There is something very appealing about a small, individual cake. Enticing and charming, the versatility of the little cake means it can double as the perfect dessert. It's not suprising that smart little cakes are featured on café menus all around the world. And it is not suprising that Julie Le Clerc is the creative genius behind these fabulous recipes with seriously good flavours.
Everyone has seen wedding, birthday, and anniversary cakes decorated with sugar flowers. But Alan Dunn carries this familiar craft to a degree of artistic perfection that’s breathtaking. Now he shares his secrets, providing home bakers with instructions for making the botanically accurate floral designs that have made him a world leader in his field. With plans for modeling 40 different species of flowers and plants, from golden gardenias to the blue butterfly bush, plus sprays and arrangements—along with plans for 14 cakes—this is the last word in the magical art of sugarcraft.
Delight family and friends with exquisitely decorated cakes for birthdays, dinner parties, or just as a special treat. Through a simple question-and-answer format, with every procedure shown in color photographs, beginners will find out how to decorate without icing (just use a powdered sugar design); how to make chocolate curls and gumpaste flowers; how to prepare the drizzled chocolate icing known as ganache; and how to embellish tiered, bundt, and raspberry-filled cakes. See how to whip up fondant, ice petits fours, and use a pastry bag to write greetings and create adornments. The all-important wedding cake is here, too.
For the latest and greatest in Cake Decorating tips and tricks, what better to turn to than Wilton's 2008 Yearbook--a comprehensive collection of products and ideas organized according to occasion. Helps you turn any special day into a work of art. Here's what you'll find inside: Over 180 great decorating ideas: Exciting themes include bug and flower designs for summer birthdays, polar penguin cakes to make the holidays merry, plus amazing cookies, candies and appetizers.
