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Summary
The Cake Decorating Guide offers hints and notes on unusual ingredients, while step-by-step photographs guide the reader through many tricky techniques. Included is a comprehensive pictorial guide to essential equipment with detailed instructions on the best ways to use and maintain them. Preparation pages with step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions explain different methods that make this book perfect for bakers of all ages and abilities. Beautifully photographed glossaries show unusual ingredients and food varieties with their common and not-so-common names. Snippets of related history add interest while colorful double-page features provide a wealth of information on buying, storing and preparing some of the more unusual ingredients. Over 500 full-color photographs are featured.
Table of Contents
| Cake decorating through the centuries | p. 8 |
| Glossary of terms | p. 10 |
| Equipment | p. 14 |
| Cake Basics | p. 18 |
| Before you start | p. 20 |
| Basic cake recipes | p. 22 |
| Basic icing recipes | p. 32 |
| Lining cake tins | p. 38 |
| Covering cakes with marzipan | p. 40 |
| Covering cakes with sugarpaste | p. 42 |
| Covering cakes with royal icing | p. 44 |
| Covering cake boards | p. 46 |
| Tiers and layers | p. 48 |
| Working with Sugarpaste | p. 50 |
| Adding colour | p. 52 |
| Decorative designs | p. 54 |
| Inlay, bas-relief and applique | p. 56 |
| Needlework designs | p. 58 |
| Working with Royal Icing | p. 60 |
| Piping with royal icing | p. 62 |
| Basic piping | p. 64 |
| Pressure piping | p. 66 |
| Runouts | p. 68 |
| Runout collars | p. 70 |
| Embroidery | p. 72 |
| Lace and extension work | p. 74 |
| Sugar Flowers | p. 76 |
| Simple filler flowers | p. 78 |
| Roses | p. 80 |
| Sweet peas | p. 84 |
| Poppies | p. 88 |
| Making a flower spray | p. 90 |
| Modelling | p. 92 |
| Basic figures | p. 94 |
| Characters | p. 96 |
| Animals | p. 98 |
| Accessories | p. 100 |
| Backgrounds | p. 102 |
| Gateaux | p. 104 |
| Chocolate decorations | p. 116 |
| Children's Cakes | p. 140 |
| Christmas Cakes | p. 192 |
| Wedding Cakes | p. 226 |
| Celebration Cakes | p. 264 |
| Templates | p. 288 |
| Index | p. 301 |