Description
Book SynopsisMake cakes that sparkle with this comprehensive guide to metallic cakes from leading wedding cake designer Faye Cahill. Faye begins by exploring all the different materials available to the modern cake decorator, from gold leaf to edible paint, food-grade sprays, edible glitters, lustre dusts, edible sequins and more, then shows you in step-by-step detail the techniques you need for success. Twelve stunning gilded cake projects follow, showing you how to put your newfound skills to use on creative cake designs, each with an accompanying smaller project that is perfect for beginners to tackle before attempting the larger cake. Create spectacular cakes that shimmer and shine with this unique must-have guide.
Trade Review"Faye Cahill has taken metallic cakes to an all new, gorgeous level... sharing her tips, tricks and methods with easy-to-understand (and do!) instructions! A most 'brilliant' addition for any cake designer's library!" — Wendy Kromer-Schell, co-author Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes
Table of ContentsIntroduction
- Recipes: ganache, meringue, royal icing, edible glaze
- Equipment: essential tools and equipment required for multiple cake projects
- Edible Materials: gumpaste, fondant, cornflour, piping gel, wafer paper, chocolate, edible beads
- Metallic Materials: lustre dusts, aerosol sprays, gold and silver leaf, dragées, glitter
METALLIC TECHNIQUES
- Painting: lustre wash and mixing colours, hand painting, transferring a design, calligraphy, highlighting
- Gilding: using gold and silver leaf
- Airbrushing: flooding, stencilling
- Applying: edible beads, wafer paper, sequins, dragées, glitter
- Finishing: alternatives to alcohol, buffing, polishing
- Golden Rules: designing with metallic in mind
12 stunning step-by-step CAKE PROJECTS using the techniques learned and more
GENERAL TECHNIQUES
- Layering, applying and smoothing ganache
- Covering with fondant
- Dowelling and stacking
- Cake board finishing, icing and trimming cake board
Templates, Suppliers, About the Author, Acknowledgments, Index
