Classic Cakes and Cake Decorating


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Everything you need to know to bake and decorate cakes is brought together in this straightforward and accessible book. The introduction covers every technique you will need, from basic to advanced. It includes tips on equipment and practical guidance on different basic cake recipes. There is plenty of advice on working with decorations, such as icings, frostings, glazes and marzipan, and stepby- step techniques such as crimping, weaving, cut-outs, frills, ribbons, flowers, fruits and piping. This knowledge is then put to use in a collection of classic and contemporary recipes. Ideas include Angel Food Cake, Panforte, Classic Wedding Cake, Hexagonal Retirement Cake, Frills and Flowers Christening Cake, and Halloween Pumpkin. With plenty of tips on storing and freezing, this is an indispensable book for every cake-maker¿s kitchen.




Vintage Cakes


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A charming collection of updated recipes for both classic and forgotten cakes, from a timeless yellow birthday cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, to the new holiday standard, Gingerbread Icebox Cake with Mascarpone Mousse, written by a master baker and coauthor of Rustic Fruit Desserts. Make every occasion—the annual bake sale, a birthday party, or even a simple Sunday supper—a celebration with this charming collection of more than 50 remastered classics. Each recipe in Vintage Cakes is a confectionary stroll down memory lane. After sifting through her treasure trove of cookbooks and recipe cards, master baker and author Julie Richardson selected the most inventive, surprising, and just plain delicious cakes she could find. The result is a delightful and delectable time capsule of American baking, with recipes spanning a century. With precise and careful guidance, Richardson guides home bakers—whether total beginners or seasoned cooks—toward picture-perfect meringues, extra-creamy frostings, and lighter-than-air chiffons. A few of the dreamy cakes that await: a chocolatey Texas Sheet Cake as large and abundant as its namesake state, the boozy Not for Children Gingerbread Bundt cake, and the sublime Lovelight Chocolate Chiffon Cake with Chocolate Whipped Cream. With recipes to make Betty Crocker proud, these nostalgic and foolproof sweets rekindle our love affair with cakes.




Wedding Cakes with Lorelie Step by Step


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Experience the Joy and Delight of Creating Amazing Wedding Cakes from Scratch. Lorelie Carvey will show you how to make and decorate the perfect wedding cake. The award-winning pastry chef has spent over thirty years perfecting her techniques and now offers advice that will ensure a sweet memory for your bride's special day. From the first idea to the spectacular result, Carvey guides you through everything you need to know to make the ultimate dream dessert. She includes her favorite recipes, like her chocolate buttermilk cake, hazelnut cake, chocolate mousse, lemon cream cheese, Italian meringue buttercream, and so much more. Carvey personally perfected each recipe during her baking career. In addition to recipes, Carvey clearly and comprehensively explains and demonstrates (with detailed photos) the baking and decorating techniques so you can create your unique cake design. With her own guide to ingredients, cooking methods, baking utensils, and decorating tips, you'll have everything you need to create a magnificent wedding cake that will be remembered and cherished by everyone. Your purchase comes with benefits including...a membership to Lorelie's exclusive cake support group, step by step video, a discount coupon for Cake Stackers, printable guides to pan sizes with number of servings, cups of batter, baking temperatures, baking times and cups of icing to frost and decorate. It also includes a guide to bakers measures and equivalents, emergency substitutions, cake ingredients, functions, fails and causes, a photo tutorial of delivering your cakes, plus cake decorating ideas and instruction.










Cakes and Cake Decorating Step-By-Step


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How to make stunning cakes for special occasions such as weddings, christenings, birthdays and Christmas. Step-by-step instructions for mastering the techniques of royal icing, sugarpaste, fondant, marzipan, frostings, glace icing and chocolate.




Cake Decorating at Home


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Special treats for special occasions: A renowned cake artist’s recipes and designs for desserts worth celebrating. Discover over thirty delicious homemade treats from baker and designer Zoe Clark—including cakes, cupcakes, mini cakes, fondant fancies, and cookies—to delight your friends and family all year round! There’s something for every occasion, from the Mad Hatter’s tea party and a seaside celebration to a lacy white wedding and some sweet Christmas gifts. Step-by-step illustrated instructions and detailed techniques guide you through each stage of baking and decorating, so even beginners can create colorful, awe-inspiring desserts—and kids can join the fun too!




Romantic Wedding Cakes


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Romantic Wedding Cakes is the beloved—and classic—wedding cake book from the inimitable master sugar artist and Food Network Challenge Judge Kerry Vincent. A collection of breathtaking wedding and celebration cakes from an internationally acclaimed cake stylist, Romantic Wedding Cakes includes stunning cakes for all kinds of weddings. From classic to contemporary and simple to elaborate, including engagement and groom cakes, professional cake decorator Kerry Vincent's timeless sugarcraft designs make this the ideal wedding cake sourcebook for brides-to-be and cake decorators alike. Her stunning romantic cakes, in the prettiest of colors, feature various fabric styles such as folds, ribbons, embroidery and lace effects. The spectacular gold cake based on the Marquise de Pompadour's fabulous gold dress and jewels is a beautiful example. Vincent works with both popular and more unusual flowers for dramatic visual impact, using large, full-blown roses, pansies, mini hydrangeas, lisianthus and some native US flowers, such as the dogwood and balloon flower. In addition, there are two chocolate groom's cakes, a Valentine or engagement heart cake and miniature wedding cakes for the bride and groom. There are also special decorative projects, such as elaborate cake top decorations, wedding favors and table decor. Each cake is beautifully photographed in full color and includes step-by-step photographs and dazzling close-ups of all the main cake design details to ensure perfect results. Cakes include: Mosaic Magic Romancing the Dome Tiers in a Teacup Affair with Blue and White And the Bride Chose Dogwood Invitation to a Summer Wedding Fabulous Faux Faberge Eggs




The Gilded Cake


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“Faye Cahill has taken metallic cakes to an all new, gorgeous level . . . A most ‘brilliant’ addition for any cake designer’s library!” —Wendy Kromer-Schell, coauthor of Martha Stewart’s Wedding Cakes Make cakes that sparkle with this comprehensive guide to metallic cakes from leading wedding cake designer Faye Cahill. Faye begins by exploring all the different materials available to the modern cake decorator, from gold leaf to edible paint, food-grade sprays, edible glitters, lustre dusts, edible sequins and more, then shows you in step-by-step detail the techniques you need for success. Twelve stunning gilded cake projects follow, showing you how to put your newfound skills to use on creative cake designs, each with an accompanying smaller project that is perfect for beginners to tackle before attempting the larger cake. Create spectacular cakes that shimmer and shine with this unique must-have guide. “The Gilded Cake is a very beautiful book . . . bakers would learn a lot from the intricate techniques author Faye Cahill teaches through descriptions and series of nicely executed and illustrated step-by-step photos.” —Manhattan Book Review




Martha Stewart's Cake Perfection


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Martha Stewart perfects the art of cakes with 125 recipes for all occasions, featuring exciting flavors, must-try designs, and dependable techniques. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FOOD NETWORK Martha Stewart’s authoritative baking guide presents a beautiful collection of tiers and tortes, batters and buttercreams, and sheet cakes and chiffons to tackle every cake creation. Teaching and inspiring like only she can, Martha Stewart demystifies even the most extraordinary creations with her guidance and tricks for delicious cake perfection. From everyday favorites to stunning showstoppers, Martha creates bold, modern flavors and striking decorations perfect for birthdays, celebrations, and big bakes for a crowd. Think comforting classics like Snickerdoodle Crumb Cake and Apricot Cheesecake and treats that take it up a notch like Strawberry Ombré Cake and Coconut Chiffon Cake, plus a whole chapter on cupcakes alone. With Martha's expert tips, even the most impressive, towering cakes will be in your reach.