Best Alfajores Baking Class

Learn to make South-America's most loved biscuits!



2.5 hours Location Thornbury Class size 1 to 8 (public classes), 8 to 30   $132 - $147 ($147 per guest when you book for 1 guest, $135/guest for 2+ guests, $132/guest for 8+ guests) (Afterpay available)
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1. Step into a sweet setup

1. Step Into a Sweet Setup

Settle into the warm, inviting studio space where your ingredients, mixing bowls, and rolling tools are all thoughtfully laid out and ready for you to create.


2. Make and roll your dough

2. Make and Roll Your Dough

Feel the flour under your hands as you roll out your buttery, delicate dough to the ideal thickness with smooth, confident strokes.


3. Shape up your cookies

3. Shape Up Your Cookies

Use a cookie cutter to stamp out uniform, perfectly shaped shortbread rounds from your freshly rolled dough.


4. Bake to golden perfection

4. Bake to Golden Perfection

Arrange your neatly cut rounds onto the baking tray, ready to be baked into crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits.


5. Discover the dulce de leche

5. Discover the Dulce De Leche

Get hands-on as you use a piping bag to swirl luscious, rich dulce de leche filling onto the base of your cooled cookies.


6. Build and decorate

6. Build and Decorate

Sandwich your cookies together and add a touch of magic with a gentle dusting of powdered sugar (or bath in chocolate) over your finished treats.


7. Taste and box up!

7. Taste and Box Up

Admire (and taste) your gorgeous, professionally coated alfajores before boxing them up to take home, leaving with new baking skills, sweet memories and delicious treats to share!


Alfajores are the biscuits every Latin family has an opinion about. Soft, crumbly, sandwiched with dulce de leche and finished in coconut or dark chocolate.
I'm Jen, a Venezuelan pastry chef and I'll share with you the recipe my grandmother Margot taught me in Caracas when I was a kid.
In two hours you'll make the dough, get the texture right, fill and finish your own batch and learn how the alfajor changes from Argentina to Peru to Venezuela.
Classes stay small and you bake in pairs, so there's time for every question.
Come solo, with a friend, or bring the family (12+). No experience needed. You'll leave with a box of alfajores, the confidence to make them at home and impress your family and friends.
What you'll learn
  • The cornflour dough that gives alfajores their melt in the mouth crumb
  • How to roll, cut and bake for even, tender biscuits
  • Filling with dulce de leche and how to make it from scratch
  • Finishing: coconut rolled, chocolate dipped and dusted styles
  • The regional story behind each version and its ingredients, including chocolate!
Add to your baking experience:
  • Pairing Tea Collection $17
  • Alfajores Kit $79
  • Extra gift-ready Alfajores box of 6 $24
Private groups:
Team building, birthdays, hens and Christmas parties for 8 to 30 guests.
Ask for a date that suits your group.

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Upcoming dates for Best Alfajores Baking Class

Times are Melbourne time. Dates and prices as of 22 Oct 2026, 2:26pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

8 upcoming dates between 31 Oct 2026 and 31 Jan 2027.

  • Sat 31 Oct 2026, 2pm-4:30pm
  • Thu 5 Nov 2026, 6pm-8:30pm
  • Sun 15 Nov 2026, 2pm-4:30pm
  • Sun 6 Dec 2026, 2pm-4:30pm
  • Sat 12 Dec 2026, 10am-12:30pm
  • Sat 9 Jan 2027, 10am-12:30pm
  • Thu 14 Jan 2027, 6pm-8:30pm
  • Sun 31 Jan 2027, 10am-12:30pm
What you'll get
  • Expert guidance by a passionate Latin pastry chef
  • A traditional Latin American welcome drink
  • High quality and authentic ingredients
  • Comprehensive use of equipment, utensils and apron
  • Enjoy your creations with a glass of bubbly and teas
  • Digital recipe cards to replicate your experience home
  • A box of 10 to 12 alfajores you made to take home
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Knowledge required
No experience is required.
Newbies welcome!
What to bring
  • Wear comfortable clothing and closed shoes
  • Hair tied up
  • A container (for those extras that may not fit on the box)
Add-ons available for this class
  • Alfajores Baking Kit ($79)
  • Dulce de Leche Alfajores (Box of 6 midis) ($24)
  • Pairing Tea Collection ($17)
  • Alfajores Baking Kit & Online Class ($110)
You can add these when you book (optional).
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 12 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.


FAQ

Can you cater for dietary requirements?
Yes, we can cater for gluten free and dairy free. Let us know your requirements before or after booking. If you have a food allergy or need a strictly gluten-free meal for coeliac disease, please message us before booking.
Will I take alfajores home?
Absolutely! In addition to enjoying the alfajores you make during the class, you’ll take home a box filled with your very own alfajores in different sizes and flavours - all lovingly made by you!
Location

Thornbury, VIC

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Recent reviews of Best Alfajores Baking Class

  • 5/5 from Julian Catalogna, attended Oct 2026: I really enjoy this class. I had fun doing different designs on the biscuits. Being creative. The teacher was helpful.
  • 5/5 from Laura Nisi, attended Oct 2026: Had a great learning experience today, learnt a lot about where the cookies come from, and what the best way to pipe the dulce de leche, learnt a lot about the different cooking chocolates, all in all a great afternoon Host was very friendly and easy going! Thank you! Laura and Anthony
  • 5/5 from Christianne Manterfield, attended Jun 2026: Fantastic class- really fun! Jen was really knowledgeable. The biscuits were delicious!
  • 5/5 from Melinda Meade, attended Jul 2024: The cooking class was for my daughter’s birthday it was fun and Margot and montanez great teacher. We both loved the instructions and the easy interactions
  • 5/5 from Felicity Rolls-Faulkner, attended Feb 2024: Wonderful relaxed and friendly class. The Alfajores are absolutely scrumptious! The 3 hours flew by and even though we all worked at our own pace it wasn't like we were rushed or waiting around for people to catch up. It just flowed. Thoroughly enjoyed and would highly recommend.
  • 5/5 from Amanda Wheeler, attended Dec 2023: Really well organised and hands on experience. I now have the confidence to take these on at home. Super yummy too!
  • 5/5 from Anna Xia, attended Sep 2023: Jen is Venezuelan and proudly demonstrates how to make her grandma’s recipe for gluten free alfajores with us today. Alfajores are delectable biscuit sweets with many variations native to the 8 countries in South America that calls them their own. Usually shared during celebrations like baptisms and weddings and highly popular with adults and children alike. We left with a great many finished with dulce de leche and rolled in desiccated coconut and also an example of one dipped in chocolate. There’s also ready to bake dough to take home. Such moreish treats, you can’t just stop at one. Perfect with a cuppa tea or coffee.
  • 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Sep 2023: Jen was a fantastic teacher! She was so kind and clear with each step and taught us very interesting cultural facts. Everything was prepared and provided for us which made things very easy and efficient. We all had a great time making the alfajores and the time flew by before we knew it!
  • 4/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Sep 2023: It was a wonderful experience to learn to bake the Alfajores biscuits with my son through this class. The teacher (Jennifer) was very friendly and explained the steps clearly for us to follow. It was interesting to learn about where this recipe comes from originally and the occasions on which this is baked originally.The quality of the ingredients provided for the baking was also very good.
  • 5/5 from Vi Tran, attended Aug 2023: What a wonderful experience! It was an absolute pleasure having Jen show us how to make delectable alfajores. She is warm and welcoming, has a world of knowledge about all things sweet and is even thoughtful about the use of biodegradable packaging. We had so much fun and we learnt so much. Not only did we make a batch that day, but we had enough dough to bring home to make at least 4 more batches. Oh and I can’t stop eating them!
  • 5/5 from Hien, attended Aug 2023: I had a great time learning about alfajores and enjoyed Margot's teaching style. This was a great way to spend Sunday morning - learning about another culture, and enjoying the company!
  • 5/5 from Claudia Woodroffe, attended Aug 2023: Absolutely lovely teacher and everything was provided. All we had to do was learn And the Alfajores turned out great!
Your teacher

Margot & Montanez
Margot & Montanez

5.0 (37)
female Women-owned

REAL FLAVOURS, REAL STORIES
A Journey from Caracas to your table
Hi, I’m Jen, the heart behind Margot & Montañez. My story starts in a little kitchen in Caracas, Venezuela, where my grandmother, Margot, first taught me that food is more than just sustenance... it’s happiness you can give.
She wasn’t just an amazing cook; she was a culinary rebel who believed the best recipes are those made with love and shared generously.
Growing up, I spent countless afternoons in her kitchen, mesmerized by her hands turning simple ingredients into magic. By the time I was twelve, I was baking alongside her, soaking in her stories and techniques. When Margot passed away at seventy-three, she left me not only her recipes but also her legacy - a deep love for creating food that brings people together.
That legacy became my compass as I traveled the world. From Venezuela to the US, Denmark, the UK, and now Australia, I carried Margot’s spirit with me, along with a suitcase packed with recipes and memories.
I started with humble alfajores, but over the years, I’ve refined my craft as a qualified pastry chef, blending traditional South American flavours with the global influences I picked up along the way.
WHAT I BRING TO THE CLASS?
As a pastry chef, I pair the techniques with the Latin desserts I grew up on. So you learn the why behind each step, not just the recipe.
Teaching and sharing desserts is also my way of keeping Margot’s spirit alive. There’s something magical about seeing someone’s face light up when they take their first bite of something they’ve made or when they nail a baking technique they thought was impossible.
Through Margot & Montañez, I’ve had the privilege of teaching hundreds of passionate foodies, hosting team-building events for small and major companies and even introducing Latin flavours to people who’ve never experienced them before.
Every recipe I teach has a story; some of them may start with Margot. Classes are small and you bake in pairs, so you’ll get real help, plenty of tasting and at least a box of something delicious to take home.
Let’s make something together that’s worth sharing.
Te espero en la cocina!
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