Cake Decorating for Beginners

Materials and tools 6
Techniques 14

The Cakes
Sunflower Cake 50
Toy Train 54
Indian Inlaid Cake 58
Flower Border 66
Modern Blackwork 72
Poppy Cake 80
Chocolate Heart 84
Hot-air Balloons 86
Rose Basket 90
Scrolls and Roses 98
Trellis Cake 106
Cameo Cake 108
Engagement Heart 112
Wedding Cake 118
Baby Shower 122
Pansy Cake 124
Summer Bunting 128
Summer Roses 132
Daisy Cake 136
Single Tier Cake with Daisy Flowers 138
Falling Leaves 142
Lavender Cupcakes 146
Patterned Cupcakes 150
Lacy Cupcakes 152

Templates 154
Index 160

About Stephanie Weightman

Having recently won Origin's Celebrity Crafter of the Year award, Stephanie Weightman now shares her expertise on QVC where she is a popular guest presenter and personality. She has worked with big name craft products and developed many new products over the years and she regularly appears on air and online. She runs national creative workshops, appears at major shows and events and has written several books. She is now using her expert papercraft and general craft knowledge in the sugarcraft arena. Stephanie lives in Derbyshire. www.stephanieweightman.co.uk

Customer review

This book is a gem! Great, easy to understand step by step instructions, with lots of lovely photos. I have already made one of the projects and it turned out really well, (and even looked like the picture in the book!) A great book if you are new, or even experienced in cake decorating. 

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Customer review

I love this book. It is a great step by step guide to cake decorating for beginners or advanced cake decorating. The cake designs are modern and theres something for all occasions. So many new skills and techniques.
Brilliant book.

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Customer review

The book is well illustrated and contains many helpful hints and tips but many of the projects seem to need a lot of equipment suggesting it is aimed at bakers with some experience rather than complete beginners. The authors have given permission for the projects in the book to be used for selling for charity which is a nice touch. 

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Customer review

This is a useful guide for beginners with easy to follow step-by-step instructions and photos. Lots of different techniques featured but you will need to buy additional materials to get started with most ideas. There is a useful guide for the materials you will need and handy templates in the back of the book. 

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Craft Focus

Search Press has two baking titles out this autumn. Ideal for new starters, Cake Decorating for Beginners (£12.99) combines nuggets of advice and popular projects from across the Modern Cake Decorator series. The compendium features contributions from Christine Finn, Sandra Monger and Stephanie Weightman, who pool their knowledge to help with stenciling, cutters, piping and painting.