by
Louise & Othmar Fassbind

The Complete Manual to Cake Artistik is written in four languages consecutively: English, Italian, French, and German!

This indispensable publication shows you how to make original cake decorations efficiently and competently. It aims to pave the way for all of those interested in creating artistik cakes with prosperous results.

The Complete Manual to Cake Artistik aims to arouse a passion for creating festive and wedding cakes alike. It unveils a wealth of totally new ideas and practical tips to guarantee that special effect for every cake you make!

Features:

• Full color pictures throughout
• Explains techniques in a clear understandable manner
• Covers all aspects of modern cake decorating
• Classical styles
• Contemporary styles
• And much more!

Complete Manual to Cake Artistik is divided into thirty-nine lessons. Each lesson contains easy to follow instructions with complete illustrations.

Lessons:

1. The History of English Fruit Cake
2. Ingredients
3. Traditional English Fruit Cakes
4. Cake Decorating: A Passion
5. Commercial Cake Decorating
6. Covering Paste
7. Covering a Cake-Cover
8. Covering an English Fruit Cake
9. Crimping Work
10. Stenciling
11. Direct Crimping
12. Ribbons and Bows
13. Tablecloth Technique
14. Attached Tablecloth Technique
15. Frilling Paste
16. Frills
17. Different Frills
18. Royal Icing
19. Rolling and Filling a Piping-bag
20. Piping Lines
21. Curtain Techniques
22. Side Decorations
23. Piping Cake
24. Piped Cake Decorations
25. Piped Side Decorations
26. Flower Paste
27. Handcrafted, Modelled Flowers
28. Arranging a Posy with a Paper Frill
29. Filler Flower
30. Binding a Floral Arrangement
31. Piping Flowers
32. Brush Embroidery
33. Pearls: Sugar That Isn't Sugar
34. The Bride and Groom Cake
35. The Clown Cake
36. The Swan Cake
37. The Christmas Cake
38. The Dove Cake
39. The Tulip Cake

Index

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