The Well-Decorated Cake

by Garrett, Toba; Needham, Steven Mark; Mathews, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780806991993
• ISBN10: 0806991992
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

As a Master Cake Designer and featured instructor at the prestigious Institute of Culinary Education in New York City, Toba Garrett has taught top industry professionals her decorating secrets. Now, using the same easy-to-follow style that worked so well in her acclaimed book, Creative Cookies, she brings her artistic vision and professional tips to you in this fully illustrated home cake-decorating course. From selecting the proper equipment to the basics of buttercream, easy techniques for creating piping flowers and ornamentation to advanced drapery and border designs, everything you need to become a better cake designer is included. You'll find time-saving templates, a picture gallery of spectacular cakes, and a generous selection of Toba's own recipes. The author lives in New York, NY.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
A Cake-Decorating Master Class with Toba Garrett	9	(2)
CHAPTER 1 Cake-Decorating Tools	11	(3)
CHAPTER 2 The Icings That Make the Cake	14	(6)
Creamy Icings	15	(1)
Rolled Icings	16	(3)
Color Techniques	19	(1)
CHAPTER 3 Preparing & Icing the Cake	20	(18)
Splitting & Filling	21	(4)
Piped Buttercream Icing	25	(1)
Spackling the Cake	25	(2)
Covering the Cake with Rolled Fondant	27	(4)
Tiering the Cake	31	(3)
Rolled Iced Cakes	34	(4)
CHAPTER 4 Easy Design Techniques	38	(9)
Choosing the Cake	38	(1)
Choosing the Icing	39	(3)
Getting Started	42	(1)
Special Tools & Techniques	43	(1)
Lace & Other Presses	43	(4)
CHAPTER 5 Buttercream Basics	47	(12)
Borders & Flowers	48	(11)
CHAPTER 6 Royal Icing Design Skills	59	(17)
Embroidery Piping	59	(3)
Flooding Techniques	62	(1)
Bridge & Extension Work	63	(3)
Overpiping Techniques	66	(3)
Border Designs	69	(3)
Piped Flowers in Royal Icing	72	(4)
CHAPTER 7 Gumpaste Sugar Flowers	76	(17)
Five-Petal Flowers	77	(2)
Four-Petal Flowers	79	(1)
Cherry Blossoms	80	(1)
Mimosas	81	(1)
Roses	81	(2)
Rose Leaves	83	(1)
Carnations	84	(3)
Cymbidium Orchids	87	(3)
Azaleas	90	(1)
Flower Arranging	91	(2)
CHAPTER 8 Ornaments, Inscriptions, Drapery & Toppers	93	(18)
Writing Inscriptions	94	(1)
Sugar Ribbon Bouquets	95	(1)
Bells	96	(1)
Brush Painting	97	(1)
Bride & Groom Mice	98	(3)
Blown Sugar Balls	101	(2)
Cameos & Wooden Molds	103	(1)
Heart Box	103	(2)
Swan's Neck & Head	105	(1)
Rolled Fondant Drapery	105	(2)
Modeling Chocolate Roses	107	(4)
CHAPTER 9 A Galler of sakes	111	(23)
Gilded Rose Cake	112	(1)
Scrolls & Violets Cake	113	(1)
Lovebirds' Engagement Cake	114	(1)
Wedding Drape Cake	115	(1)
Fall Wedding Cake	116	(1)
Satin-Stitch Embroidery Cake	117	(1)
Three Stages of Mocha Iced Cakes	118	(1)
Ribbon Bouquet Anniversary Cake	119	(1)
Victorian Rose Wedding Cake	120	(2)
Swan Princess Cake	122	(1)
Wedding Dress Cake	123	(1)
Rose Garden Wedding Cake	124	(1)
Cake-in-a Box	125	(1)
Monogrammed Wedding Cake	126	(1)
Crystal Wedding Cake	127	(1)
Crown-of-Petals Cake	128	(1)
Cake Cachet	128	(1)
Marbleized Cake	128	(1)
Chocolate & Raspberry Cake	129	(1)
Basket-of-Fruit Cake	130	(1)
Holly & Lace Christmas Cake	131	(1)
Sweet Smell of Orchid Cake	132	(2)
CHAPTER 10 Toba's Favorite Recipes	134	(18)
Icings	134	(8)
Cakes	142	(7)
Fillings & Extras	149	(3)
MEASUREMENTS	152	(4)
Finding the Perfect Measure	152	(3)
High-Altitude Baking	155	(1)
Temperature	155	(1)
PIPING & EMBROIDERY PATTERNS	156	(6)
MONOGRAM LETTERING GUIDES	162	(8)
SPECIAL CAKE-DECORATING SUPPLIES	170	(2)
INDEX	172