HCC Pastry Arts

Mid-week treats to brighten your day! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳 🤩

Which would you choose?!

Learning, assessing, evolving, achieving! 🌿👨‍🍳

Our program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation, and graduates with an AAS degree earn their Certified Pastry Culinarian (CPC) certification. 🙌

Join us!

Ending the first week of spring with fluffy, warm cinnamon rolls in perfect morning light ☀️!

Ready to whisk into a new semester? Our Spring Pastry Arts Orientation is just around the corner, and attendance is mandatory for all incoming and returning students.

🍰 Get important program updates
🧁 Meet your instructors and classmates
🥐 Learn what to expect for spring courses
🎓 Set yourself up for a successful semester

✨ There’s still time to register for Spring classes! Don’t miss your chance to secure your spot and start the semester fully prepared.

📅 Date: 1/7/2026
📍 Location: Culinary Arts Building, 1401 Alabama St., Houston, TX 77004

Let’s bake up a great spring together! 🌷👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

Empress Entremet 🍰🤩

What is an entremet?

An entremet is a multi-layered dessert, often a cake, that is assembled with contrasting textures and flavors, encased in a mousse, and finished with a glaze!

The Empress- Raspberry mousse, almond genoise, lime curd, mirror glaze, white chocolate plaques for decor.

Learn more about entremet cakes and more in our advanced pastry course. Sign up for spring is live now!

Chocolates and Confections Class 🍫🍬

This week students created hand-piped Amaretto Manon chocolates and dark chocolate dipped Nougatine Slivers with fleur de sel.

Nougatine is a blend of caramelized sugar, toasted almonds, and butter. Cut while hot and used as a base in this chocolate, shows both technical skill and precision.

Great job students! 👏👩‍🍳

Fraisier Cake 🍰🤩👨‍🍳

Students perfecting the art of dough lamination, creating beautiful fruit danish. 🫐 🍓🤩

Tarte Bourdaloue 🍐 🥮

This Tarte is assembled with sweet tart dough, almond frangipan, and fresh poached Bosc pears for a simple yet beautiful dessert.

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Gorgeous gluten free choux pastry with whipped strawberry ganache 🍓👨‍🍳🤩