Cake Decorating : Create Your Own Stunning Cakes, Sculpt Fondant Figures, Follow Step-by-Step Demonstrations, Master Piping Skills

__Cake Decorating__ shows you how to build, pipe, model, and airbrush birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and more, so you can create an edible masterpiece for any occasion. Photographic step-by-step tutorials showcase more than 70 techniques and 18 showstopping cake projects, complete with complementary cupcake and mini-cake designs. Plus, "idea" spreads adapt basic techniques to inspire hundreds of additional piping, stenciling, painting, and carving variations. The complete introduction to cake-decorating equipment ensures you have everything you need, and the selection of basic cake recipes and instructions for making buttercream, fondant, and more icings guide you from the start. Whether you are a beginner or an accomplished baking artist, __Cake Decorating__ will help you find inspiration and perfect your technique. __Previously published as__ Step-by-Step Cake Decorating\*. Cake Decorating shows you how to build, pipe, model, and airbrush birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and more, so you can create an edible masterpiece for any occasion. Photographic step-by-step tutorials showcase more than 70 techniques and 18 showstopping cake projects, complete with complementary cupcake and mini-cake designs. Plus, "idea" spreads adapt basic techniques to inspire hundreds of additional piping, stenciling, painting, and carving variations. The complete introduction to cake-decorating equipment ensures you have everything you need, and the selection of basic cake recipes and instructions for making buttercream, fondant, and more icings guide you from the start. Whether you are a beginner or an accomplished baking artist, Cake Decorating will help you find inspiration and perfect your technique. *Previously published as Step-by-Step Cake Decorating . Contents 5......Page 7 Floral 6......Page 8 Children’s 8......Page 10 Elegant 9......Page 11 Occasions 10......Page 12 TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT 12......Page 14 KEY INGREDIENTS 18......Page 21 Buttercream frosting 20......Page 22 Royal icing 28......Page 30 Marzipan 30......Page 32 Chocolate 32......Page 34 Fondant 40......Page 42 Pastes 44......Page 46 DECORATING TECHNIQUES 46......Page 49 3-D creations 48......Page 50 Piping 54......Page 56 Using cutters 68......Page 70 Stenciling and embossing 76......Page 78 Hand-modeling and flower work 86......Page 88 Painting 106......Page 108 PROJECTS 116......Page 119 CAKE BASICS 168......Page 171 TEMPLATES 184......Page 186 ADAPTING CAKE QUANTITIES 185......Page 187 INDEX 186......Page 188 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 190......Page 192 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 191......Page 193 Decoration planners Tools and equipment Key ingredients Decorating techniques Projects Cake basics.