Download or read book The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible Piping written by Lindy Smith and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect the art of piping—and discover techniques for turning a simple design into a stunning cake. Many people shy away from even trying their hand at piping. This chapter, taken from The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, will help demystify the art and inspire you to perfect the technique. The basics are not difficult to master—having the correct equipment and icing consistency is key, whether it's buttercream or royal icing. Then, all you need is practice to become familiar with the amounts of pressure required as you pipe. Lindy Smith shows you how to pipe swirls, peaks, daisies, and roses with buttercream, as well as dots, hearts, drop line work, and brushwork embroidery with royal icing.
Download or read book The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible written by Lindy Smith and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn over 150 cake decorating techniques with this bestseller from the renowned sugarcraft expert! This is the ultimate guide to contemporary cake design—you’ll learn how to make decorated cakes, starting with basic sugarcraft tools, baking recipes, and ingredients, and finishing with advanced modeling techniques, including royal icing stenciling, brush embroidery, buttercream piping, using sugar cutters and molds, making cake jewelry, and so much more! Get creative with simple, step-by-step instructions for more than eighty celebration cake, mini-cake, cupcake, and cookie designs. Essential tips and advice are included for all skill levels, from complete beginners to the most confident of cake decorators—and you can even learn how to make Lindy Smith’s signature “wonky cakes.”
Download or read book The Contemporary Buttercream Bible written by Valeri Valeriano and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An absolute game changer in the industry of cake art . . . hugely aspirational yet completely approachable . . . Bravo!” (Chef Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes). This essential guide demonstrates more than fifty innovative techniques—via easy-to-follow step-by-step photographic tutorials—and includes over forty stunning cake designs to create at home, from simple cupcakes to three-tiered wonders. Valeri and Christina start by showing you how to perfect a basic buttercream recipe and how to pipe simple textures, patterns, and an array of flowers. They then demonstrate how to create a myriad of creative effects using diverse techniques such as stamping, stenciling, palette knife painting, and much more. “I look forward to learning all the skills that I, as an artist in rolled fondant, have only the most rudimentary grasp of. Not since Cakewalk by Margaret Braun have I been this excited about a cake book.” —Chef Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes “The authors’ examples are inspirational and a demonstration of what is possible if you ‘put your whole heart into it.’ Overall, Valeriano and Ong have created a book full of inspiration and encouragement that re-energizes the use of buttercream in modern cake design.” —Sonya Hong of American Cake Decorating “Fascinating techniques . . . lovely ideas.” —Lindy Smith, author of The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible
Download or read book 100 Buttercream Flowers written by Valeri Valeriano and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let your cake decorating skills bloom with help from the world-renowned experts and authors of The Contemporary Buttercream Bible. Learn to pipe one-hundred different buttercream flowers—from azaleas to zinnias—to showcase on your cakes with this complete visual reference book. Each flower is demonstrated on a cupcake, with five full-scale projects to show you how to combine your flowers into a masterpiece cake. In this aspirational yet accessible guide, the authors demonstrate how to build up each flower using simple piping techniques that even the novice cake decorator will be able to achieve. All the basics are covered to get you started—how to make stable buttercream icing, advice on coloring and flavor, how to fill a piping bag, and more essential techniques. Valerie and Christina then demonstrate in step-by-step photographic detail how to create each flower and how to use your newfound skills to produce stunning cake designs. The flowers are presented through the color spectrum so when you look through the book, you’ll see a lovely rainbow effect. “A wonderful encyclopedia that can be used as reference or jumping off point for the experienced decorator as well as an all-in-one resource for intermediate or even ambitious beginners.” —Pink Cake Box University “The best book on decorating buttercream icing that I own . . . The step by step directions make sure there is no guessing as to how to do each flower that is illustrated.” —Red Kettle Cook
Download or read book The Cake Decorator s Bible written by Angela Nilsen and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents one hundred recipes and step-by-step instructions that teach the skills required to create uniquely decorated cakes.
Download or read book The Wedding Cake Decorator s Bible written by Helen Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring techniques for beginner and professional wedding cake decorators, including fondant, piping, and sugar flowers, this resource is filled with design ideas and step-by-step techniques for making and decorating wedding cakes. It also includes directories of decorative fondant techniques, piping, ribbons and trims and sugar flowers.
Download or read book The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible Stenciling written by Lindy Smith and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stenciling is an extremely effective way to add impressive decorations to your cakes and cookies quickly. For the best and most satisfying results, Lindy Smith recommends using laser-cut culinary stencils made from durable food-grade plastic. How you choose to add a stenciled pattern will depend on the effect you wish to achieve and the size of the item to be stencilled. This chapter, taken from The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, shows you various techniques using both edible dusts and royal icing; it also shows you how to make your own stencils and some possible other uses.
Download or read book The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible Flowers written by Lindy Smith and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flowers are probably the most popular choice of all cake decorations. The simplest representation of a flower is a cut-out shape. Other more interesting ways of representing flowers are to create fabric-effect flowers out of paste or to try your hand at creating lifelike flowers. There are many books written on the art of sugar flower making; LindySmith touches on this subject here, showing you how to make lifelike poppies and peonies, as well as fabric roses, blossoms and dahlias, and simple cupped flowers.
Download or read book Buttercream Botanicals for Beginners written by Leslie Vigil and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buttercream Botanicals gives beginning decorators everything they need to create gorgeous realistic flowers, succulents, greenery, and more out of buttercream.
Download or read book The Homemaker s Pictorial Encyclopedia of Modern Cake Decorating written by McKinley 1898- Wilton and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Buttercream One Tier Wonders written by Valeri Valeriano and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Queens of Buttercream draw inspiration from a range of themes from vintage chic to fine art . . . steampunk to Alice in Wonderland ” (Cake Geek Magazine). Never serve a boring-looking cake again! This stunning collection of buttercream cake decorating projects will transform your regular bakes into works of art using simple techniques and nothing but delicious buttercream. With thirty step-by-step single-tier cake decorating projects and a wide variety of themes, you’ll find cakes for all occasions that will lift your baking to a new creative level. The cakes range in size from four to eight inches high and come in a host of shapes and sizes—round and square, but also simple carved shapes including a wreath, a log, and a birdcage. The ideal book for buttercream beginners, this colorful cake decorating book will show you how to create simple yet sensational cakes every day that will wow all who see and eat them! With expert instruction from the best buttercream teachers in the world, you’ll learn a wide range of innovative buttercream techniques using piping tips, palette knives, and more.
Download or read book Cake Decorating for Beginners written by Rose Atwater and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Super easy step-by-steps will guide you through cake decorating techniques, like smoothing or texturing frosting, handling a pastry bag, piping rosettes, creating a drip effect, hand lettering, and much more. Then, put your skills to the test with 10 amazing cakes you'd be proud to share with your loved ones―not to mention your social media feed."--Back cover.
Download or read book Stunning Buttercream Flowers written by Jiahn Kang and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take Your Desserts to the Next Level with Breathtaking Flowers and Other Delicious, Dainty Designs Design the most gorgeous cakes right at home with these 25 incredibly approachable decorating projects. Jiahn Kang, founder of the cake design company Brooklyn Floral Delight, shows you how to easily sculpt delicate flowers, cute cacti and floral arrangements all from delicious buttercream icing. With simple instructions and helpful step-by-step pictures, you’ll quickly master the art of beautiful cake decorating—no baking expertise required! With delectable cake and meringue recipes and easy tips for proper color-mixing, piping and shaping, you’ll be creating masterpieces in no time. Pipe charming buttercream gardens full of roses and hydrangeas, delightful collections of earthy cacti and succulents, or even vibrant full-blossom bouquets and wreaths. Whether you’re preparing for a special event or simply looking to pick up a creative new skill, these beginner-friendly designs will have you wowing everyone with your elegant cakes and cupcakes.
Download or read book Buttercream Flowers for All Seasons written by Valeri Valeriano and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blooming marvellous cake decorating ideas for spring, summer, autumn and winter . . . all made with delicious buttercream. Bursting with buttercream flowers, this bumper cake decorating book gives you all the inspiration and know-how you need to create sensational floral cakes all year round, with over fifty cake ideas. Each of the seasonal design concepts is presented as a spectacular tiered cake, an accessible single-tier cake and a beginner-friendly batch of cupcakes so you can get started at any level. Buttercream Flowers for All Seasons features step-by-step instructions from international-bestselling authors Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes, leading lights of the cake world and masters of buttercream art.
Download or read book The Cake Decorating Bible written by Juliet Sear and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to baking showstopping cupcakes, cakes and biscuits - from baking expert Juliet Sear, as seen on ITV’s Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear. Juliet teaches all the basics of cake decoration - how to pipe buttercream, ice biscuits and use glitter and dyes to decorate cupcakes - before building up your skills so that tiered cakes and chocolate ganaches can be whipped up in the blink of an eye. Discover how to remedy 'cake-tastrophes' and gain confidence following Juliet's step-by-step photography of all the techniques. Juliet Sear is at the forefront of contemporary cake design with celebrities flocking to her Essex-based cake shop, FANCY NANCY and the host of ITV's Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear.
Download or read book Mini Cupcakes written by Leslie Fiet and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the owner of Mini’s Cupcakes in Salt Lake City, a guide to making, baking, and decorating some tiny yet tasty cupcakes. Mini Cupcakes specifies the finest ingredients, including Madagascar vanilla, dark Belgium chocolate, and organic fruits to create amazing mini cupcake creations. Combine great cake recipes, such as Key Largo Lime or Chocoholic, with filling recipes, such as banana cream or salted caramel. Add frosting and toppings such as white chocolate ganache or margarita cream cheese and you have endless combinations of rich and decadent goodness. With tips for making, baking, and decorating, this cookbook offers perfect combinations, from the Breakfast at Tiffany's cupcake to Pretty in Pink, from the Diva cupcake to the Mocha Latte. Part delicious cupcake, part tiny pieces of art, mini cupcakes are the perfect treat to satisfy your cravings or entertain in style.
Download or read book The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible Stencilling written by Lindy Smith and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use cake stencils to create gorgeous, easy-to-achieve stencilling designs on your decorated cakes, cupcakes and cookies with this stunning booklet of stencilling techniques and designs from the bestselling The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible. Includes sugar and royal icing recipes, instruction for covering cake boards, storing and transporting your decorated cakes, plus all the basic cake decorating and stencilling techniques you need to know, from royal icing stencilling, to using matt dusts and metallic dusts. You will even learn how to make your own stencil! Try out your new stencilling skills with 12 stunning cake designs, featuring stencilled patterns and motifs on celebration cakes, cupcakes and cookies.
