Download or read book Fun Original Character Cakes written by Maisie Parrish and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lions, hippos, and dogs—oh my! The internationally renowned sugarcrafter shows how anyone can create cute novelty cake creatures from scratch. This is an adorable collection of children’s celebration cakes boasting the unique but easily achievable modeling skills of internationally renowned cake designer and sugar modeler Maisie Parrish. Each new design has true character and unique charm, ideal for a children’s party with a twist. Each project is accompanied by quick-to-make cupcakes and mini-cakes to complement the main cake or to make when time is short. With simple sugarcrafting techniques, figure modeling instructions, and clear step-by-step photography, designs are ideal for both beginner and intermediate sugarcrafters. Whether you’re just creating one of the thirty character cake toppers or a whole singing and dancing theme, this is the book to show you how to do it the fun and easy way.

Download or read book Fun Original Character Cakes written by Maisie Parrish and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quirky collection of celebration cakes boasts the unique but easily achievable modelling skills of internationally renowned cake designer and sugercrafter Maisie Parrish. Each design has true character and unique charm and is ideal for a celebration with a difference, from birthday ballerina mice to carol-singing penguins. Each project is accompanied by quick-to-make cupcakes and minicakes to complement the main cake or to make when time is short. With simple sugarcrafting techniques and clear step-by-step photography, designs are ideal for both beginner and intermediate sugarcrafters. Whether creating a single animal topper or a whole singing and dancing theme, this book shows readers how to do it the fun and easy way.

Download or read book Fun Original Birthday Cakes written by Maisie Parrish and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2011-02-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to create show-stopping cakes for your next birthday party no matter what your skill level is, with this easy-to-follow guide. An adorable collection of birthday cakes boasting the unique but easily achievable modeling skills of internationally renowned cake designer and sugar modeler Maisie Parrish. Each charming new design is ideal for creating extra-special birthday party cakes or for adding a unique personal touch tailored to the recipient. Includes the ever-popular cupcakes and mini-cakes and, for the first time, amazing sugar paste techniques for adding graphic designs to compliment cakes and characters. With simple sugar crafting techniques, figure modeling instructions and clear step-by-step photography, designs are ideal for both beginner and intermediate sugarcrafters. With over twenty-five character cake toppers and expert advice on covering, storing and transporting your cake, this is the ultimate birthday cake resource.

Download or read book Fun Original Children s Cakes written by Maisie Parrish and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2010-03-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nail your next cake—no matter the occasion or season—with step-by-step instructions from the internationally renowned sugarcrafter. Renowned cake designer and sugar modeler Maisie Parrish returns with another adorable collection of children’s celebration cakes. Each design is truly charming and brimming with character—and will make any child’s cake a standout. Quick-to-make cupcakes and mini-cakes designed to complement each project are also included. With simple sugarcrafting and figure modeling techniques and clear step-by-step photography, Maisie’s designs are easily achievable for even beginner sugarcrafters.

Download or read book Character Cake Toppers written by Maisie Parrish and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to make amazing fondant cake topper designs, with over sixty-five ideas for sugar characters, bases, and accessories. Whether it’s a pirate with his treasure chest and parrot, or a kitten with a comfy cushion and a ball of yarn to play with, each cake topper design has three unique features for you to make—use these individually or mix and match from different designs to create your own unique cake toppers! Basic cake decorating techniques are explained with clear illustrated step-by-step instructions, so everyone can make fun cake toppers for birthdays, weddings and any occasion!

Download or read book Fun Original Cakes for Men Boys written by Maisie Parrish and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quirky collection of creative cake designs for men and boys showcases the unique but easily achievable sugar modelling skills of internationally renowned cake designer and sugercrafter Maisie Parrish. Each of these cake projects has true character and charm and is ideal for a celebration with a difference. The book opens with advice on how to make sugarpaste with a quick sugarpaste recipe to save time, or you can use ready-made sugarpaste. There is also full guidance on working with fondant to create modelling paste for sugar modelling, including colouring sugarpaste, painting on sugarpaste and storing sugarpaste. Maisie guides you through all the sugar modelling equipment you need and shows you how to make fondant figures and sugar characters bursting with life. The recipes section gives you a rich fruit cake recipe and Madeira cake recipe, as well as mini cake and cupcake recipes. All the recipes you need to make the cool cake designs in this book are included, including how to make buttercream, and an edible glue recipe. There is advice and photos to show you how to cover a cake with marzipan, and how to cover cakes and cake boards with sugarpaste, as well as clear photos showing how to stack cakes using dowels. Finally a useful section gives advice on storing cakes, how to cut a cake and transporting a cake. The fondant cake designs that follow are simply a delight and each feature character cake toppers on a different popular theme. The characters include a crooning Teddy Boy, a hapless handyman, a multitasking househusband, a sexy santa-girl, plus there are cake designs for sports and hobbies galore, from football and fishing to gardening and gaming, giving you designs for every occasion for all the men and boys in your life. Each project is accompanied by quick-to-make cupcakes and mini cakes to complement the main cake or to make when time is short. With simple sugar modelling techniques and clear photographs breaking down each step to its basic parts, Maisie demystifies the art of creating beautiful cakes and makes it all so easy and fun.

Download or read book Dessert Person written by Claire Saffitz and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her first cookbook, Bon Appétit and YouTube star of the show Gourmet Makes offers wisdom, problem-solving strategies, and more than 100 meticulously tested, creative, and inspiring recipes. IACP AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Bon Appétit • NPR • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution • Salon • Epicurious “There are no ‘just cooks’ out there, only bakers who haven't yet been converted. I am a dessert person, and we are all dessert people.”—Claire Saffitz Claire Saffitz is a baking hero for a new generation. In Dessert Person, fans will find Claire’s signature spin on sweet and savory recipes like Babkallah (a babka-Challah mashup), Apple and Concord Grape Crumble Pie, Strawberry-Cornmeal Layer Cake, Crispy Mushroom Galette, and Malted Forever Brownies. She outlines the problems and solutions for each recipe—like what to do if your pie dough for Sour Cherry Pie cracks (patch it with dough or a quiche flour paste!)—as well as practical do’s and don’ts, skill level, prep and bake time, step-by-step photography, and foundational know-how. With her trademark warmth and superpower ability to explain anything baking related, Claire is ready to make everyone a dessert person.

Download or read book Australian Women s Weekly Children s Birthday Cake Book written by Australian Women's Weekly and published by Australian Women's Weekly. This book was released on 2011 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's most famous children's cake book - reprinted in a collector's edition. The Australian Women's Weekly's Children's Birthday Cake Book was first published in 1980 and has sold more than half a million copies. In response to all the requests we have had, often from mothers who remember fondly all the cakes from their own childhood, we have taken this book from our archives and reprinted it 30 years after it first appeared. We have had to make a minor change - four of your little friends are missing, but they've been replaced by other cakes you'll love just as much. Apart from that we've left it just as it was - a true collectors' cookbook especially for you. Now you can recreate your favourite cakes - the swimming pool, rocket and that train from the cover for your own child.

Download or read book FamilyFun Birthday Cakes written by Deanna F. Cook and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains basic recipes for yellow and chocolate cakes and frostings, and features instructions for fifty cake decorating projects for birthdays or other kid occasions.

Download or read book Betty Crocker 20 Best Birthday Cakes Recipes For Tots written by Betty Crocker and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate Those Special Birthdays Photo of Every Recipe Your child’s first birthday, and the next few birthdays, are treasured memories as your child begins to explore the world. These adorable cakes are geared just for those special years – from the First Birthday Smash Cake to the interactive Pull-Apart Turtle Cupcakes. Fun for boy and girls – as well as their parents – the 20 birthday cakes here will make any child’s party a special occasion.

Download or read book Zo Bakes Cakes written by Zoë François and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IACP AWARD FINALIST • The expert baker and bestselling author behind the Magnolia Network original series Zoë Bakes explores her favorite dessert—cakes!—with more than 85 recipes to create flavorful and beautiful layers, loafs, Bundts, and more. “Zoë’s relentless curiosity has made her an artist in the truest sense of the word.”—Joanna Gaines, co-founder of Magnolia NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME OUT Cake is the ultimate symbol of celebration, used to mark birthdays, weddings, or even just a Tuesday night. In Zoë Bakes Cakes, bestselling author and expert baker Zoë François demystifies the craft of cakes through more than eighty-five simple and straightforward recipes. Discover treats such as Coconut–Candy Bar Cake, Apple Cake with Honey-Bourbon Glaze, and decadent Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake. With step-by-step photo guides that break down baking fundamentals—like creaming butter and sugar—and Zoë’s expert knowledge to guide you, anyone can make these delightful creations. Featuring everything from Bundt cakes and loaves to a beautifully layered wedding confection, Zoë shows you how to celebrate any occasion, big or small, with delicious homemade cake.

Download or read book Maisie Parrish s Naughty Cakes written by Maisie Parrish and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7 fabulous cake designs that are funny, unique and just a little bit naughty, brought to you by internationally acclaimed sugar artist Maisie Parrish - perfect gifts for grown-up parties and celebrations! Maisie leads you step-by-step through all of the sugar modelling required to recreate her fabulous cake designs, which include a hunky fireman, a rather risque stripper and a ladies night at the pool! Each cake design comes complete with a mini cake variation so you can make smaller cakes to suit your event. There's also a comprehensive guide to using sugarpaste, character modelling techniques and cake recipes. The cake designs are funny with a saucy sense of humour, but not childish, and guaranteed to raise a smile rather than cause offence. They are great for grown-up recipients, a perfect centrepiece for birthdays, hen and stag parties, retirements and other fun occasions. Maisie is a sugarcraft tutor for Wilton (US) and Squires Kitchen.

Download or read book The Secret to Hummingbird Cake written by Celeste Fletcher McHale and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friends since kindergarten, Carrigan, Ella Rae, and Laine thought they'd been through everything together. But when cancer threatens to rip the trio apart, their world spins in a way they've never known before. Through it all, will they discover the secret to the divine taste of hummingbird cake—and to friendships that never end? In the South you always say “yes, ma’am” and “no, ma’am.” You know everybody’s business. Football is a lifestyle not a pastime. Food—especially dessert—is almost a religious experience. And you protect your friends as fiercely as you protect your family—even if the threat is something you cannot see. In this Southern novel brimming with wit and authenticity, Laine, Carrigan, Ella Rae first met on the playground when they were five years old. Now, as adults, they’re still almost inseparable as they handle the outrageous curveballs that life sometimes throws—from devastating pain to absolute joy. As the three friends navigate everything from a devastating medical diagnosis to the rocky path of marriage, their bond is tested. Through it all, you’ll experience the essence and the joy of true friendship. And if you’re lucky, you just may discover the secret to hummingbird cake along the way. Women’s fiction, focused on friendship, and set in the South Full length, stand-alone novel Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Download or read book Birthday Cake written by Dan Yaccarino and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s nothing more important for kids entering preschool than to be emotionally ready—ready to separate from their parents, to mix and play with new children, to broaden their sense of the world. HAPPYLAND, from award-winning children’s author Dan Yaccarino, is a new series that gives kids, and their parents, the language they need to take these emotional steps. HAPPYLAND introduces three friends—Bink, Clyde, and Glub-Glub—in a series of delightful adventures. BIRTHDAY CAKE tackles the ever-important issue of sharing, as Clyde learns it’s as much fun to give as it is to receive. Dan Yaccarino’s bold, colorful art and simple, direct style lifts these moral stories into the realm of perfectly engaging parables.

Download or read book Sprinklebakes written by Heather Baird and published by Sterling Epicure. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can you make cakes, cookies, and candy even MORE fun? Award-winning blogger Heather Baird, a vibrant new voice in the culinary world, has the answer: Cook like an artist! Combining her awesome skills as a baker, confectioner, and painter, she has created a gorgeous, innovative cookbook, designed to unleash the creative side of every baker. Heather sees dessert making as one of the few truly creative outlets for the home cook. So, instead of arranging recipes by dessert type (cookies, tarts, cakes, etc.), she has organized them by line, color, and sculpture. As a result, SprinkleBakes is at once a breathtakingly comprehensive dessert cookbook and an artist's instructional that explains brush strokes, sculpture molds, color theory, and much more. With easy-to-follow instructions and beautiful step-by-step photographs, Heather shows how anyone can make her jaw-dropping creations, from Mehndi Hand Ginger Cookies to Snow Glass Apples to her seasonal masterpiece, a Duraflame(R)-inspired Yule Log..

Download or read book Eat This Poem written by Nicole Gulotta and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary cookbook that celebrates food and poetry, two of life's essential ingredients. In the same way that salt seasons ingredients to bring out their flavors, poetry seasons our lives; when celebrated together, our everyday moments and meals are richer and more meaningful. The twenty-five inspiring poems in this book—from such poets as Marge Piercy, Louise Glück, Mark Strand, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Jane Hirshfield—are accompanied by seventy-five recipes that bring the richness of words to life in our kitchen, on our plate, and through our palate. Eat This Poem opens us up to fresh ways of accessing poetry and lends new meaning to the foods we cook.

Download or read book Kids Birthday Cakes written by Karen Sullivan and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 fabulous kids' cakes, cupcakes and cake pops Kids' Birthday Cakes Step by Step is a delicious guide that takes the stress out of baking unforgettable birthday cakes to wow your child, whatever their age. Choose your child's cake from a delectable array of over 50 show-stopping cake designs, from animal cakes to sports cakes and toy cakes. Would your kid go crazy for a circus cake with matching circus animal cake pops, or would they prefer a dinosaur egg cake with miniature egg cupcakes? Whether you are making birthday cakes for girls or boys, there's something for everyone. Every cake design has visual step-by-steps making the birthday cake creating process stress-free, plus you'll be provided with themed cupcake decoration ideas and be shown how to make cake pops. You'll also be able to plan ahead with handy tips on how long the cake will take to make, build, bake and decorate so everything will be ready in time for your child's party. With Kids' Birthday Cakes Step by Step you'll be able to add the perfect finishing touches with cake-decorating techniques such as piping, moulding figures and using fondant icing, taking your child's birthday cake from average to awesome in no time.