Margaret Braun is a sugar craft master, for whom a cake is a work of fine art. In this exquisitely photographed and beautifully presented book, she explains how to recreate 15 of her amazing signature designs, like the three-tier Saint Ursula cake with blue and green icing and a sugar chalice resting on top and many more.

Features:

• Braun's favorite recipes
• Basic cakes
• Clear visuals and easy-to-follow text
• Arrays of icings and ganaches
• Rolled fondant
• Family recipes like the flourless chocolate cake
• And much more

This is more than a simple instruction book, there is also an historic inspirational story behind each cake. Cakewalk reveals the secrets for beautiful cakes, such as achieving the perfect consistency for fillings and icings, mixing colors to get the right hue, and combining colors and motifs successfully.

A beautiful visionary guide, Cakewalk is an important and valuable part of any culinary and confectionery library.

Contents

1. How to Use this book
   • Trying Your Hand

2. Motifs and Techniques
   • Tips, Techniques and Instructions

3. Cake Preparation and Assembly
   
   • How to Slice and Fill a Cake
     
   • How to Sculpt the Tiers of a Cake
     
   • How to Ice a Cake
     
   • How to Color Sugar Paste or Marzipan
     
   • How to Marbleize Sugar Paste or Marzipan
     
   • How to Cover Cakes with Sugar Paste or Marzipan
     
   • How to Assemble a Multi-Tiered Cake

4. The Cakes
   • When in Doubt-Polka Dots
   • Faux Daisy Basket Weave
   • Decal Recall
   • Afternoon with Frederick
   • Stripes are Nice
   • It's All About the Bows
   • Homage to Linoleum
   • Gust Tutti-Fruitti
   • Akbar's Cake
   • Purple Makes the Best Winding Robe
   • Eyes on Ursula
   • Baroque in Patent Leather
   • Queen of Symmetry
   • Cakewalk Through Barcelona
   • One Thousand Explosions

5. The Recipes
   • Basic Recipes
   • Personal Favorites
   • Cakes for Decorating
   • Fillings

6. Tools and Ingredients
   • Tools
   • Ingredients

Sources and Merchants
Index

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