Quick and Clever Party Cakes

by Lindy Smith

From a fun monster, cute caterpillar and pretty princess to a fast fighter jet and terrifying shark, gold award winning cake designer, Lindy Smith has created an amazing collection of 20 novelty cakes to thrill and inspire.

Each inspirational cake design found in Quick and Clever Party Cakes is divided into easy stages to help you plan in advance, and the step-by-step instructions explain exactly what you need to do. Beautiful color photographs show the finished cakes in detail and guide you through each step of the decorating process. Timesaving tips are included for those who need to create a spectacular cake at short notice.

Cakes

Genres: Cookbooks

96 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2003

About the author

World renowned for her designs, writing and teaching Lindy Smith is a highly experienced and talented British cake designer & sugarcrafter. Recognised for her exquisite attention to detail and eye for colour Lindy has been translating her designs into sugarcraft for many years From humble beginnings in her home kitchen, experimenting with the 'basics' she learnt from an inspirational teacher, she soon discovered that sugar was the perfect medium through which to express her creative abilities and original ideas. In 1997 Lindy entered her first set of competitions and much to her own amazement received 3 gold awards. She had arrived in the 'cake' world! In 1998 she started writing regular features for "Cakes and Sugarcraft Magazine". Her first cake decorating book was published in 2000. She has continued to write books ever since, loving the freedom it gives her to be highly creative and original. Lindy travels extensively for her work, gathering inspiration along the way, she has been very privileged to see first hand how sugarcraft and cake decorating is constantly evolving around the globe. Lindy runs a successful company, Lindy's Cakes Ltd, based in Buckinghamshire, UK. The online shop side of the business specialises in sugarcraft products that she has 'hand picked' herself and uses in her books. She teaches sugarcraft at regular workshops throughout the year and continues to write about sugarcraft on a regular basis. Lindy Smith is passionate about her art and brings a fresh contemporary look to sugarcraft and cake design.

Reviews

[Get Ahead Kids · Rating 5 out of 5]

Create an impressive shark, tractor or ladybird to celebrate an occasion in style.

With 20 creative cakes, this book provides easy to follow instructions, detailed photos of the decorating and construction steps plus helpful time-saving tips.

This is handy addition for the family bookshelf.