Creating Sculpted Cakes
Published on 15. January 2024
144 pages
978-0-7198-4331-0 (ISBN)
Description
The thought of creating a sculpted cake can be a daunting one. However, when broken down, the skills and processes needed are not as intimidating as might be thought. Whether you are a professional cake decorator or a hobby baker, this book will guide you through each step needed to create show-stopping sculpted cakes. Each project will teach you new skills and techniques to help you progress to more and more advanced cakes. You will be shown how to stack, carve, cover and add details to create beautiful, gravity-defying sculpted cakes. With clear, step-by-step instructions and over 400 colour photographs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
455 Illustrations
File size
249,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7198-4331-0 (9780719843310)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Victoria White
Creating Sculpted Cakes
Book
01/2024
The Crowood Press Ltd
€19.00
Shipment within 15-20 days
Person
VICTORIA WHITE is a multi-award-winning professional cake artist and the owner of Victoria White Cake Design, based in Northamptonshire. She specialises in hyper-realistic sculpted cakes. She is well known in the industry for her life-sized animal cakes, including an owl and a dinosaur that both won 1st place in the carved and life-sized categories at Cake International competition. She has also won several gold, silver and bronze awards in various competitions over the years and recently was a finalist in the baking industry awards in the category of celebration cake business of the year.
Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Tools and Equipment
- Chapter 2 Materials
- Chapter 3 Building Structures
- Chapter 4 Creating Textures and Basic Shapes
- Chapter 5 Recipes
- Chapter 6 Project 1: A Simple Carve
- Chapter 7 Project 2: Using Templates
- Chapter 8 Project 3: Carving Vehicles
- Chapter 9 Project 4: Simple Structure
- Chapter 10 Project 5: Standing Structure
- Chapter 11 Project 6: Bust Structure
- Chapter 12 Project 7: Armature and Airbrushing
- Chapter 13 Project 8: The Show-Stopper
- Appendix I Templates
- Appendix II Stockists
- Appendix III Conversion Charts
- Index
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
