Product Description

Celebrate special moments such as weddings, anniversaries, Christenings and birthdays with a cake as memorable as the occasion.

Well-known novelty cake designer Lindy Smith offers a comprehensive guide to making a range of beautiful celebration cakes, and guides the reader step by step from baking and carving to icing and adding special finishing touches.

A clear techniques section introduces the wide range of equipment available to today's cake maker, and explains how to make sponge, fruitcake, fondant, buttercream and other recipes required. The 15 projects have easy-to-follow illustrated steps revealing how to create and decorate the cakes. Handy tips for short-cuts and creative variation ideas throughout allow you to tailor each cake to your timescale and taste, resulting in bespoke cakes for any occasion. Handy templates and cutting guides are provided to ensure professional results every time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53163 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780715318454
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Lindy Smith has written three books and made TV appearances. She runs a successful cake design and decoration company, selling mail order cake-making and decorating equipment. This is Lindy's third book for D&C, her first, Creative Celebration Cakes, being co-written, and her own Storybook Cakes. She lives in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Customer Reviews

Beautiful cakes without the intimidation
I am new to baking and this book has completely inspired me. It is packed with so much information, that even I feel confident enough to make one of the beautiful designs featured in this book. There are plenty of pictures to walk you through the process and to unlock your own creativity. Another great thing about this book are the matching cupcakes. Those will come in handy for times when I'm feeling creative but do not have time to make an entire cake. I'm looking forward to purchasing more of Smith's books.

Not A Book For Beginners
I loved the pictures in this book, great cakes, but I'm a beginning cake decorator, several cakes in this book seemed a little difficult to me, besides the pictures, didn't really care for this book at all. "The Essential Guide To Cake Decorating" was a lot better for me!!!

Beautiful Book, Great Ideas!
From geometric to whimsical to out and out gorgeous, the cakes in the book are a great inspiration to decorators at all levels. The recipes are British, but the decorating ideas are universal and the work is beautifully precise and clean. The step-by-step instructions are really well photographed and easy to follow. I just with the book were longer! I want more!