First Steps in Cake Decorating: Over 100 Step-by-Step Cake Decorating Techniques and Recipes (Paperback)

by Janice Murfitt (Author)

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Cake decorating, whether stylistically traditional or new, is no easy task. However, Murfitt has succeeded in making the job easy, thereby demystifying the art of cake decorating. She brings the reader at once into contact with the intricate details of some of the basics: the importance of good equipment and materials, how to choose everyday items for design inspirations, how to use food coloring effectively, how to decorate with sugar paste and marzipan, and how to make templates. Color illustrations are accompanied by thorough step-by-step techniques, which allow for individual artistic flair. Inadequately titled, this book by no means limits one to first steps, but rather transforms the novice to the professional. This book is a "must have" for anyone with the slightest interest in cake decorating. In effect, it is a "school" in hardcover format.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Murfitt calms potentially nervous fingers by not only including step-by-step color photographs and text but also showing alternatives to traditional embellishments.--Booklist

"A `must have' for anyone with the slightest interest in cake decorating."--Publishers Weekly

Everyone will think these amazing cakes came from the best bakery in town. From a chocolate porcupine to candied petals, the options shown in this lush guide are endless, and all presented in a way that even beginners can easily follow. Pretty sugar-paste creations embellish a marzipan-covered cake. Nuts, sugar-frosted fruits, candy, and cinnamon sticks make beautiful decorations in an instant. And there are embossed patterns, ruffled borders, sugar-paste cutouts, and other eye-catching ideas, all with instructions, recipes, and templates, to provide inspiration for every occasion.

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Product Details Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: New Holland (April 28, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1845370015 ISBN-13: 978-1845370015 Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #649,582 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: New Holland (April 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845370015
• ISBN-13: 978-1845370015
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #649,582 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only discusses fondant and sugarpaste techniques, May 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: First Steps In Cake Decorating: Over 100 Step-By-Step Cake Decorating Techniques And Recipes (Paperback)

This book does not illustrate any techniques used with piped icing.There are some beautiful cakes but they are decorated with either poured or rolled fondant.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful cakes for the advanced cake decorator, February 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: First Steps In Cake Decorating: Over 100 Step-By-Step Cake Decorating Techniques And Recipes (Paperback)

The book is beautifully photographed and written, however the tools and ingredients are not for beginners. Ribbons and marzipan are used frequently, rather than plain icing, and the cakes are elaborate.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fine if you like fondant, August 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: First Steps In Cake Decorating: Over 100 Step-By-Step Cake Decorating Techniques And Recipes (Paperback)

Like many cake decorating books published in the UK, this book's cakes are not apt to have broad appeal to the US home baker. People who grew up with Aunt Betty's buttercream icing and Mom's frosted cupcakes after school may find the taste of the sugarpaste (rolled fondant) covering used on nearly all these cakes unfamiliar, too sweet, and with a stange texture. Most of the cakes are lovely to look at, but there is not a single one in here that I would actually make.