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Cake Decorating For Dummies
By: Joe LoCiceroeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: For Dummies
Format: ePub Encrypted (DRM)
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Create wedding, shower, holiday, and festive kids' cakes
Easy at-home instruction for making and decorating fabulous cakes
Want to make beautiful cakes? This fun, instructive guide gives you simple techniques for creating cakes for all celebrations. You get expert advice in all the basics -- from baking to icing to decorating with style. You'll also find delicious foolproof recipes, great ideas for themed cakes, and savvy tips for starting a cake decorating business!
Discover how to:
* Find ingredients and supplies
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Make a cake from scratch
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Use frostings and fillings
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Cut and serve a cake
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Troubleshoot cake catastrophes
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Master creative techniques
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| Title of eBook: Cake Decorating For Dummies | |
| Release Date: 04-27-2011 | |
| Publisher: For Dummies |
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| SKU | 9780470167908 |
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Cake Decorating For Dummies
Chapter One
Acquiring the Skills and Creativity
In This Chapter
* Linking baking skills with your creativity and tastes
* Working through the cake process
* Becoming a cake designer
* Embracing all cake opportunities
Cake decorating requires both skill and creativity ... but you can do it for every occasion that calls for a celebration! With an understanding of some basic mechanics (and maybe a few secrets), you can create amazing, memorable cakes that impress and delight partygoers, event attendees, and families alike.
Truth be told, who needs an occasion to bake and decorate a cake? When you get wrapped up in the sheer enjoyment of dreaming up a cake's design, mixing batters and making frostings, selecting the perfect accompaniments and colors, and the tasty results that undoubtedly bring smiles aplenty, you don't need an occasion to create a delicious masterpiece.
If you peruse magazine pages or fancy bakery cases with cakes that you think your work can't possibly match up to, fear not! All you need is the instruction in this book, the inspiration provided by your family, friends, and events ... and a love of cake!
Bridging Baking and Creativity
From a very young age, practically everyone loves to eat cake. (Do you have pictures of yourself on your first birthday with cake smeared all over your hands and face? I do.) For most people, the word "cake" conjures up images of sweet times, fun gatherings, and memorable celebrations.
On its own, a cake certainly can be beautiful and delicious. But a decorated cake, particularly one with well-ex
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