Hand Molded Figures [Paperback]

Roland A. Winbeckler (Author, Illustrator), Roland A. Winbeckler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993

This book features 20 adorable figures molded by hand. The medium used can be marzipan, gum paste, fondant, or rolled buttercream icing. Color photos of all finished figures plus black and white photos of the various parts and enlarged finished figures are included. Hand molded figures are ideal for use many times when drawn or piped figures might not be appropriate or even possible. These figures allow the decorator the advantage of being able to create figures for a cake days or even weeks ahead of time to make the best use of time. And if made using rolled buttercream, as in the book, the figures stay pleasantly soft for eating and have a delightful flavor.

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About the Author

Roland A. Winbeckler began his cake-decorating career in 1971. He worked in retail bakeries for 10 years, after which he started his own company, Winbeckler Enterprises, from which he produces and sells his instruction books, operates his professional cake decorating classes, and markets some specialty cake decorating supplies through mail order. Born in 1946, he is a lifelong resident of Kent, Washington, U.S.A.

He was a double gold medal winner at the World Culinary Olympics held in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1976.

He is the author of several instruction and pattern books on cake decorating.

He has written many articles for trade magazines dealing with the cake decorating and bakery field including Bakery Production and Marketing and American Cake Decorating.

He has been teaching professional cake decorating since 1975.

He has taught at the Culinary Institute of American in Hyde Park, New York, as well as many other prestigious institutions.

He has been a featured demonstrator at national Retailer's Bakery Association Conventions, the international cake decorators' conventions of the International Cake Exploration Society, and the 1991 Australian National Convention.

He has been featured on several instructional videotapes produced for The Retailer's Bakery Association as well as videos produced for the decorating public.

He has appeared on national television several times on such programs as "To Tell the Truth" and "You Asked for It" and has been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles throughout the country.

He has created many life-sized cake sculptures for and/or of famous personalities such as Cher, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Wayne Gretzky, Colonel Sanders, Princess Diana, and others.

In 1992, Roland A. Winbeckler was inducted into the International Cake Exploration Society's (ICES) Cake Decorator's Hall of Fame.

Product Details

• Paperback: 26 pages
• Publisher: Winbeckler Enterprises; 1 edition (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930113160
• ISBN-13: 978-0930113162
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice touches for your cakes, January 30, 2005

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heleen huyten-erkens (the Netherlands) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hand Molded Figures (Paperback)

Basically I loved the figures that are presented in this book. If you take some time to make them, they can really personallize your cake and turn it into something very special that stands out.
What I didn't like was that there was only one color picture of all figures, and that the directions/instructions are all in black and white, and in such poor quality that the details are sometimes hard to see.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good way to make your cakes stand out., September 7, 2000

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"lrhnancy" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hand Molded Figures (Paperback)

Put anyone one of these figures on your cakes & it will be noticed.They are fairly simple all you need is some time to do them.You can make them up several weeks in advance & still be able to eat them.Also with your help children can do these,it'll be like working with play-doh for them.Each figure has a finished color photo.It shows each individual piece that it takes to make a figure.It has a witch,santa,friar,hippo,puppy, owl,penguin,teddy bear,baby,clown,angel,golfer,businessman, lion,pig,horse,raccoon,cow,bunny and a snowman.A good book for your cake decorating library.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hand Molded Figures by Roland A. Winbeckler, January 15, 2008

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E. Chong (singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hand Molded Figures (Paperback)

I was utterly disappointed with the quality of the book. Definitely not a book for people who expected colours and quality pictures. For a 26 pages (that includes printing on both front and back cover) book, personally I don't think it is value for money.