From, Lindy Smith, the author of the international bestsellers The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible and Creative Colour for Cake Decorating, this is the definitive guide to mini cakes. It is perfect for beginners and more experienced cake crafters alike with 30 projects providing detailed step-by-step instructions supported by beautiful and helpful photography, making mini cakes achievable for all.
The definitive guide to mini cakes with expert instruction from a world-renowned cake decorator. Mini cakes are ideal for trying out new techniques, making the results quick and achievable for all skill levels. They make perfect gifts, to give to guests a
Let world-renowned sugarcraft teacher Lindy Smith show you how to make a spectacular wedding cake in simple steps. Today’s brides are looking for wedding cakes that look modern, stylish, and unique but that are achievable and don’t cost the Earth. This step-by-step guide will show you how to create a wide range of contemporary wedding cakes, using the latest trends in cake decorating and wedding design for a DIY wedding cake to be truly proud of! In her trademark style, and with over 400 photographs, Lindy breaks down the process with accessible techniques and easy-to-follow steps, which simplify even the grandest designs.
Learn over 150 cake decorating techniques with this bestseller from the renowned sugarcraft expert! This is the ultimate guide to contemporary cake design—you’ll learn how to make decorated cakes, starting with basic sugarcraft tools, baking recipes, and ingredients, and finishing with advanced modeling techniques, including royal icing stenciling, brush embroidery, buttercream piping, using sugar cutters and molds, making cake jewelry, and so much more! Get creative with simple, step-by-step instructions for more than eighty celebration cake, mini-cake, cupcake, and cookie designs. Essential tips and advice are included for all skill levels, from complete beginners to the most confident of cake decorators—and you can even learn how to make Lindy Smith’s signature “wonky cakes.”
Designs and techniques for over 20 celebration mini cakes Celebrate in style with Lindy Smith's gorgeous designs, including cute characters, beautiful flowers and classic patterns. Create delicious treats for every occasion, from birthdays and children's parties to weddings, anniversaries and Christmas. Discover a variety of cake and icing recipes, learn about sugarcraft tools and get expert advice with Lindy's tips and inspiring variation ideas.
Learn how to choose and use colours creatively in your cake decorating projects with 10 amazing cake designs from Lindy Smith, author of the international bestseller The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible. Discover how to adapt cake designs to your own colour schemes, how to take colour inspiration from objects and environments around you to create your own unique palettes, and how to use the food paste colours available to best effect on stunning decorated cakes. Includes 10 colour-themed chapters each with an amazing cake decorating design and additional cupcake or cookie projects in alternative colourways, to show how selecting different colours can dramatically change the feel of your design. Step-by-step illustrated instructions cover every stage of cake design, from baking cakes and mixing colours to sugar modeling and adding finishing touches - perfect for both beginner and experienced cake decorators alike! Featuring a fully comprehensive index of all of the food paste colours available from the main suppliers in the UK, and full instructions on how to alter their tone, hue and intensity to suit your cake decorating needs.
A stunning collection of 20 children's party cakes, with ideas to suit all ages. Each inspirational cake design is divided into easy stages to help you plan in advance and step-by-step instructions explain exactly what you need to do. Beautiful colour photographs show you the finished cakes in detail and guide you through each step of the decorating process. Time-saving tips are included, for those who need to create a spectacular cake at short notice.
Bestselling cake decorating author and world-renown sugarcraft teacher, Lindy Smith shows you how to make a wedding cake with the minimum of fuss but with maximum effect! This step-by-step guide will show you how to create a wide range of styles for modern simple wedding cakes, using the latest trends in cake decorating and wedding cake design.
Perfect the art of piping—and discover techniques for turning a simple design into a stunning cake. Many people shy away from even trying their hand at piping. This chapter, taken from The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, will help demystify the art and inspire you to perfect the technique. The basics are not difficult to master—having the correct equipment and icing consistency is key, whether it's buttercream or royal icing. Then, all you need is practice to become familiar with the amounts of pressure required as you pipe. Lindy Smith shows you how to pipe swirls, peaks, daisies, and roses with buttercream, as well as dots, hearts, drop line work, and brushwork embroidery with royal icing.
From simple snacks to works of art, a delicious assortment of recipes and ideas for cookie lovers! This indulgent array of exquisite colorful cookies, brought to you by bestselling author and sugarcrafter Lindy Smith, shows how easy it is to bake a range of cookie recipes and get creative with endless ideas for icing, decorating, and presentation—with irresistible results. Cookie lovers will be amazed at the variety, from simple single cookies to enjoy with coffee to those transformed into wedding favors, decorations, or even towering celebration displays. With mouthwatering photography, tempting tips, and a wide range of easy-to-follow, decadent projects, it’s hard to resist this celebration of the world of cookies.
Mark those special moments with a cake as memorable as the occasion. Novelty cake designer Lindy Smith offers a comprehensive guide to making a range of beautiful celebration cakes, and guides the reader step by step from baking and carving to icing and adding special finishing touches. A clear techniques section introduces the wide range of equipment available to today’s cake maker, and explains how to make sponge, fruitcake, fondant, buttercream, and other recipes. The fifteen projects have easy-to-follow illustrated steps for creating and decorating the cakes. Handy tips for shortcuts and creative variation ideas throughout allow you to tailor each cake to your timescale and taste, resulting in bespoke cakes for any occasion—weddings, anniversaries, christenings, birthdays, and more. In addition, handy templates and cutting guides are provided to ensure professional results every time.
Music librarianship offers meaningful and fulfilling work to people from varied backgrounds. As libraries adapt to everchanging economic, demographic, cultural, and technological landscapes, it is essential for music library workers to possess a keen understanding of what is needed to remain relevant and to thrive. Whether contemplating a new career in music libraries, expanding liaison responsibilities in music, seeking paths for professional development, or feeling eager to reinvigorate a music library career, readers can turn to this book to gain practical and approachable guidance to succeed. In this substantially expanded edition of Careers in Music Librarianship III, experienced expert professionals have updated their pragmatic advice and insight from the previous edition to reflect the realities and challenges of today’s landscape. Since music library work takes place in both traditional and non-traditional settings, this edition incorporates advice on a wide range of topics not covered in earlier editions, including paraprofessional employment, liaison work, archives settings, and transitions from performance-based careers. Geared toward workers in music libraries, rather than simply to those who are, or aspire to be, librarians, this volume is intended to support people on an array of potential career paths. All who work in music libraries will find both inspiration and straightforward guidance in this indispensable book.
Flowers are probably the most popular choice of all cake decorations. The simplest representation of a flower is a cut-out shape. Other more interesting ways of representing flowers are to create fabric-effect flowers out of paste or to try your hand at creating lifelike flowers. There are many books written on the art of sugar flower making; LindySmith touches on this subject here, showing you how to make lifelike poppies and peonies, as well as fabric roses, blossoms and dahlias, and simple cupped flowers.
Stenciling is an extremely effective way to add impressive decorations to your cakes and cookies quickly. For the best and most satisfying results, Lindy Smith recommends using laser-cut culinary stencils made from durable food-grade plastic. How you choose to add a stenciled pattern will depend on the effect you wish to achieve and the size of the item to be stencilled. This chapter, taken from The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, shows you various techniques using both edible dusts and royal icing; it also shows you how to make your own stencils and some possible other uses.
Over one-hundred irresistible ways to bake, frost, decorate, display, and indulge in cupcakes! Treat yourself to a piece of cupcake heaven with divine designs that are devilishly simple. Tempt everyone with a dessert they’ll love, from sweet and stylish to fun and fashionable. Transform the traditional party cake into a tower of enticing treats to impress the guests. This collection of recipes and tips offers big ideas for little cakes no matter what the occasion: weddings, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, engagements, anniversaries, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, Mother’s Day, christenings, Thanksgiving, tea parties, picnics, and more!
Presents a masterclass in making and decorating miniature cakes that includes such designs as a timeless pocket watch and a white wedding cake, all accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step photographs.
Presents twenty recipes for cupcakes for any occasion, ranging from romantic settings to children's parties, with detailed instructions for each step of creating the perfect cupcake.
This comprehensive clinical handbook provides virtually everything needed to plan, deliver, and evaluate effective treatment for persons with substance abuse problems and persistent mental illness. From authors at the forefront of the dual disorders field, the book is grounded in decades of influential research. Presented are clear guidelines for developing integrated treatment programs, performing state-of-the-art assessments, and implementing a wide range of individual, group, and family interventions. Also addressed are residential and other housing services, involuntary interventions, vocational rehabilitation, and psychopharmacology for dual disorders. Throughout, the emphasis is on workable ways to combine psychiatric and substance abuse services into a cohesive, unitary system of care. In a convenient large-size format, the volume includes reproducible assessment forms, treatment planning materials, and client handouts.
Three professional cake designers combine their talents in the 15 cake decoration projects in this book, each of which has variations to reduce the time it takes to make it, and adaptations for creating different designs. For example, a windowbox cake can be adapted into a tropical aquarium cake.
From, Lindy Smith, the author of the international bestsellers The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible and Creative Colour for Cake Decorating, this is the definitive guide to mini cakes. It is perfect for beginners and more experienced cake crafters alike with 30 projects providing detailed step-by-step instructions supported by beautiful and helpful photography, making mini cakes achievable for all.
Over 100 irresistible ways to bake, frost, decorate, display, and indulge in cupcakes Treat... Yourself to a piece of cupcake heaven, with divine designs that are devilishly simple Tempt... Everyone with a look they'll love, from sweet and stylish to fun and fashionable Transform... The traditional party cake into a tower of enticing treats to impress the guests The little cake with big ideas... Weddings, Birthdays, Valentine's Day, Engagements, Anniversaries, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, Mother's Day, Christenings, Thanksgiving, New Year, Tea Parties, Picnics, and more
15 step-by-step projects for enchanting cake designs Lindy Smith Delight children and adults alike with any of these 15 lively, fun cake designs based on well-loved fairy tales and enchanted stories. Well-known novelty cake designer Lindy Smith offers a comprehensive guide to making a range of delightful cakes, and guides the reader step by step, from baking and carving to icing and adding special finishing touches. A clear techniques section introduces the wide range of tools and equipment available to today's cake maker, and explains how to make sponge, fondant, buttercream and other recipes required. The 15 projects have easy-to-follow illustrated steps revealing how to create and decorate the cakes. Handy tips for short-cuts and creative variation ideas throughout allow you to tailor each cake to your timescale and taste (not forgetting the childrens' ideas!), resulting in bespoke cakes for any occasion. In addition, handy templates and cutting guides are provided to ensure easy and professional results every time.
In this second book in the series, Archie the Black Alpaca learns a valuable lesson and finds there are many ways to be a winner. He is helped by his family and farmyard friends, including Benji, the Belted Galloway calf.
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