Known as Christine’s Cakes for many years, the Little Uraidla Bakehouse is looking to share its knowledge of family recipes spanning generation with the South Australian public, spreading the joy of baking and unity in sharing homemade baked goods with one another.
Uraidla Bakehouse owner Christine grew up in the South German countryside and got her love of cooking from the females of past generations in her family. Baking was a fun and relaxing way to pass the time since a very young age. Moving to Adelaide 22 years ago, she retained that pastime and made it a career after her Uraidla property purchase.
With her husband Tom undergoing a TAFE baking course, the couple took notice of the nearby local markets and would make various breads, cakes and pastries to sell to the morning markets. In 2015-16, they would make delivery rounds on Saturdays and start trading at local fairs.
As time passed and her daughter started showing interest in baking as well, the Little Uraidla Bakehouse became a family affair and that name was put in effect to showcase the humble beginnings that are demonstrated in a cosy location in this quaint little town.
On the business website, Christine has added a variety of classes for small groups (maximum of 4) to teach aspiring bakers and enthusiasts various pastries and breads, derived from age-old family recipes adapted to suit Christine and her family’s palate.
“We are coming up on our 20 year anniversary and I am working on stuff behind the scenes to offer people even more in the new year.” says Christine.
“I want to tailor a class to everyone’s needs. Starting at the dining room table, I look to get a grasp of everyone’s attention span and baking skills, we then move to the kitchen and go through recipes and history. You leave every class with a sample of what you make, including recipes.” Christine added.
A popular class will most likely be her ‘taster’ class where for $115 per person, students will learn to make some of the business’s most popular loaf cakes. Christine states in the website that she is keeping the class sizes small to allow for free-flowing conversation and questions, placing a big emphasis on tweaking recipe flavours to make the creation your own, much like she did with these recipes growing up.
Another popular class would be the ‘design your own’ where the altering of flavours is in full effect, as you will gain techniques on foods you personally like and receive a recipe on how to revisit this culinary experience.
What Christine looks forward to most in this time of year is the Christmas baking classes. From $140 per person, you can learn how to make traditional German Christmas pastries such as Stollen (German Christmas Bread) Apfelbrot (Christmas fruitcake) and Spitzbuben (Double layer cookies).
These and other classes all have different prices and dates of availability but you can always call the business to set up a class by appointment and see if Christine and her family will be availble.
Be sure to visit the Little Uraidla Bakehouse website and follow them on Facebook to book a class or call them on 0424 224 701.
The address of the business will be provided upon booking confirmation.
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