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Stenciling is an extremely effective way to add impressive decorations to your cakes and cookies quickly. For the best and most satisfying results, Lindy Smith recommends using laser-cut culinary stencils made from durable food-grade plastic. How you choose to add a stenciled pattern will depend on the effect you wish to achieve and the size of the item to be stencilled. This chapter, taken from The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, shows you various techniques using both edible dusts and royal icing; it also shows you how to make your own stencils and some possible other uses.

Flowers are probably the most popular choice of all cake decorations. The simplest representation of a flower is a cut-out shape. Other more interesting ways of representing flowers are to create fabric-effect flowers out of paste or to try your hand at creating lifelike flowers. There are many books written on the art of sugar flower making; LindySmith touches on this subject here, showing you how to make lifelike poppies and peonies, as well as fabric roses, blossoms and dahlias, and simple cupped flowers.

From, Lindy Smith, the author of the international bestsellers The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible and Creative Colour for Cake Decorating, this is the definitive guide to mini cakes. It is perfect for beginners and more experienced cake crafters alike with 30 projects providing detailed step-by-step instructions supported by beautiful and helpful photography, making mini cakes achievable for all.

Let world-renowned sugarcraft teacher Lindy Smith show you how to make a spectacular wedding cake in simple steps.

Today’s brides are looking for wedding cakes that look modern, stylish, and unique but that are achievable and don’t cost the Earth.

This step-by-step guide will show you how to create a wide range of contemporary wedding cakes, using the latest trends in cake decorating and wedding design for a DIY wedding cake to be truly proud of!

One-Tier Party Cakes features 12 elaborate, single-layer cakes for a variety of occasions from birthdays to baby showers, friendship celebrations to Christmas festivities. Lindy Smith demonstrates how to transfer a template to the cake and decorate each of the three-dimensional designs in the book, while providing plenty of inspiration and encouragement for the reader to develop their own designs.

This book features recipes for two delicious layered cakes (Madeira and chocolate fudge); plus the ingredients you need to make successful cake coverings and fillings including sugarpaste (fondant), flower paste, modelling chocolate, ganache and royal icing.

It also includes new and popular cake techniques such as achieving sharp edges, working with modelling chocolate, airbrushing, cocoa butter painting and mastering double-height cakes.