Lessons with videos & notes
- Course assignments
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
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Frequently asked questions
What’s the difference between PEER and EXPERT options?
At Peer and Expert level, you get access to the same core content and features:
- Video lesson tutorials led by your expert tutor
- Downloadable lesson notes
- Option to practise what you learn with lesson assignments
- Group learning within an online interactive classroom of up to 20 classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes and classroom
If you choose Expert level, you get all of the above plus the following:
- Personalised assignment feedback and coaching from your expert tutor
- Opportunity to interact with your expert tutor through a private messaging system
- Certificate of completion.
What is an online classroom?
Our online classroom has been developed to allow you to learn from our experts in a sociable environment alongside up to 20 other students. After each video tutorial led by your expert, you will be encouraged to practice what you have learned with optional assignments - these can be seen by the other students in your class, who are free to share their own thoughts and questions with you.
You will be encouraged to take part in an ongoing class discussion where you can discuss ideas, post images or work, and comment on each other’s assignments. It’s a great way to learn from other like-minded people who share your passion from all over the world.
This means not only do you benefit from people who are outstanding in their field, but also from a close-knit group of like-minded people whom you can learn alongside. Group learning has shown to greatly improve not just the experience of studying, but also how well you retain the knowledge, and we have built our classroom experience around this fact.
When can I start my course and how long will it take?
You can start your course any time within 12 months after receipt of your purchase confirmation email. Once you start, you’ll have lifetime access — meaning you can revisit the lesson videos and notes whenever you want.
Our courses are designed so that you can study at your own pace, some prefer to binge learn while others like to spread their studying over a longer period of time - it’s completely up to you. To give you a rough time frame, each lesson video is approximately 30-40 minutes long, and we recommend that you spend around an hour on each assignment.
How often can I speak with the Expert?
If you opt for the Expert version of your course, the time you have to interact with your tutor is limited to course length. You will have one week per lesson to chat to your tutor and to have your assignments marked, and during this period you can ask them as many questions as you would like.
To find out the length of each course, head to the product page and look at the Course outline to see how many lessons it contains. e.g. a four lesson course assumes that you will have completed the assignments within four weeks.
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