An Exploration of Stone Ground Flour in Cakes with Grace Garay
The versatility of stone milled grains truly shines in cake baking with the ability to make tender, soft cakes using entirely whole grain as well as high extraction flours. This course is a mix of both hands-on and demonstration. You’ll hand mix and bake a chocolate cake using freshly milled Carolina Ground flour, which you’ll decorate alongside a whole grain Spelt carrot cake. We’ll go over basic cake stacking and decoration techniques using a meringue style buttercream, and fill and decorate our cakes with local abundance! All attendees will receive both cake formulas as well as take home their cake creations!
Grace Garay + Nomad Bakehouse
Grace Garay graduated from baking and pastry school in San Antonio, Texas in 2013 and continued her education in Chicago at The French Pastry School in 2014. This was the start of what would become years of travel for work opportunity where she gained valuable experience in large hotels, bakeries, and resorts in Chicago, Miami, and Las Vegas. But even after so many years of hands-on learning in some of the best kitchens, Grace felt there was another world of baking she hadn’t yet discovered. Her search led her into the midst of an online baking community located in the Southeastern region that was working with a ingredient that would transform her approach to baking. That ingredient? Stone milled flour. Grace now resides in Orlando, where her Nomad Bakehouse has operated since 2019 as a Cottage Law bakery. Focusing on small food, Nomad highlights the local abundance of Orlando by creating whole grain forward sweet and savory pastries that mainly feature food grown within city limits while also providing naturally leavened bread to a community that has little to no option for local bread. A majority of the pastries and breads are fermented using a wild sourdough culture and all feature cold stone-milled grains from Carolina Ground. You can find Nomad Bakehouse on Instagram/FB at Nomadbakehousefl or online at Nomadbakehouse.com.