Episode One: White Buttermilk Cake and Swiss Meringue Buttercream. How to Bake in 8 Weeks is a digital first social video series highlighting the fun elements of baking with vibrant teacher, host, and sugar flower foodie expert Alex Narramore. Learn not just how to bake, but how to build soulful flavor for your desserts that will make your guests or clients eyes' roll back in their heads, even with ZERO baking experience. In this course, Alex reveals her closely guarded secret cake recipe, the backbone of her luxury cake business, The Mischief Maker. Based on her Appalachian Granny's White Buttermilk family cake recipe. This class is for all levels from beginner to expert. No prior baking or cooking experience is needed and you will leave with the ability to impart love into what you're feeding people. Learn to make silky smooth Swiss Meringue Buttercream in an easy no-fuss manner along with a special soaking syrup, and a method for no-fail perfect straight sides on your cake tiers every time. Delight your friends by putting together a dessert they will remember. Learn 15 years worth of experience, tips, and techniques in only one hour. Join us for the next seven episodes and in episode two where we will explore two new cake fillings, a cream cheese buttermilk buttercream, and a coconut cake recipe, so that you can begin to explore your own creativity by learning to make your own creations. Your friends will be asking for your recipe.