Product Description

A beginner's guide for anyone who has never attempted to decorate a cake, as well as an excellent refresher course for those with a knowledge of the basic techniques. The book begins with an explanation of how to bake the perfect cake and recipes for every type of icing. It then continues with step-by-step guidance on covering cakes, piping, run-outs and ribbon work. By the end of the 20 lesson course, the reader should have the skills and confidence to bake, cover and decorate every one of the specially designed cakes which are illustrated throughout the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13116 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

A Dictionary on cake decorating
This is a pretty big book,it is all in color.If you really like cake decorating you will find use for it.It really is what i would consider to be a cake decorating dictionary.I wish it had more finished cake picture's,i love seeing other's work & getting ideas from it.It starts off going over equipment{such as cake boards,colors,icing bags,mixer,bowls,etc]then moves on to some cake recipes.The recipes are for 7-kinds of sponge cake,how to make sugared flowers,4 kinds of fruit cake.It starts off the recipes with the way the do them in England{measures in oz.grams & cm}then in the American way{cups & oz}.Goes over how to make marzipan,then how to put it on a cake,apricot glaze,some sugarpaste & fondant.Royal icing,buttercream,chocolate fudge icing,all of these have recipes & pictures of how to make them.How to make a parchment bag,simple piping {star's,basketweave,lines,rope,leaves,swirls,shells}.Then it moves on to making flowers,here they cut the parchment bag to make the shapes instead of using a tip.I prefer to use a tip so unless you cut the bag you'll have to guess on what tip to use.The flowers they make are very small & dainty,very pretty.However you can make them bigger,it goes step by step with pictures.They show a buttercup,violet,rose,daisey,primerose and a swirl flower.How to make an icing run-out,using ribbons,has wonderful templates for plaques/collars/scrolls.Then we move onto sugar molds,such as eggs & vases.Templates for several differnt writing styles & number templates.Some very pretty Tulle work,then we on to modelling.Using marzipan or sugarpaste it shows how to make a sheep,mouse,cat,chicken,pig,horse,cow,clown, rose and a farmer. This is a very nice book,keep in mind it is from England.Over there they like to use fondant/sugarpaste for their cake decorating,where we Americans prefer buttercream.It is a good teaching guide.

Sugarcraft for beginners
This is an exceptionally good book if you're trying your hand at making fancy cake decorations for the first time. It is in full colour and gives extremely good illustrations of how to go about all the basic techniques. It covers everything; working marzipan, sugarpaste, butter icing, and royal icing - all kinds of uses. It is really the best book I've encountered so far. It also has some cake recipes as well as recipes for how to make the different cake coverings. Definitely a worthy buy.

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VERRY GOOD BOOK THANK YO