Synopses & Reviews
In this decorators resource, renowned sugarcrafter Paul Bradford demonstrates all the skills and techniques needed to decorate stunning cakes for the festive season. Full of beauty, impact, and humor, Bradford begins with step-by-step instructions on how to model basic shapes in sugarpaste to create figures such as a Santa, a penguin, and a rose; covering a cake with ganache, icing a cake and board; and applying ribbons. This work then presents 14 unique projects idally suited for the Christmas season, including a traditional gingerbread house, a whimsical wedding cake, a snowball fight, an angel, an igloo with penguins, and a depiction of Santa on his own vacation. Hundreds of stunning, full-color photos buttress the instructional text, making this the perfect option for cake decorators looking to add to the spirit of the holiday season.
Synopsis
Renowned sugarcrafter, Paul Bradford demonstrates all the skills and techniques needed to decorate stunning cakes for the festive season, full of beauty, impact and humour. He begins by showing step by step how to model basic shapes in sugarpaste, moving on to making a Santa, a penguin and a rose. There is step by step instruction on covering a cake with ganache, icing a cake and board and applying a ribbon. Then it is on to fourteen amazing projects including a hilarious Snowball Fight, beautiful Angel cake, stunning Winter Ruffle with modelling chocolate, a cute Teddy Bear cake, an Igloo with cute, funny penguins, a stunning Christmas Wedding Cake, White Out in which Santa has a spectacular sleigh crash, hilarious and whimsical Christmas Down Under showing Santa on his holidays, Exploding Santa in which he bursts out of the cake itself, a beautiful Topsy-Turvy Wedding Cake and a traditional Gingerbread House cake. The cake designs are the star here, and everything you need to know from carving the cakes into shape, covering, icing and decorating them is shown step by step so that quite sensational cakes can be created using simple techniques.
Synopsis
Paul Bradford shows how to carve, cover and decorate 14 spectacular cakes for the festive season.
About the Author
Paul Bradford and David Brice are the owners and operators of Paul Bradford Sugarcraft School, a business that provides a range of cake decorating courses and on-line tutorials.