Wilton 902-240 48-Page Soft-Cover Cake-Decorating Guide, Course 1

by Wilton

Product Features

• 48-page soft-cover student guide explores tips and techniques for decorating beautiful cakes
• For use as a stand-alone or accompanied by Wilton's in-store Cake Decorating Course 1
• Step-by-step instructions and photography for baking cakes, piping borders, and more
• Great for birthdays, holidays, and other occasions; Cake Decorating Courses 2 and 3 sold separately
• Measures approximately 8-2/5 by 11 by 1/5 inches

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.1 x 8.4 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00188JNRY
• Item model number: 902-240
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,188 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

For a fun, hands-on introduction to the art of cake decorating, turn to this user-friendly course created by cake-decorating professionals. The 48-page soft-cover guide offers vivid photography and simple, step-by-step instructions for a variety of cake-decorating techniques--everything from baking perfect cakes to piping even borders, making professional roses, whipping fluffy frosting, and more. Designed to accompany Wilton's in-store Cake Decorating Course 1, the volume also stands alone as a handy reference guide for novice or professional home decorators alike. Best of all, it can be used as a stepping stone to the more complicated and intricate decorating techniques found in Wilton's Cake Decorating Courses 2 and 3 (sold separately). A great starting point when concocting memorable birthday, holiday, anniversary, and other special-occasion or everyday confections, the cake-decorating course book measures approximately 8-2/5 by 11 by 1/5 inches.

Product Description

Student guide for Wilton's cake decorating course 1: Discover Cake Decorating. 48 pages, soft cover. Intended for participants in Wilton's cake decorating course 1 classes, but may also be used as a self-study guide.

Customer Reviews

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very easy to understand, step by step instructions, January 18, 2007

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Elaine J. Eddington "iron_clasped_soul" (Fairbanks, Alaska) - See all my reviews
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Just a note, you get this book free when you sign up to take the Wilton Cake Class Course 1 (at least you do at Michael's Arts & Crafts where I took mine)

The book is easy to understand, pictures are literally step by step and include instruction such as "offhand," meaning it will tell you that something should resemble an ice cream cone or look like a behive, to swirl here, or lightly brush here, sweeping motion, etc. I found it very refreshing not to all be spoken in terms that only people who attended culinary school would understand. It also shows you the pictures of suggested supplies you will need in the beginning of the book so your not running back to the store each time you start a new segment.

I would suggest just taking the class because on top of getting the book free, you do get a lot more tips and advice from the instructor that you can jot down in the ample space imbetween pictures and notes in the book. But if you too busy or there isn't a class scheduled near you, this book would certainly suffice in helping you get started!

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars take the course with it, prepare to shell out more $$ for tools, April 5, 2007

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Z. Xu "PB" (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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I just begin a Wilton cake decorating class #1 at Michael's, and this book comes FREE with the class which is $18 (instructor says these course books should retail about $3-5 at most).

You should take the class in addition to read this book, the experience of live teaching by an experienced instructor is invaluable. During this class, you will learn the beginner cake decoration techniques. It's a lot of fun, and if you don't want to proceed onto course II or III, it should be fine with just decorating your average cupcake, cookies and basic cakes. [[though most people love it so much that they do advance on..]]

however, I do have to caution that the course I tool kit you can buy ($19.99 @ Michael's) is only the bare minimum, it does not have all the things you will need for the first class. so be prepared to develop this hobby and pay more (~$20-40 depending on what you want) for other tool/tips/bags....

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wilton course 1 book, January 16, 2007

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Darkeyes (US) - See all my reviews
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If you are like me unable to take Wilton course 1 class or just want to get a head start before taking the class. This book is a great investment for you. All the method taught in course 1 class are given here with step by step color picture. If you don't are unable to master the skills that is fine, just practice and practice you will be ok (I suggest you use a large flat dinner plate instead of the practice board, its much easier to clean up or re-use the buttercream).

I learned how to make butter cream roses and shells thanks to this book in addition to wilton's website video. I suggest everyone to invest on this book (you can always sell it later if you no longer want it).