Baking for Beginners: Mouthwatering Mexican Desserts

Grab your sweet tooth and follow along as Yvette breaks down and simplifies the baking process to empower you with the skills to start your very own baking journey.

Baking doesn’t have to be intimidating. Take it from Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack, the recipe developer, author, and home chef behind the Muy Bueno blog. From a flexible pastry dough to a perfectly balanced tres leches cake, Yvette breaks down the basics of baking with beginner-friendly recipes that lay down a solid understanding that you can apply to all your baking. Drawing on her heritage, her creativity, and her experience as a self-taught chef, Yvette is the perfect guide to boost your kitchen confidence one baked good at a time! 

Through learning how to make pastry dough, empanadas, and a tres leches cake, you’ll discover how to:

• Create a simple pastry dough that you can use for sweet or savory desserts
• Fill your empanadas by cooking down a fruit-flavored filling
• Get creative with cake decorating so you can show off your skills

Long-time bakers and beginners alike, grab your mixing bowl and get ready to impress your friends as Yvette shares how to make sure your treats are Instagram ready — in addition to being delicious.

This class is intended for bakers of all levels but is especially geared to those who are just getting started.

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Intro to Pastry Dough
• Making Pastry Dough
• Making Pineapple Filling
• Assembling and Baking Empanadas
• Intro to Tres Leches Cake
• Making Tres Leches Cake
• Decorating Your Cake
• Final Thoughts