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With the holiday season fast approaching, nothing brings friends and family together quite like warm, homemade holiday treats. To elevate your holiday dessert table this year, find your way to some super sweet Christmas baking classes and master the best festive desserts!
Guided by expert pastry chefs and bakers, you'll gain hands-on experience, insider tips and the confidence to recreate your treats at home—perfect for Christmas Day prep. Best of all, you'll take your freshly baked creations home at the end. So, taste-test with the family, or book a class for a pre-Christmas party and leave with a Santa-worthy dessert to bring along!
Whether you’re looking for a fun weekend activity, a unique family outing, or a way to practice your holiday menu, here are 8 festive dessert classes to get into the holiday spirit.
1. Get creative with Christmas cookies
Get started with a nice and simple Christmas cookie decorating class in Sydney. Come alone, or bring friends and family to spend the day decorating your batch of Christmas-themed sugar cookies—these are a fab gift for neighbours, teachers or work buddies!
Baking level: Easy but intricate, perfect for baking beginners.
Baking skills you’ll take home: You’ll learn the art of fondant and royal icing techniques so your cookies look just as good as they taste!
2. Make cute Christmas lollipops with the kids
These aren’t just any regular lollipops; in this Christmas bun class in Brisbane, you and your kids will make the sweetest little lollipop buns. Create the fluffy bread in classic shapes like a star, a snowman, Santa and a wreath, then pack them up and take them home for gifting or enjoying as Friday night dessert. This is a great class to get the kids involved—who knows, maybe they can help you with some extra desserts on Christmas Day.
Baking level: Family-friendly!
Baking skills you’ll take home: Get hands-on experience making and shaping dough into sweet bun lollipops (definitely a unique technique to show off this festive season!).
3. Build a Christmas macaron tower
In this Christmas macaron class, you’ll make 40 macarons in four different flavours! Then you’ll stack them into a tower formation (a little like a Christmas tree), perfect if you’re hosting a party and need a show-stopping centrepiece. As with most baking classes, you’ll get to take home a recipe card to make these festive desserts at home whenever you wish!
Baking level: Macarons are known for being a tricky dessert to master, but that’s why a guided, hands-on class is the best way to learn. These treats may be tricky, but this class makes them completely approachable! If you’re struggling with any bumps in the batter, you’ll be able to ask for some guidance directly from a professional.
Baking skills you’ll take home: You’ll learn how to create the perfect macaron, from the texture, shape and colour to the smooth filling inside. You’ll get the added bonus of knowing how to assemble your flawless macarons into a festive dessert tower, beautiful enough to be part of the Christmas decorations!
Nervous about starting? Find out how to enter your Christmas baking era this way!
4. Decorate gingerbread houses with a side of high tea
For something social, where you can bring the kids along and share in some festive cheer, this Mummy and me gingerbread high tea in Perth is the perfect fit! Sit and relax at this beautifully set-up table and get ready to make some wonderfully wonky little gingerbread houses with your littles. Not only do you get a three-tier high tea to enjoy and your gingerbread houses to take home, but it’s also the perfect parent play date to get your little ones excited for the Christmas season!
Baking level: Easy and social!
Baking skills you’ll take home: Learn how to decorate a sweet gingerbread house; this simple task can give your little ones more confidence in the kitchen, too!
5. Make a classic Bûche de Noël (Christmas log)
Roll into the holiday spirit with this iconic French classic! In this Bûche de Noël class in Newcastle, you’ll learn how to transform rich chocolate sponge into a stunning, festive log cake complete with velvety fillings and enchanting woodland-themed decorations. It’s the ultimate star-of-the-day dessert to wow your guests at Christmas!
Baking level: A festive challenge that you can totally achieve. Another great class to get step-by-step guidance so you can make the best Bûche de Noël there is.
Baking skills you’ll take home: You’ll learn all about how to roll a sponge cake without cracking it, how to master smooth ganaches and fillings, and how to pipe rustic bark textures for that nostalgic finish. But that’s not all, you’ll also discover how to shape classic French meringues and decorate your chocolate log to perfection!
6. Build a box of Christmas cupcakes
If you love all things adorable and bite-sized, this mini Christmas cupcake workshop in Sydney is pure magic! You’ll decorate a box of 24 mini cupcakes featuring cheerful holiday designs like cute reindeer, tiny Christmas trees and cosy snowmen. They’re as fun to create as they are to share.
Baking level: Easy and fun!
Baking skills you’ll take home: How to pipe buttercream like a pro, work with fondant accents, and style a gorgeous mix-and-match cupcake box.
7. Snowman macarons, anyone?
Bring the frostiest festive characters to life with this snowman macaron class in Sydney! You'll learn how to whip up delicate meringue shells, pipe cute snowman shapes and fill them with decadent seasonal flavours. They make the sweetest edible gifts or charming additions to your holiday spread.
Baking level: Intricate but approachable.
Baking skills you’ll take home: The secret to achieving ideal macaron "feet," precise piping techniques for character shapes and fine detail icing for face and scarf decorations!
8. Make your own Christmas chocolates
Unleash your inner Willy Wonka at The Sydney Chocolate School! You'll spend a delicious session crafting hand-poured, decadent Christmas chocolates and truffles packed with holiday flavours. Wrap them up in pretty ribbons for bespoke handmade gifts, or keep them all to yourself (we won't judge!).
Baking level: Become a chocolatier in no time!
Baking skills you’ll take home: How to temper your chocolate the classic French way for a glossy sheen and crisp snap, plus moulding, filling and hand-decorating festive confections.
Joining a hands-on workshop is a fantastic way to de-stress during the busy holiday season, pick up lifelong kitchen skills and create memorable festive desserts that your family and friends will rave about. Find the perfect class for you and get ready to bring home delicious baked goods!
