A free live baking class with Le Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef Molly Wilkinson

The French Tart Class for Beginners

Learn the foundational techniques behind classic French pastry, starting with a buttery French tart crust you can make right at home.

Together we'll turn it into a stunning chocolate ganache tart from scratch!

In this class you'll learn to make pâte sucrée (sweet tart crust) from scratch and I'll also show you how just a handful of foundational French pastry recipes can be mixed and matched to create dozens of classic French desserts!

French pastry becomes far less intimidating when you understand the foundational building blocks behind it. There are 10 base recipes in French pastry that are used for 20+ pastries, and tart crust is one of them!

For example:

Pâte à choux → éclairs, cream puffs, Paris-Brest, St. Honoré
Tart dough → lemon tart, fruit tart, chocolate tart
Pastry cream → mille-feuille, fruit tart, choux fillings

Once you understand the foundational techniques behind French pastry, the recipes start to make sense instead of feeling intimidating.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF…

You've struggled with tart crust before
You love French pastry and want to learn how to make them at home
You've tried French pastry recipes before but they never turn out like the photo
You want a follow-along approach where you can bake and have fun in real time
You want to impress friends and family with something truly stunning and delicious
You love the idea of learning one baking skill that unlocks dozens of recipes
French pastry feels intimidating and you don't know where to start
You want to understand the "why" behind pastry techniques

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Pâte sucrée (sweet tart crust) from scratch — a foundational French pastry recipe you can make at home with AND without a mixer, so you can follow along as a beginner no matter what equipment you have at home
A Chocolate Ganache Tart — using the tart crust we just made, I'll show you how to fill it with a rich, silky chocolate ganache so you can see exactly what this recipe becomes
Techniques for rolling out the dough and forming it to a tart pan — along with guidance on what kind of pans to use and how to bake it
Other sweet ways to use your tart crust — because once you have this skill, the possibilities really never end!

And the best part? I'll be baking right there with you the whole time, so if you have questions, just ask! No such thing as a silly question in my kitchen. 😊

One skill. Endless French pastry possibilities.

A good tart crust is one of the most versatile things you can learn in French pastry. Once you
have it down, you can make:

And so much more!

Whether you're brand new to French pastry or you've been baking for a while, this class is designed to be fun, approachable, and genuinely useful (no fancy equipment or culinary degree required!)

SAVE MY FREE SPOT!

ABOUT ME

Bonjour!
I'm Molly!

A Dallas-born pastry chef living and baking in Versailles, France. After training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, I fell completely head-over-crème-brulée in love with French pastry.

What surprised me most after pastry school was realizing how many classic desserts are built from the same foundational techniques. I realized pastry wasn't about memorizing hundreds of desserts, it was about understanding patterns and foundations.

I've spent years breaking down French pastry so that any home baker can understand it, make it, and enjoy something that genuinely tastes like it came from a French pâtisserie. No fancy equipment, no hard-to-find ingredients, no stress required!

This is the first time I'm hosting this class! Towards the end, I'll be sharing more about my French Pastry for Beginners program, where you can learn all the foundational techniques behind classic French pastry, and everyone who joins me live will receive a very special exclusive discount as my thank you for being there. 🤍

Ready to bake with me?

It's completely free, just save your spot below!