Astonish your party guests with amazingly lifelike flowers to top off a cake or cupcake. Learn how to create a lush bouquet of blossoms―from simple blooms, like daisies and hydrangeas, to the elegantly exotic, such as irises and orchids. Whether you're using fondant or modeling paste, making piped, pulled, or freehand flowers, stenciling or using brush embroidery, all the decoration techniques are covered in clear easy-to-follow directions paired with step-by-step photographs. Organized by medium, each flower is presented in an "exploded" view that clearly shows all the individual flower components and how they all fit together.
Crucial cake-making skills and baking recipes are given, like how to prepare cake tins or how to choose a cake shape and side designs. Plus there's troubleshooting advice to help bakers create balanced flower designs or whip up a batch of identical cupcakes. 75 Flowers for Cake Decorators ensures that bakers of any level will learn how to master all the decorating components to make a showstopping dessert masterpiece.

75 Flowers for Cake Decorators: A Beautiful Collection of Easy-to-Make Floral Cake Toppers for Cakes and Cupcakes

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Penman, Helen

Baking

St. Martin's: Griffin

Ever more popular, fondant cakes have been featured everywhere, from Martha Stewart Living to TLC's Cake Boss and the Food Network's Ace of Cakes. 
 Fondant cakes are appearing at children's parties and are the standard for weddings. Home bakers are now learning how to save money by making and decorating their own fondant cakes. Suitable for all skills levels, Fondant Modeling for Cake Decorators is a practical reference to creating too-good-to-eat fondant models for cakes for all occasions. 
 The book describes essential techniques and materials, and it features recipes for all the essential elements of a fondant cake, such as cake layers, icings and fondant pastes. The 180-page model directory includes step-by-step instructions and unique "exploded" photographs that show individual components and how they fit together. 
 The selection of cakes includes: 
<ul>
<li>Wedding and anniversary, such as a bride and groom, valentine </li>
<li>Holidays and celebrations, such as Easter bunny, fireworks </li>
<li>Animals, such as crocodile, sheep, grasshopper, dinosaur </li>
<li>Flowers and fruits, such as roses, fruit bowl, strawberries </li>
<li>Hobbies and sports, such as musical notes, trophy, swimmer </li>
<li>Transport and jobs, such as truck, policeman, building site </li>
<li>Children's themes, such as clown, alien, mermaid, baby rattle. </li> </ul>
 More than 600 photographs are complemented by thorough explanations of every technique, ensuring exceptional results every time. For the home baker who wants to create spectacular cakes and the experienced decorator looking for new inspiration, Fondant Modeling for Cake Decorators is a must-have resource.

Fondant Modeling for Cake Decorators: 100 Fondant Features to Top Off a Special Cake

Firefly Books

A thorough guide to making a menagerie of charming fondant creatures. 
 Fondant-decorated cakes are an important part of today's celebrations and now more than ever, bakers are choosing to make specialty cakes at home. 
 100 Fondant Animal Cake Toppers is a practical guide to making charming fondant toppers for any occasion. Straightforward instruction and hundreds of step-by-step photographs make it easy for both expert and beginner bakers. 
 The introduction explains all of the essential techniques and describes the materials used, along with recipes for all of the cakes, fillings, frostings and fondants used in the book. 
 The 50 projects are presented with these features for easy reference: 
<ul>
<li>Boxes show materials used, tools needed and colors used. </li> <li>Concise text explains step by step how to make the topper by shaping and assembling the parts. </li> <li>Each animal is presented in an "exploded" view showing the individual components and how they fit together. </li> <li>Helpful features include tips for extra decoration, close-up photographs to show detail work and a photograph of the final creation. </li> </ul>
 100 Fondant Animal Cake Toppers features whimsical decorations for every kind of celebration, including a panda bear munching on bamboo, cuddly teddy bears, a mouse with a piece of cheese, a fluffy lamb, a freckled turtle and colorful clownfish. 
 100 Fondant Animal Cake Toppers is an essential, easy-to-use guide to creating delightful decorations that will never fail to impress.

100 Fondant Animal Cake Toppers: Make a Menagerie of Cute Creatures to Sit on Your Cakes

75 Sugar Flowers: A Beautiful Collection of Easy-to-Make Floral Cake Toppers

Search Press Ltd

75 Flowers for Cake Decorators: A Beautiful Collection of Easy to Make Floral Cake and Cupcake Toppers

Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd

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