Description
Bake cakes, tarts and confectioneries using ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and butter or oil, with some varieties also requiring liquid such as milk or water and leavening agents such as yeast or baking powder. Add flavourful ingredients like fruit purées, nuts or extracts and numerous substitutions for the primary ingredients.
Alternative labels
heat confections
cook confections
baking of confections
prepare confections
bake confection
simmer confections
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
sector-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Bake confections is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Confectioner: Confectioners make a varied range of cakes, candies and other confectionery items for industrial purposes or for direct selling.
Pastry maker: Pastry makers prepare and bake cakes, cookies, croissants, pies and alike products according to recipes.
Optional skill
Bake confections is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Baker: Bakers make a wide range of breads, pastries, and other baked goods. They follow all the processes from receipt and storage of raw materials, preparation of raw materials for bread-making, measurement and mixing of ingredients into dough and proof. They tend ovens to bake products to an adequate temperature and time.
References
- Bake confections – ESCO
