All-in-One Guide to Cake Decorating: Over 100 Step-by-Step Cake Decorating Techniques and Recipes (CompanionHouse Books) Clear Instructions for How to Decorate Cakes, Make Flowers, Use Fondant, & More

Book Synopsis: Your guide to creating beautiful cake decorations! Get started with an opening section on basic techniques and all the essential tools and equipment you'll need. How to shape, fill, and cover cakes, and achieve frosting perfection. Using instant decorations like fruit, nuts, candies, and prepacked designs. Decorating with chocolate, including melting it properly, dipping fruit, making chocolate leaves, and more. Create 3D decorations with fondant, marzipan, and gum paste, including how to craft realistic flowers. Piping techniques from simple to advanced, including stars, swirls, shells, lacework, run-outs, and more. This comprehensive and accessible cake decorating reference will teach you all the techniques and tricks you need to know to create stunning and impressive cakes. Everyone will think your amazing cakes came from the best bakery in town! 224 informative pages reveal 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, sugar paste, chocolate, marzipan, fondant, and gum paste. Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions explain the basics of preparing and using different types of icing, beautifully illustrated with step-by-step color photographs. The decorations make the cake, and there is a delicious array of fantastic cake art here to suit every occasion! Cake decorators of all ability levels will benefit from author Janice Murfitt's experience and expertise in the art of creating beautiful and delicious cakes that will be the centerpiece of any occasion. Beginners will pick up the basics fast, while experienced cake decorators will find tons of inspirational new ideas to craft extraordinary, professional-looking creations in your own kitchen. All-in-One Guide to Cake Decorating is a complete, structured course in the beautiful art of cake decorating, from taking your first steps to developing expert skills. Murfitt teaches techniques that can be used to decorate all kinds of cakes from a novelty birthday cake for children to an elegant and memorable wedding cake. Over 300 color photographs and concise step-by-step instructions show how create more than 50 types of cake decorations, from molded flowers and ribbon pictures to delicate line work, embroidery, and a fresh flower spray. The clearly written, straightforward text covers every aspect of cake decorating that aspiring sugarcrafters will want to master, including covering cakes, filling and layering, making icing and frosting, using food coloring, decorating with chocolate, fondant, marzipan, piping techniques, using gum paste, handy recipes for frosting, homemade marzipan, royal icing, and more, plus quick and easy decoration ideas. Get helpful tips for assembling tiered cakes, creating floral arrangements, decorating with appliqué, adding frills and flounces, and so much more. Improving your cake decorating skills will be a piece of cake with All-in-One Guide to Cake Decorating! "There is an amazing amount of information in this book including easy cake decorating tips for beginners as well as beautiful homemade cakes that even experts will be wowed over!"—Suburbia Unwrapped. Read more