The Wedding Cake Decorator's Bible: A Resource of Mix-and-Match Designs and Embellishments
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (905 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600611680 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ideal for beginning and experienced cakemakers, The Wedding Cake Decorator's Bible is packed with design ideas, methods and techniques for making and decorating unforgettable wedding cakes. Full step-by-step photographs and descriptions make this book an invaluable resource for a variety of wedding cake designs.
About the AuthorFormally trained in sugar craft and cake design, Helen Lawrence has been making cakes for the past 20 years, and runs her own wedding cake business specializing in one-off designs.
Formally trained in sugar craft and cake design, Helen Lawrence has been making cakes for the past 20 years, and runs her own wedding cake business specializing in one-off designs.
"Five Stars" according to Suzi Q. Terrific talent and sugar art!. Not just for wedding cakes Amazon Customer I am not particularly interested in making wedding cakes but bought this book thinking it might provide help with techniques and ideas. I was not disappointed and in fact got more than I had hoped for. The book is divided into four sections: 1. Foundations, which covers tools, equipment and coating techniques. 2. Designing a wedding cake. 3. Decorative Techiniques including Modeled rose, crimper work, frills and flounces, embossing, cut-outs, stenciling, gelatine work, piping bags, piping designs, piped embroidery, brush embroidery, lace, clay gun techniques, Battenburg lace, sugar ribbons, sugar accents, molds, cocoa pa. Ingrid Berry said Not your usual Alan Dunn book. As an ardent Alan Dunn 'groupie' I never hesitate to order a new Alan Dunn, even before it gets to press. I confess to having mixed feelings about THIS Alan Dunn book.On the up-side, it does deliver to a moderate extent as a 'cake decorator's bible' in that it has a chapter dedicated to many cake decorating techniques, including some of the more 'modern' techniques such as stencilling, gelatine work and molds. Basic techniques like covering cakes with marzipan, royal icing, fondant and buttercream are included; as are the traditional techniques such as piping, lace-work and crimping. In addition, there is some attention