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    Cake, Cupcake, Cookie Bundle (How to Decorate a Cake, How to Decorate Cupcakes, How to Make and Decorate Cookies): Cake Decorating for Beginners, #4
    Cake, Cupcake, Cookie Bundle (How to Decorate a Cake, How to Decorate Cupcakes, How to Make and Decorate Cookies): Cake Decorating for Beginners, #4
    Cake, Cupcake, Cookie Bundle (How to Decorate a Cake, How to Decorate Cupcakes, How to Make and Decorate Cookies): Cake Decorating for Beginners, #4
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    Cake, Cupcake, Cookie Bundle (How to Decorate a Cake, How to Decorate Cupcakes, How to Make and Decorate Cookies): Cake Decorating for Beginners, #4

    By Christine Matthews

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    Special 3 Books in 1 Bundle!

    With these BEGINNER'S BOOKS you will have the basic tools, resources and instructions on how to create for yourself, and your family and friends, some beautiful and delicious decorated cakes, cupcakes and cookies! Learn how fun and easy it is for anyone to create desserts that will look like they were made by a cake professional!

    This is a Special Discount Bundle of the following 3 popular books:

    How to Decorate a Cake

    How to Decorate Cupcakes

    How to Make and Decorate Cookies

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristine Matthews
    Release dateSep 8, 2014
    ISBN9781502213440
    Cake, Cupcake, Cookie Bundle (How to Decorate a Cake, How to Decorate Cupcakes, How to Make and Decorate Cookies): Cake Decorating for Beginners, #4

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      Cake, Cupcake, Cookie Bundle (How to Decorate a Cake, How to Decorate Cupcakes, How to Make and Decorate Cookies) - Christine Matthews

      Disclaimer

      This eBook is copyrighted with all rights reserved. The author does not assume any liability for the misuse of information contained herein. The information contained within this eBook is offered for entertainment purposes only. The author does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or misuse of any information contained herein.

      While every attempt has been made to provide information that is both accurate and proven effective, the author and the publisher make no guarantees that the information presented herein will help everyone in every situation. The author assumes no liabilities for any use, misuse (or weight gain!) as a result of information within this eBook.

      Introduction

      Cake decorating is really a modern-age art form, and one that until recent years was very often overlooked. Its origins can really only be traced back, perhaps as far as the 17th century, when the grand noble houses of Europe would employ the village bakers to create elaborate constructions for their banquet tables, in order to wow any visiting gentry. These early edifices of confection were primarily created strictly for display and they were very rarely consumed.  It was not until the 19th century, when it became possible to really control the temperature of one’s oven, along with the introduction of baking soda and baking powder, that making cakes and decorating them became more accessible to the ordinary cook. 

      There is nothing as sure to garner you the approval, and the admiring oohs and ahs, of your guests than a beautifully decorated cake. People love to marvel at them as much, or more, than they love to eat them! Just picture a multi-tiered wedding cake, overflowing with smooth and snowy fondant and swirling with pastel hued piping, or a garish and glowing King Cake around Mardi Gras time. Envision, if you will, a Neuschwanstein-inspired fantasy castle cake for the birthday party of your little princess, or the chocolaty, scrumptious and traditional Buche de Noel on your holiday table. Nothing shows your guests how much you love them like a creative cake, dripping in festive adornments.

      The goal of this book is to give you the basic tools, resources and instructions on how to create for yourself, and your family and friends, some beautiful, and delicious, decorated cake desserts.

      Chapter 1 - Tools & Supplies

      Once upon a time, decorating a cake meant swirling some butter cream frosting on a double layered, round chocolate cake that was perched on top of Granny’s old milk glass cake stand. But these days, cake decorating is big business and big entertainment, as television programs like Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss can attest to, not to mention what the proliferation of articles, cook books, coffee table books, e-books, websites, and local bricks and mortar venues, such as bakeries and cooking schools, can show. The last decade has seen a huge surge of interest in this lovely and tasty culinary pastime.  

      Sources for the correct tools are abundant. Many hobby stores and party goods stores carry complete lines of cake making tools, books and decorator accessories, such as those by the classic companies like Wilton or Betty Crocker. Some of these same stores offer cake decorating classes, from beginning level to advanced. There are gourmet cooking shops that carry exquisite, high end tools. Even your local grocery store probably has many of the items you’ll need to get started on your first project, from cake pans, to sprinkles to cake mixes and frostings.

      The list of specialized tools for the task of cake decorating is vast, but there are a few basic essentials for anyone about to embark on the hobby that we’ll cover in this book. Some of these items you’ll probably already have in your kitchen, so take a good look around! And please...you don’t need to rush right out and buy everything on this list – it’s not necessary. Just buy things as you need them, and add to your tools as your expertise and your sense of adventure grows.  

      One more thing to mention, before we get to our list of essential decorating tools and accessories, and that is that cake baking and cake decorating are really two different skills. This book’s primary focus is on cake decorating, so that assumes that the baking of the cake has already been taken care of, and that you have your palette (your cake) cooked and ready to be decorated. We will go over a couple of basic recipes here, but again, the focus is on decorating the already finished cake. So, now that that’s out of the way, it’s on to Tools & Supplies:

      COOKIE PRESS or PIPING SYRINGE – they call these cookie presses, because you can pipe cookie dough through these to make pressed cookies, like Spritz, but they work great as piping syringes, too! You can find plastic piping syringes in different sizes at your local hobby store.  You can find beginner sets that come with a good selection of decorator tips.  

      DECORATOR TIPS – these are too numerous to name – but there are wonderful introductory sets available at your local hobby and craft stores, which will get you started and you can add the more exotic tips as you progress!

      Antique metal piping syringe c. 1950’s, with assorted decorator tips

      PASTRY BAG – these come in a variety of materials. Some expert decorators prefer a lightweight polyester bag, both for their easy maneuverability (they’re not as unwieldy as some of the piping syringes) and ease of cleaning. There are also old fashioned cloth bags, but these can be harder to clean. Basically, you need to get a bag (or bags) that you can screw the different decorator tips onto.

      (Quick Tip! For very simple, quick piping you can use a heavy, plastic zip-top freezer bag. Fill it with frosting, zip it closed and cut out one tiny corner at the other end. Then squeeze the frosting out of the cut hole onto your cake. You can’t use decorator tips with this method, though.)

      COUPLERS – these are a godsend while decorating, because they allow you to change your tips without having to change bags. What a time saver! The coupler screws onto the pastry bag and the tips screw into the coupler. Couplers work for most tips, unless the tips are very tiny or very large. You may want to have more than one pastry bag available to you, though, just in case.

      ELECTRIC MIXER(S) – hand held, upright electric mixer or a counter-top mixer is a necessity. Stand mixers are far more favorable over hand held mixers, especially if you’re making a larger cake.

      TURNTABLE or LAZY SUSAN – this is an obvious tool, that will make it much easier to access all sides of your project, without having to pick it up and move it! Decorating disasters (and heartbreak) can be avoided with one of these!

      BRUSHES – clean, new paint brushes with round and fine tips (never used for anything other than food items!) and pastry brushes, in various sizes, have a myriad of uses when decorating a cake.

      FLOWER NAILS – these are little supports that you can buy from your local hobby store, in their cake decorating department, on which edible flowers are piped or built.

      STRAWS, DOWEL RODS, PLASTIC PILLARS – plastic drinking straws, small wooden dowels and various types of plastic pillars, available in the baking section of your local hobby store, are essential to creating multi-tiered cakes. They provide vital strength and support between layers. Commercially produced cake supports come in a staggering array of styles, from some that are nearly invisible to more ornate, trace-work plastic and metal pillars.

      BOARDS – various types of boards

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