Beginner's Guide to Cake Decorating (Beginners Guide to)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 112 pages
• Published by: Merehurst Limited May 15, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1853918156
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1853918155
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
Even those who have never baked and decorated a cake before in their lives will be able to make gorgeous cakes with the help of this book. The first section of the book looks at the equipment you will need and demonstrates the standard cake and icing recipes required to bake and cover all kinds of cakes. Subsequent sections explain techniques for decorating with sugarpaste, royal icing, marzipan and buttercream. There are instructions on making sugar flowers and leaves, and many other sugarcraft techniques such as fabric effects, piping royal icing, modelling figures and animals-all accompanied by gorgeous cake designs that are simple to create by following the clear, step-by-step instructions.

Reader Reviews
This is a good decorating book but not great. If you're an American ordering, be aware it is published in Great Britain and includes terms, cakes recipes, metric measuring system that can be hard to understand. The cakes are beautiful to look at in the pictures they include but not too easy to make. Some of the ingredients are hard to find here is the USA and the glossary of terms is more for European cooks. I love to browse the book but find my "Betty Crocker Cake Decorating Book" is more realistic to use.