Mexican Baking Class: Conchas | SOLD OUT

Sat Nov 15 2025 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm UTC-08:00

555 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012-4654, United States | Los Angeles

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Publisher/HostLA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Mexican Baking Class: Conchas | SOLD OUT
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Ages 18+
In this class, participants will learn the basics of making these delicious treats and share them with family and friends. Conchas are a traditional sweet bread made of a fluffy, buttery brioche-like soft dough, flavored with cinnamon, and topped with a sugar topping which resembles a seashell. This is one of the most popular kinds of authentic Mexican sweet bread and an iconic childhood favorite to many. Guest Pastry Chef, Norma Salazar.
Bio
Chef Norma Salazar has more than 30 years of experience in the pastry industry as an executive pastry chef and instructor. She owned a catering company in Long Beach, California, and spent five years as a pastry cook at California hotels before becoming executive pastry chef at Hotel Queen Mary in 1993. She held three additional pastry chef positions in hospitality before 20 years of instructing at five higher education institutions.
She's competed and coached in various pastry competitions, winning seven gold medals, a dozen silver and bronze medals, and the gold medallion as part of the California Culinary Olympics team, which placed fifth globally at the 1996 Culinary Olympics in Berlin.
Chef Salazar has judged food competitions and been a guest speaker at food events, and became executive pastry chef at Delicieux Simply Eggless Bakery in Artesia, California, in 2017.
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