01 Apr 2019
Designer Cake Decorating is the only book of its kind to share a vast range of skills, step-by-step techniques, recipes and expert advice from the biggest names in cake design.
This long-awaited cake-making guide from 12 of the world's leading cake designers features 25 contemporary tiered cakes with easy instructions and detailed step-by-step photography designed to give you the skills you need to create stunning tiered cakes like the professionals.
The comprehensive introductory section covers everything you need to know, from essential tools through to layering cakes and the secrets of covering them for a polished and professional finish. Foundation techniques are also covered, from making sugar flowers to modelling bespoke cake top decorations. The designers have also shared the recipes for their most popular cakes, with each one having been tried and tested by countless clients and hundreds of their guests.
The following tutorials reveal how to make 25 original, show-stopping tiered cakes for weddings, birthdays and all kinds of special occasions to a professional standard, all with clear instructions and detailed step-by-step photography. Many of the designs will also work as a single tier; simply adapt them to your celebration, take the techniques and make them your own. Each cake design also comes with a timeline so you can plan everything to perfection.
The breadth and depth of techniques the designers cover in this book is stunning; you will find step-by-step instructions for more than 50 different sugar flowers alone. Combined with contemporary design ideas and the shared knowledge of 12 talented authors, they make Designer Cake Decorating an essential guide for cake decorators everywhere.
Author Profile
Designer Cake Decorating is a unique opportunity to learn from a group of experts at the forefront of their industry and take your cakes to the next level. Many of the 12 authors run their own successful cake decorating businesses and all are familiar faces in international magazines including Cakes & Sugarcraft and Wedding Cakes. With multiple awards and diverse backgrounds, including fashion, art and engineering, the designers bring a wealth of knowledge and individual style to the tutorials. Zoë Clark, Natasha Collins, Emily Hankins, Rachel Hanna, Emma Ivane, Helen Mansey, Pamela McCaffrey, Trudy Mitchell, Dominique Pickering, Makiko Searle, Vicky Teather, Michelle Walker.
ISBN: 978-1-905113-59-0
Hardback
296pp + cover and jacket
From award-winning publishers, B. Dutton Publishing Ltd.
RRP £40.00
NOTES TO EDITORS
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