No-Time Party Cakes - Carol Deacon New softcover cookbook

NO TIME PARTY CAKES

by CAROL DEACON

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New softcover book, published 2009, 112 pages, gorgeous colour photos and step-by-step instructions throughout.

Simple to make - Fun to Decorate

Carol Deacon's fantastic cakes are easy to make and even easier to enjoy. All the projects in this fun and colourful collection can be made in less than two hours, making them perfect for both experienced cake decorators with limited time and newcomers alike. Many of the designs such as the fairy castle and wild animals are child-friendly, and children will have great fun helping to make and decorate them. Chatty instructions and carefully detailed methods allow anyone seeking new inspiration to recreate Carol's imaginative scenes. This is a wonderful opportunity to create party cakes suitable for a range of occasions at a fraction of the retail price - and with a lot more fun!

No-Time Party Cakes cake designs include:

• Fairy-tale castle
• Wild Animals
• Birthday fairy
• Christening cake
• Bride and groom
• Christmas Santas
• Sports car
• Chocolate box
• Plus more - 30 cake designs plus great decorating variations

Techniqes and Materials:

• Basic recipes - Madiera sponge cake, Chocolate sponge cake, Fruit cake, Microwave cakes, stock syrup
• Icing recipes - Buttercream, Sugarpaste, Colouring sugar, Royal icing, Gelatin icing, Modelling icing
• Basic techniques - covering a cake, covering the cake board, edging the cke board, freehand painting, making the piping bag
• Modelling sugarpaste - colouring, woodgrain effect, marbling, making figures, making animals
• Basic equipment, troubleshooting, templates, stockists including Australian stockists.

This is a UK publication. All measurements are in metric and imperial.

About the author

Carol Deacon originally trained in Graphic Design and worked for a number of years as an art director in advertising. Then one day a friend asked her to make her a birthday cake… After a few months of baking and decorating cakes, Carol left advertising and went to work at Jane Asher’s Cake shop in Chelsea for a year. She also began to enter competitions to see how her work compared to others around the country and promptly won a car in a BBC Good Food Magazine cake decorating competition. And a gold medal in a British Sugarcraft Guild Exhibition with a fairy book cake.

Carol has written many cake decorating books. She has also written articles for many food magazines and has demonstrated on radio, TV, abroad and even on a cross channel ferry. Her aim is to show people how to achieve stunning results without having to invest heavily in specialist equipment or spend heaps of time on it. If you already own a rolling pin, knife and a fine paintbrush, you can probably make most of her cakes!

Carol's book, Party Cakes is also available. It has 45 cake designs, including 15 from No-Time Party Cakes - click here for more information

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No-Time Party Cakes by Carol Deacon