The Cake Decorating Bible: Simple Steps to Creating Beautiful Cupcakes, Biscuits, Birthday Cakes and More

by Juliet Sear

Overview

Squarely aimed at the home baker, the definitive guide to ensuring that cakes, cupcakes, and cookies are as stunning as they are delicious

Juliet Sear is at the forefront of contemporary cake design, with celebrities flocking to her cake shop. In this elegant book, Juliet teaches all the basics of cake decoration—how to pipe buttercream, ice cookies, and use glitter and dyes to decorate cupcakes—before building up skills and confidence so that tiered cakes and chocolate ganaches can be whipped up in the blink of an eye. And alongside all Juliet's invaluable tips, cheats, and troubleshooting advice for how to remedy "cake-tastrophes" the book is packed with step-by-step photography of all the techniques and stunning shots of Juliet's inspiring designs, ensuring that all readers can create show-stopping cakes. Includes metric measures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780091946685
Publisher:	Crown Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/16/2012
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Juliet Sear runs Fancy Nancy, a boutique bakery selling celebration cakes, cupcakes, cake pops, and cookies. Fancy Nancy supplies Harvey Nichols across the UK and Juliet runs classes at Leiths School of Food and Wine.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

 • "Some cakes boast that they are 'exceedingly good'. Well, Juliet's cakes look good, taste even better and are among the best I've ever enjoyed eating." —Sir Ian McKellan

Editorial Reviews

 • "Some cakes boast that they are 'exceedingly good'. Well, Juliet's cakes look good, taste even better and are among the best I've ever enjoyed eating." --Sir Ian McKellan

From the Publisher