Cooking & food
Baking School: Fundamentals (Baker Bettie)
Sikhami InstituteEnglish
Free
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About this course
Understand how baking works before you follow recipes. Baker Bettie explains the equipment, the terms and what each ingredient does, so your cakes, cookies and breads come out right. Who it's for: beginners, and home bakers whose results are hit and miss. These are the free, official videos of the "Baking School: Fundamentals" playlist from the Baker Bettie YouTube channel (youtube.com/@BakerBettie). All videos belong to Baker Bettie; Sikhami is not affiliated with Baker Bettie and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.
What you will learn
• Mise en place, and the essential baking equipment • Baking terms such as folding, proofing and scoring • How to approach a new recipe, and how to measure ingredients properly • What sugar, flour, eggs and fats do in baking • All about gluten, and leavening with baking soda, baking powder, yeast and steam • Why ingredient temperature matters
This course at a glance
- Lectures
- 12 video lectures
- Video
- 1h 38m in all
- Level
- All levels
- Language
- English
- Access
- Lifetime access
- Certificate
- On completion
Lectures last updated September 2026
Course content
1 section · 12 lectures · 1h 38m
1. Baking School: Fundamentals
- MISE EN PLACE | preparing yourself for successful baking6m
- ESSENTIAL BAKING EQUIPMENT & THEIR USES | necessary baking equipment for your kitchen9m
- BASIC BAKING TERMINOLOGY | folding, proofing, ferment, scoring, and more...9m
- HOW TO APPROACH A NEW RECIPE | reading a recipe, understanding a new recipe10m
- HOW TO MEASURE FOR BAKING | weight vs volume measurements, measuring flour properly7m
- THE FUNCTION OF SUGAR IN BAKING | varieties of sugar, sugar's role in baking10m
- THE FUNCTION OF FLOUR IN BAKING | varieties of flour10m
- ALL ABOUT GLUTEN | what is gluten?, why does gluten matter in baking?6m
- ALL ABOUT LEAVENING | baking soda, baking powder, yeast, and steam6m
- THE FUNCTION OF EGGS IN BAKING | whole eggs, egg whites, egg yolks6m
- THE FUNCTION OF FAT IN BAKING | butter, shortening, lard, oil6m
- INGREDIENT TEMPERATURE GUIDELINES FOR BAKING | room temperature ingredients vs cold ingredients8m
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Who teaches it
Sikhami InstituteNew Delhi · 297 courses · 694 learners · 473 followersSikhami Institute is Sikhami's own institute for free learning. We pick some of the best free courses on YouTube, from Harvard's CS50, MIT, NPTEL, Khan Academy, Google, Microsoft, the BBC, Crash Course, PW, Magnet Brains, CodeWithHarry and many more, and turn them into proper courses on Sikhami that you can follow lesson by lesson while your progress is saved.
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All videos belong to their creators and play from their official YouTube channels, and each course credits its creator. Questions or suggestions? Write to help@sikhami.com.Questions people ask
Is this course free?
Yes. Joining is free, and the lectures unlock as soon as you join. Once you join, it is yours for life.
How long is the course?
12 video lectures, 1h 38m of video in all. At an hour a day, the videos take 2 days. You learn at your own pace; there are no fixed class times.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. When you have watched every lecture, you can claim a certificate of completion. It has its own page and code, so anyone can check that it is real. About certificates
What language is it taught in?
English.
Can I learn on my phone?
Yes. Watch on the website or in the Sikhami app for Android with the same account. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can switch between them.
Can I ask the teacher a doubt?
Yes. Ask it in the questions on the course page, or from inside any lecture while you watch. You can also keep your own notes on each lecture.
Who made these videos?
The lectures are the free, public videos of the YouTube playlist "Baking School: Fundamentals", and they belong to their creator. Sikhami arranges them into a course, so you can learn one lecture at a time and keep track of your progress.
