TY - BOOK AU - Nilsen, Angela, AU - Maxwell, Sarah, TI - Making great cakes: creating and decorating faultless cakes for family, friends and special occasions SN - 9781840387261 [paperback] PY - 2005/// CY - Blackfriars Road, London PB - Hermes House KW - Cake KW - Baking KW - Cookery (Cake) N1 - Includes index; Introduction — Basic cake recipes — Basic icing recipes — Covering cakes — Decorating with royal icing — Decorating with sugarpaste icing — Decorating with marzipan — Decorating with butter icing — Decorating with glace icing — Decorating with chocolate — Using bought decorations — Classic cakes — Special occasion cakes — Novelty cakes — Children's party cakes — Index; Adult N2 - "This book is not only an invaluable founda-tion course in cake decorating techniques, but also a wonderful reference for a host of tried-and-tested recipes for classic cake bases and icings, as well as inspirational cake projects, which you will use again and again. Clearly structured, the decorating course leads you through all the different decorating chan techniques which can be applied to royal icing, sugarpaste, marzipan, chocolate and other able icings. There are step-by-step instructions and ture photographs for piping, crimping, embossing, the frills, plaques, coloring, run-outs, modeling, con stenciling, flowers, using purchased decora- the tions, such as sweet confections, ribbons and qua fresh flowers, and much more." —Introduction ER -