The Cake Decorator's Bible: A complete guide to cake decorating techniques, with over 100 projects, from traditional classics to the latest in contemporary designs

by Angela Nilsen, Sarah Maxwell

This is a complete guide to cake decorating techniques, from traditional classics to the latest in contemporary designs. It includes cake decorating projects, from traditional, novelty and special occasion cakes, to wedding cakes, christening cakes, birthday cakes, Christmas cakes and many more. It covers how to master all the essential techniques including making and covering cakes with marzipan, royal icing, sugarpaste, butter icing, glace icing and chocolate to achieve a smooth and professional finish.

Genres: Nonfiction, Cooking

264 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 1996

Reviews

[Pamela N. · Rating 1 out of 5]

A lovely book in which the photography is delightful. But when I see the word "Bible" that to me is a promise that the author will educate me, in depth, on a skill set or fund of information. The lack of information, details, or organization was an embarrassment. I've read advertising that gives more data. Also, one implies they are authorized to write a Bible by the choice of such a title, and one should be tops in their field in skill. This is where celebrity is irrelevant. The content was meager, little technique drawn, and the end results showed the publishers have hired a great photographer. Some of the cakes were just ludicrous, others amateurish. There was no mention of how to make piped flowers or decorations, or sugar work. And currently cakes, especially wedding cakes, are not the incoherent design she offered. It seems to me that lately some authors are dumbing things down, so in this case instead of showing how a cake can be art and the artist's methods, she presented desserts anyone could whip up with little ingenuity or originality. This is a pretty book of her version of British favorites, but if you want a Bible to guide you in cake decorating I'd look elsewhere.

[Cortney Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ideas and good recipes and tips as well!

[Katheryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book can teach you how to pretty much decorate any cake and has some good recipes too.