Product Description

Learn to cake decorate with Darci. Darci’s warm and "can-do" personality has a wonderful way of breaking down the steps so most anyone can learn the art of cake decorating. Darci covers everything from start to finish with fun & easy step-by-step instructions including baking, filling, frosting, writing, bordering and decorating cake. This DVD even covers how to make roses!

Learn About:
Tools - What you need and how to use them!
Pastry Bags - How to prepare them, roll a parchment paper bag & stripe colors!
Baking Pans - The sizes of cakes & preparing your pans!
Cake Mixes - How to marble your cake & prepare cake boards!
Frosting - How to make smooth frosting, fill & frost your cake!
Writing - How to write on your cake, border your cake & decorate the sides with color!
Decorating - Learn many easy ways of decorating your cake, from a simple candy cake to an advanced rose bouquet cake!

Approx. 90 min of Instruction!

This video compliments the award winning "Darci Decorates" television show directed by 4-time Emmy Award winner Director Sheldon I. Altfeld by going into depth of techniques that are necessary to skip over on television due to time constraints.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13441 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-06-19
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1000
• Running time: 90 minutes

From the Actor
I started as a professional cake decorator over 16 years ago. As a mother I enjoy decorating cakes for my family and friends. Nothing is more rewarding than to have a big smile on my children’s faces after seeing their birthday cakes that I made especially for them.

If you are reading this, then I know you are interested in making your own cakes and I know you can do it. I break down each step so that is easy to understand and easy to duplicate. I have taught many people and believe that this DVD is a great asset to someone wanting to learn how to cake decorate or to learn more tips. Whether it’s for home use or you want a career in cake decorating this is a great place to start.

Create memories with your family by making cakes together.

I have full confidence that you too can make your own cakes!

Sincerely,
Darci Warner

About the Actor
Biography
Darci Warner

Darci Warner, a mother, former professional cake decorator and bakery manager, uses her creative talents to show how almost anybody can create and decorate for those special occasions creating unforgettable memories for all to share!

Darci has inspired others with her genuine personality and endearing smile to just "keep on going" in this hectic world we live in. She was a single mother while working full time as a cake decorator and attending college full time for Computer Science. She accomplished all this while raising her son on her own.

Family members and business associates always praised Darci and encouraged her to use her creative skills since day one. Her grandmother and mother sewed and made special cakes for birthdays and other occasions. At the same time her dad was an Electrical Engineer for a computer firm so there was always a computer in the home. Darci's father taught her Basic Programming Language and by the age of twelve she had written a program for her Barbie Dolls, an airline ticket kiosk.

Darci has never been afraid of taking risks. While working as a bakery manager and head decorator, she realized that she had hit the 'glass ceiling'. So she quit and got a job at a small Donut Shop, figuring that sometimes you need to take a step backwards to get ten steps forward. After about six months at the Donut Shop, a man who frequented that shop hired Darci to be an Internet Developer during the rise of the Internet craze. She learned quickly and was one of the best in the firm. From there she was hired as a Senior Internet Application Developer for a large entertainment studio in Burbank, California. Darci learned she was looking at motherhood again, so she and her husband moved their family to Carson City, Nevada where she could raise her boys and spend more time with family.

After settling in and wanting to be active in something that she could also stay at home with her family, Darci rea

Customer Reviews

Best DVD for basic cake decorating
I found this to be one of the top instructional DVD's for a new student. Yes, her techniques are different but they work, and they are very simple. I have been decorating for over 11 years and I always aim for perfection. I also teach cake decorating, and I see how the students struggle with their icing. Well, this solves the icing on the cake problem and any other issues with your decorating. Some of her techniques are different from the traditional ways that I teach my decorating classes, but I will dare to have my 10 year old daughter watch the DVD and use Darci's techniques to decorate a cake. It's that simple, and her icing works to perfection.
She is fun to watch and the best part is the price. Happy decorating!
Sincerely,
Emy
For more advance decorator's "Perfecting the art of Buttercream" by Sharon Zambito is also a great addition to any collection! But first master Darci's techniques then move up!

Very entertaining, and yet very informative!
This video is great! This is a how to video, but I found myself very entertained with Darci's fun attitude. She explains many details for cake decorating, shares wonderful tips, ideas & how to keep it easy!
This video really shows how to get from mixing up the cake batter to having it ready for the party.
I have always enjoyed trying to make birthday cakes for my kids, but have never ever been very good at it. When my kids were younger they really didn't care how it looked (writing all wiggly, the borders looking horrid), but I just never had the time to dedicate going to a cake decorating class.
After watching this video, I felt like I could just get up and make a beautiful cake!
I used the recipe Darci provides, followed her instructions & made a wonderful cake for my son, and yes I made a few mistakes, but the tips that were given REALLY HELPED!!!
When my daughter's birthday came around, I had to watch the video again to freshen up, but made my daughter's cake (I used Darci's Bling-Bling Cake kit too) & my daughter had a hard time believing that I made the cake. That night during her sleep-over, I overheard her tell her friends, she knew I didn't make the cake, and she went into details of how bad my previous cakes looked.
Thank you Darci for helping me make great simple cakes!
I recommend this video to anyone who is looking at learning how to decorate cakes!!!!

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I was pleased with the instruction. Darci shows you how to hold the bag to make the designs like shells, roses and borders, how to fill the bag , and most important a frosting recipe that really works. I highly recomend this video.