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Sweetness & light Kids love to cook, so why not channel their enthusiasm and get them whipping up sensational pastries and treats, thanks to the friendly team at Rochelle Adonis? By GABI MILLS. Images by CRIB CREATIVE. MY 11-YEAR old daughter Daisy would like nothing better than to sit at veteran cook Mary Berry’s elbow and learn how to make cakes, pastries and breads. Star of the Great British Bake Off (Daisy’s favourite show), Mary and ‘Silver Fox’ Paul Hollywood have introduced her to a world of sacher tortes, choux buns and lemon tarts. Every weekend, she rolls up her sleeves and generally throws flour, eggs and butter around before presenting the family with the fruits of her toil. Let’s put it this way. Some experiments
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are more successful than others, so when the nice people at Rochelle Adonis offered Daisy and friend Olivia the chance to learn how to make éclairs, macarons and truffles a school holiday cookery class, the girls couldn’t wait to get stuck in. Located on the corner of St Albans Avenue and Beaufort Street in trendy Highgate, Rochelle Adonis Cakes + Confections is Perth’s premier destination for cakes, confections, high teas, cooking classes, dessert degustations, bespoke wedding and celebration cakes, nougat and ice cream. Basically, anything sweet and delicious, this is the place to go. Firmly cementing itself as a household name in Perth, it’s fair to say that the Rochelle Adonis Cakes + Confections brand has become something of a treasured WA icon, well known for its incredible presentation and mouth-watering delicacies. When we arrive, there are about eight other mums, already sitting at a long, elegant table, while their kids get apron-ready for the tasks ahead. A supremely civilised way to spend an
hour or so, the grown-ups are treated to one of Rochelle Adonis’s delicious high teas, with precision-cut sandwiches, a little shot of the most intensely flavoured soup and, of course, pastries to die for. In short, they are not required to lift a finger - unless that finger is clasping a small sandwich or pastry. The class, which is suitable for 10 to 14-year-olds, is overseen by the Rochelle Adonis kitchen team, keen to share their expertise and tricks of the trade with primolife.com.au