Planet Cake: A Beginner's Guide to Decorating Incredible Cakes - Softcover

Paris Cutler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1435117050 ISBN 13: 9781435117051

Publisher: Fall River Press, 2009

Synopsis

It’s time to get excited about party cakes again. No more butter cream teddy bears. No more staying up until midnight sticking sprinkles on ice-cream cones. No more cake crumbs in the icing. Make something fabulous, professional, and easy… the Planet Cake way.

This funky and inspirational book provides a step-by-step course in cake decorating by Paris Cutler, celebrity cake-maker and the owner of the Planet Cake shop. In Planet Cake, Paris shares her colorful and distinctive designs and comprehensive knowledge with thirty designs for fabulous cakes. There really is no secret to becoming a great cake decorator other than solid skills in ganaching and covering, an eye for color and proportion, practice, and patience.

This book is organized so that the beginning cake decorator can learn to ganache and cover a cake perfectly before moving on to the more challenging levels of decorating. Every cake is photographed and each method explained step-by-step and enhanced by color illustrations. There is also a comprehensive basics section, outlining all the tricks of the trade and troubleshooting tips that you’ll need to produce stunning cakes with relative ease for almost any occasion. From the most basic cupcake to an exquisitely adorned wedding cake, Planet Cake provides all the special techniques you’ll need to become a great cake decorator.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fall River Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1435117050
• ISBN 13: 9781435117051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192