SEPTEMBER 6, 2025: Tres Leches Cake

PLEASE READ ALL CLASS POLICIES AT THE BOTTOM OF CLASS DESCRIPTION BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASE.

Tres leches is a classic cake adored throughout the Americas. Directly translating to “three milks” this soaked, flavorful cake offers us a world of creativity in the kitchen! 

Come learn from pastry chef and forager Ariana Diaz on how to infuse flavors of nature into beloved pastry applications, as well as go home with a tried & true recipe that is sure to impress the guests of your next celebration. 

Highlighting both soft and hard wheats, you’ll go home with knowledge on how to maximize flavor and nutrition in cake baking! And for an extra sweet finish, end the class with a decoration station highlighting native & Mexican ingredients such as seasonal fruit and botanical infused whipped cream. 

This class is for all levels - whether this is your first time trying tres leches or you grew up with your grandma’s recipe! If you’re looking to learn more about pastry traditions from other cultures or want to dive into local botanical knowledge, then this class is for you. 

• Learn the extensive history and culinary uses of botanicals and local grains in baking rooted in indigenous communities throughout the Americas
• Bake off and decorate a cake in class with seasonal & locally foraged botanicals!
• Tour the mill with our Education team
• Purchase BSM products at a 15% discount

BYOB is fine by us for participants 21+ 🥂 

About your instructor Ariana Diaz:
Ariana Diaz is a local baker and pastry chef at Este. She highlights her family origins and climate consciousness through a small scale cake business focused on locally foraged botanicals, Mexican flavors, and Jewish baking traditions. Ariana’s work is rooted in years of food access organizing and garden-to-table creations featuring local growing spaces such as the Festival Beach Food Forest, Nixta Taqueria Garden, and Urban Roots Farm. You can find Ariana vending across town through a mutual-aid focused pop up called Sana Sana Bake Club or teaching classes to the next generation of citizen scientists!

Class Policies:

TICKETS ARE FINAL SALE, NON-REFUNDABLE, and NON-TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER CLASSES. You may transfer tickets to another person to attend in your place - simply have them check in under the original name used to purchase the ticket(s).

By purchasing tickets to attend one of our classes, you acknowledge that you have read and agreed to our Participant Class Policies and Media Release. 

Touring our facility requires that all participants adhere to health guidelines - all touring participants (included in ticket) will be required to remove most jewelry and piercings, and wear a beard net (if applicable) and hair net that effectively restraints all hair, including mustaches, goatees, and any other facial hair. Close-toed shoes are required for entering any part of our facility. No exceptions. 

In keeping with the low COVID risk level in Travis County, masks are optional and up to personal discretion for this class. 

In the event of class cancellation, we will email you to notify you of a canceled class.