Cake Decorating for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Decorating Like a Pro

Decorate dazzling cakes with this step-by-step guide for beginners!

Decorating cakes at home is easy and fun, thanks to Rose Atwater’s clear and detailed cake decorating guide. Rose started her “accidental cake business” in late 2009 with more than 20 practice cakes she made for her brother’s wedding. By the following year, her prototypes had caught the attention of friends and family and turned into a steady stream of orders.

Since then, she has turned her talents into a thriving business, decorating more than 1,500 cakes for her blog, Rose Bakes. Now, with Cake Decorating for Beginners, she turns her years of knowledge and experience into a comprehensive cake cookbook for any aspiring cake decorator!

Get the ultimate cake decorating book for beginners:

Getting started ― Begin with basic recipes for baking the cakes you’ll decorate and get an overview of the decorating tools and ingredients you’ll need.

Essential techniques ― Learn how to decorate with frosting, piping, fondant, and chocolate so you can create cakes for any occasion, from baby showers to birthdays.

Instructional cakes ― Find 10 complete cake tutorials to help you put your new skills into practice, like a Shades of Blue Hexagon Cake, a Sweet Flowers Wedding Cake, and a Bright & Happy Sprinkles Cake.

This cake decorating book for beginners contains everything you need to create your own gorgeous, photo-worthy confections!

From the Publisher

Master the nuts and bolts of baking and cake decorating:

Tutorials

In addition to 10 decorating tutorials, the book features templates to cut sheet cake into different shapes and sizes to create fun designs, from a ship to a llama to a heart.

Decorating Basics

Step-by-step instructions and photographs are accompanied by charts indicating the serving size of different cakes and how much frosting or fondant is required for decoration.

Prep and Baking

Get the basics right first. Before you decorate, get a foundation with the right tools, techniques, foundational recipes, and troubleshooting tips.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Callisto
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 24, 2019
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1641525894
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1641525893
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.42 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #118,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #53 in Cake Baking (Books) #1,250 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books)
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