Cake art : simplified step-by-step instructions and illustrated techniques for the home baker to create showstopping cakes and cupcakes

Kincaide, Lindsay (Author). Cavotti, Kate (Added Author). McLoughlin, Alison (Added Author). Culinary Institute of America (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0867309229
ISBN: 9780867309225
Physical Description: print
207 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Publisher: New York : Lebhar-Friedman Books, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Cake decorating (Planning and designing a cake decorating project -- Decorating projects with children -- Decorating equipment) -- 2. Cakes and cupcakes (Preparing cake pans -- Vanilla sponge cake -- Chocolate sponge cake -- Lemon chiffon cake -- Chocolate chiffon cake -- Carrot cake -- Devil's food cake -- Devil's food sheet cake -- Hazelnut cream cake -- Cooling, removing and storing cakes) -- 3. Fillings, icings, and meringues (Choosing a cake filling -- Vanilla pastry cream -- Lemon curd -- Hard ganache -- Soft ganache -- Swiss meringue buttercream -- Italian buttercream -- Swiss meringue -- Italian meringue) -- 4. Icing and décor mediums (Modeling chocolate -- Dark modeling chocolate -- White modeling chocolate -- Gum paste -- Marzipan -- Pastillage -- Fondant -- Chocolate piping gel -- Royal icing -- Fresh flowers and fruit for décor -- Sugaring flowers and fruit -- Tempering chocolate) -- 5. Cake assembly (Covering cake boards -- Assembling a cake -- Filling a cake -- Masking and icing a cake-- Covering a cake with fondant or modeling chocolate -- Glazing a cake with ganache -- Doweling a cake) -- 6. Piping (Piping bags and tips -- Coloring icing -- Piping flowers, borders, and other décor -- Floodwork -- Buttercream rose cake -- Meringue flowers cake -- Buttercream flowers cupcakes -- Chocolate bug cupcakes -- Lemon meringue cupcakes -- Sugar marshmallow cupcakes -- Paint-by-number cake) -- 7. Modeling (Gum paste décor -- Chocolate molds -- Modeling chocolate leaves and flowers -- Modeledfigures -- Marzipan fruit -- Marshmallow flowers and designs for cupcakes -- Blush pink hearts and roses cake -- Chcolate rose and butterfly cake -- Dogwood cake -- Wizard cake -- Farm animal cupcakes) -- 8. Stencils and cutouts (Stencils and tamping -- Fondant, gum paste, and pastillage décor -- Chocolate cutouts -- Plaques for cupcakes -- Chocolate silhouette and frame -- Stenciling with confectioners' sugar or cocoa powder -- Gift wrapped cake -- Quilled Paisley cake -- Glazed cake -- Silhouette cake-- Chocolate flower cupcakes -- Mosaic cake) -- 9. Embossing, stamping, and painting (Stamping -- Embossing -- Painting with food colors -- Painted hydrangea garden cake -- Mermaid cake -- Stamped wildflowers and butterflies cake -- Pixie cake -- Castle cake -- Stamped plaques cake -- Embossed monogram cupcakes -- Stamped bugs and flowers cupcakes -- Holiday cupcakes) -- Appendices (Scaling recipes -- Conversion charts -- Shopping resources -- Templates).