Cake Decorating Step by Step: Simple Instructions for Gorgeous Cakes, Cupcakes and Cookies - Hardcover

Torrico, Giovanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1743367406 ISBN 13: 9781743367407

Publisher: Murdoch Books, 2016

Synopsis

London-based author Giovanna Torrico provides everything you need to know in order to create beautiful, stylish and fun cakes in her gorgeous book Cake Decorating Step by Step. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced baker, Cake Decorating Step by Step is designed to provide you with all the baking and decorating techniques you'll need to become a creative cake, cupcake and cookie making pro. With easy-to-follow directions, advice about essential tools and reliable recipes, this lovely volume guides you through the planning and preparation stages in baking, including tips for how to layer, ice and stack a cake. With step-by-step photography, Giovanna teaches the reader how to create personalised masterpieces for all occasions. From show-stopping cake projects, such as Vanilla cake with strawberry ganache and Ombre cake, to handcrafted sugar flowers (peonies, poppies and daffodils) and animals (bumblebees, ladybirds, dogs), Giovanna provides everything you need to cake decorate confidently and, most importantly, to make delicious creations perfectly, every time.

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Review

A lovely, visual guide for the novice cake decorator, this step-by-step book is really well presented and clear to follow. It's full of lots of baking and decorating techniques needed for making creative cakes, cupcakes and cookies. The book guides you through the planning and preparation stages, including how to layer, ice and stack a cake, before moving on to piping and sugarpaste modelling. You can combine the recipes and skills learnt in the earlier chapters to create your own designs, or follow the projects in the latter chapters for tried and tested cakes. --Cake Masters

If you're planning on applying for Bake Off, then this new book is essential. Whether you're a beginner or keen baker, it teaches you all the techniques you need to become a total pro. So handcraft those sugar flowers, pipe that icing, and get creating those showstoppers. --Heat

About the Author

When Giovanna Torrico became a mother, she began cooking from her mother's recipes to make birthday cakes for her own children. Each year, the birthday cakes became more elaborate, and soon friends started asking her to make cakes for them, too. Giovanna obtained a Diplôme de Pâtisserie from Le Cordon Bleu, and then honed her skills at the Ritz Hotel. In 2011, Giovanna set up her own catering company, Dolci di Gio (www.dolcidigio.com), in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Murdoch Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1743367406
• ISBN 13: 9781743367407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160