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Professional Cake Decorating

Professional Cake Decorating, ISBN 9780471701361 and books by Toba M Garrett on sale at thebookshelf.co.nz

A resource to the special methods and techniques unique to cake decorating. Everything you need to create stunning cake decorations

Cake decorating is an art with specific skills that must be studied and practiced before they can be mastered. Professional Cake Decorating is the first guidebook, reference, and at–your–fingertips resource to the special methods and techniques unique to cake decorating.

Professional Cake Decorating is:

a comprehensive set of lessons designed to teach the skills needed in cake decorating, including basic, intermediate, and advanced piping skills, hand modelling, and gum paste flowers
a powerful tool for making dramatic improvements in the overall look and design of cakes
a valuable training handbook and resource for bakers and decorators
a comprehensive reference of successful professional skill sets

Using more than 200 step–by–step and finished cake colour photographs, as well as over 125 illustrations, this highly visual book covers a wealth of techniques for cake borders, piped flowers, cake writing and piping, royal icing designs, marzipan fruits and figurines, rolled icing, floral patterns, petit fours, gum paste floral art and design, and much more. Thorough coverage also includes such foundation skills as making shells, rosettes, reverse shells, zigzags, fleur–de–lis, rope, garlands, scrolls, rosebuds, and other confectionary designs.

Complete with more than three dozen tried–and–tested recipes, Professional Cake Decorating is the only book that places the rewards of thirty years of training, travelling, teaching, and private practice in your hands! It is a must–have for todays bakers, cake decorators, specialty shop owners, and independent cake designers.

Introduction.
A History of Cake Decorating.
Lesson 1: Basic Piping Skills.
Lesson 2: Floral Piping Skills.
Lesson 3: Intermediate Piping Skills.
Lesson 4: Advanced Border Skills.
Lesson 5: The Art of Writing.
Lesson 6: Royal Icing Piped Flowers.
Lesson 7: Royal Icing Design Skills.
Lesson 8: The Art of Icing a Cake.
Lesson 9: Hand Modelling Skills.
Lesson 10: Marzipan and Chocolate Modelling.
Lesson 11: Advanced Icing and Design Skills.
Lesson 12: Rolled Icing Design Skills.
Lesson 13: Pastillage Construction.
Lesson 14: Gum paste Flowers – Basic Floral Skills.
Lesson 15: Advanced Gum paste Flowers.
Lesson 16: Miniature Cakes and Decorated Cookies.
Lesson 17: Cake Boards, Colour Charts, Painting, and More Techniques.
Lesson 18: Cake and Confectionary Gallery.
Lesson 19: Recipes
Appendix 1: Patterns.
Appendix 2: Measurements.
Bibliography.
Index.

Author:: Toba M Garrett
Shipping:: Shipping Details
ISBN:: 9780471701361
Publish Date:: 8/2006
Pages:: 368
Publisher:: John Wiley & Sons
Format:: Hardback
Availability:: Approximately 10 - 14 days.
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