Cakes to Inspire and Desire

Author(s): Lindy Smith

Cooking

Discover a collection of 15 truly inspirational celebratory cakes, each with a modern and distinctive finish. Lavish colour photographs display a unique variety of traditional and contemporary styles from florals and frills to stripes and beadwork. Each cake is accompanied by exquisite mini-cakes to put a creative twist on the main theme, or to make as an alternative when time is short. Chapters are divided by shape, showing how a simple square or round design can be the basis for the most desirable of cakes.


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Lindy Smith is the author of three other D&C titles, including Celebrate with a Cake. She runs a successful business making celebration cakes. Lindy is a British Sugarcraft Guild accredited demonstrator and holds workshops to share her techniques and experience. Lindy lives in Buckinghamshire.

Introduction, Equipment; Baking Cakes, Tackling Cakes; Storing & Transport; ROUND 'N' ROUND; Simple Beads (Engagement); Flower Cutouts (Girl's birthday); Musical Stack (Exam success); Art Nouveau Lily (Female birthday); Snowflakes (Christmas); SQUARE IT UP; Greek Inspired (Bon voyage/wedding abroad); B&W Creation (Graduation); Christening Bricks (Christening/birth); Bright Wonky Square (Funky wedding); Vintage Present (Older male birthday); GETTING CREATIVE; Xmas Ball Cake (Christmas); Moth Orchid Cake (Stylish wedding); Wonky Fish Cake (Male birthday); Curled Rust Leaf (Golden anniversary); Indian Inspired (Ruby anniversary); Techniques, Templates; Index.

General Fields

  • : 9780715324974
  • : David & Charles
  • : David & Charles
  • : 0.585
  • : 30 November 2007
  • : 279mm X 216mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lindy Smith
  • : Paperback
  • : 641.8653
  • : 144
  • : 250 colour photographs, 6 pages line templates