Format: Hands-On Baking & Pastry Masterclass

Experience Level: All Skill Levels Welcome (Great for Enthusiasts and Beginners Alike)

Step inside the hyper-trendy, minimalist world of a Tokyo café! From towering, gravity-defying pancakes to stunningly geometric fruit sandwiches, modern Japanese desserts are a global phenomenon known for two things: an incredibly light texture and flawless, picture-perfect presentation.

In this sweet, hands-on masterclass, you will learn the exact pastry physics, structural geometry, and hidden techniques required to recreate these iconic café bakes at home. We will strip away the mystery of temperamental batters and unstable creams, replacing them with foolproof methods that ensure kitchen-classroom success.

What You’ll Learn & Bake:

• The Tokyo Café Favorite: Matcha & Vanilla Marble Pound Cake
  • The Culinary Skill: Master the architecture of a perfect creamed-butter foundation and protein emulsification.
  • The Secret: To prevent a muddy green mess, we make a single base batter, split it, and use a precise “figure-8” knife swirl. Slicing it open reveals a completely unique, dramatic marbling design for every student.
• Fluffy Japanese Fruit Sandwiches (Fruit Sando)
  • The Culinary Skill: Learn the chemistry of cream stabilization and cross-sectional food geometry.
  • The Secret: You will whip up an ultra-stiff, structural vanilla bean cream using an ice-bath technique. Then, you’ll arrange whole fresh strawberries, kiwi, and mango using specific diagonal alignment so that a single, sharp knife stroke reveals a stunning, hidden floral “tulip” pattern.
• Towering Japanese Soufflé Pancakes
  • The Culinary Skill: Master an ultra-stable French meringue, gentle folding physics, and stovetop steam-baking.
  • The Secret: The key to getting these pancakes three inches tall without collapsing lies in stabilizing egg whites with cream of tartar. You’ll learn how to stack the batter and use low-heat steam trapping to cook the core to a perfect, jiggly puff, finished with a pourable matcha cream glaze.

What’s Included: All premium ingredients (including authentic culinary-grade Uji matcha and fresh fruits), specialized equipment, and a recipe packet. Best of all, you’ll sit down with your classmates at the end of the session to enjoy your beautiful, fluffy creations with a fresh brew!

What To Expect: In our classes you’ll work together with other students in a fun, hands-on environment led by our professional chef instructors.

• You will work with other students in groups of 4, sharing workstations and equipment.
• Classes are 2 hours, unless otherwise noted above
• Hands-on classes are limited to 12-16 students
• You will be standing, cooking and working for most of the class
• Please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes and have long hair tied back
• We will serve water, coffee

Mis En Place recipes are developed using common cooking and baking ingredients that may or may not be specified in the menu titles, including various fruits and vegetables, nuts, meats, spices, wheat flours, etc. If you have a food allergy, please check with Mis En Place Cooking Studio before attending the class. Adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.