Cake Decorating for Beginners


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Decorate dazzling cakes with this step-by-step guide for beginners! Decorating cakes at home is easy and fun, thanks to Rose Atwater's clear and detailed cake decorating guide. Rose started her "accidental cake business" in late 2009 with more than 20 practice cakes she made for her brother's wedding. By the following year, her prototypes had caught the attention of friends and family and turned into a steady stream of orders. Since then, she has turned her talents into a thriving business, decorating more than 1,500 cakes for her blog, Rose Bakes. Now, with Cake Decorating for Beginners, she turns her years of knowledge and experience into a comprehensive cake cookbook for any aspiring cake decorator! Get the ultimate cake decorating book for beginners: Getting started — Begin with basic recipes for baking the cakes you'll decorate and get an overview of the decorating tools and ingredients you'll need. Essential techniques — Learn how to decorate with frosting, piping, fondant, and chocolate so you can create cakes for any occasion, from baby showers to birthdays. Instructional cakes — Find 10 complete cake tutorials to help you put your new skills into practice, like a Shades of Blue Hexagon Cake, a Sweet Flowers Wedding Cake, and a Bright & Happy Sprinkles Cake. This cake decorating book for beginners contains everything you need to create your own gorgeous, photo-worthy confections!




The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating


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This book is a comprehensive how-to book about all of the most popular cake decorating techniques, including piped frosting, fondant, and hand modeled figures. For each technique, there is an overview of the tools and materials used and complete instructions with photos. The organization provides easy access to information with step-by-step directions and 600 full-color photos for clear understanding. Easy projects allow the reader to try the techniques in each section. Galleries of decorated cakes by various artists offer the reader examples and inspiration to pursue the hobby for themselves.




My First Cookie & Cake Decorating Book


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35 step-by-step cookie and cake decorating projects for children aged 7-plus. 35 step-by-step cookie and cake decorating projects for children aged 7-plus. In My First Cookie & Cake Decorating Book you will discover that half the fun of baking is in the decorating! With 35 easy-to-follow step-by-step projects, you will soon be impressing family and friends with delicious decorated cookies and cakes. In Chapter 1, The Basics, there’s a range of cookie and cake recipes that will form the basis of your creations, such as a vanilla sponge and gingerbread cookies. In Chapter 2, Decorating Techniques, you will learn skills such as making and using a piping bag, creating and using templates, cutting shapes, making decorations, and getting creative with a range of colorful and fun toppings. In Chapter 3, Creative Cookies, the projects include Iced Christmas Trees, Snowflakes, Easter Bunnies, Sunflowers, and Gingerbread People. Once you’ve gained confidence and skills by decorating cookies, move on to Chapter 4, Creative Cakes. The recipes include a Snakes & Ladders Cake, Wise Owl, Teddy Bear, Blossom Cake and a Yule Log complete with Christmas decorations. The decorating part of the projects is designed for you to do without help, but you might need a grown-up to help you clean up the mess afterward!




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.




All-in-One Guide to Cake Decorating


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This comprehensive and accessible guide to cake decorating teaches all of the techniques and tricks that aspiring sugarcrafters need to create stunning and impressive cakes. Everyone will think these amazing cakes came from the best bakery in town! First Steps in Cake Decorating reveals dozens of expert cake decorating ideas that are simple to achieve yet look stunning. All the most popular methods of icing and decoration are covered, including buttercream, sugarpaste, chocolate, marzipan and flower paste. Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions explain the basics of preparing and using different types of icing, illustrated with step-by-step color photographs. There is a delicious array of fantastic cakes here to suit adults and children alike. Beginners will pick up the basics fast, and even experienced cake decorators will find inspirational new ideas. About All-in-One Guide to Cake Decorating: A complete, structured course in the beautiful art of cake decorating from first steps to expert skills. Teaches techniques that can be used to decorate all kinds of cake from a novelty birthday cake to a memorable wedding cake. Over 300 instructional step-by-step color photographs show how to decorate more than 50 finished cakes. Clearly written, straightforward text covers every aspect of sugarcrafting skill. Includes covering cakes, filling and layering, icings, chocolate, sugarpaste, marzipan, piping, flower paste, and quick and easy decoration ideas. ""A 'must have' for anyone with the slightest interest in cake decorating"" -- Publishers Weekly




Professional Cake Decorating


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The comprehensive guide to amazing cake decoration—now fully updated Professional Cake Decorating is a must-have resource for professional and aspiring cake artists, baking and pastry students, and cake decorating hobbyists, drawing on years of experience from master cake designer and IACP Award nominee Toba Garrett. This Second Edition has been completely revamped with gorgeous new photography and a fresh new design. The New Skills have been re-organized into a user-friendly, step-by-step format, and line art and photos throughout the book provide a visual reference for each new technique. The book begins with an introductory chapter on all the fundamentals of the cake designer's art, from covering a cake board to assembling and icing a layered cake to stacking cake tiers with pillars or columns. Subsequent chapters cover decorating techniques including Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Piping Skills, The Art of Writing and Painting, Royal Icing Design Skills, Hand Modeling Skills, Pastillage Construction, Gumpaste Flowers, and much more. A chapter on Miniature Cakes and Decorated Cookies includes techniques for making petit fours and other small treats, while the Cake and Confectionery Gallery provides inspiration for decorators with nearly 20 full-page photos of breathtaking cakes and information on the techniques needed to complete each one. Garrett also includes recipes for cakes, fillings, icings, cookies, and more, as well as an appendix of templates to help decorators replicate the designs shown in the book.




The Essential Guide to Cake Decorating


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The newcomer to cake decorating will be encouraged to great things by this colourful title, while more experienced decorators will be excited by the choice of recipes and techniques. Whether it's a simple chocolate buttercream house for a child's sticky birthday party, or a royal-iced wedding cake for fifty guests, the clear instructions and beautiful photography will reassure and inspire.




Planet Cake


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This beautiful and contemporary beginner's guide to cake decorating is from the owner of renowned Sydney cake shop, Planet Cakes, Paris Cutler.




Good Housekeeping The Cake Decorating Book


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What better way to celebrate a special occasion than a beautifully iced, home-made cake? But cake decorating is a specialised art, which can be difficult to pull off without the right guidance. Luckily, this new cake decorating bible from the amazing creative team at the Good Housekeeping Institute offers just that – expert advice and step-by-step instructions accompanied by clear photographs to help you get the techniques just right. From birthdays to Christmas, children's parties to weddings, Good Housekeeping's Complete Book of Cake Decorating contains attractive cake designs for every occasion. Covering all aspects of icing, piping, modelling, chocolate and sugar decorations, this book shows you how to handle every type of cake decorating, whether a simple sandwich sponge or an elaborate three-tiered wedding cake. You'll learn how to model perfect flowers, animals and figures, pipe intricate lettering and designs, as well as mastering run-out, crimping, extension and template techniques. In addition to large-scale celebration cakes, this book includes imaginative, easy-to-achieve cupcake designs, and simple tricks for finishing off any cake with an impressive flourish. With the latest advice on equipment and ingredients, and troubleshooting to save any disasters, this book is all you need to create stunning home-decorated cakes that will wow your family and friends. Word count: 60,000