Product Description

Carol Deacon's fantastic cakes are alive with cute and cuddly, sporty and adventurous, scary and spooky characters to delight children of all ages. Mums will be encouraged and inspired by her simple introduction with its question and answer approach, taking the angst out of decorating with sugarpaste. Children will have great fun helping to decorate the cakes and some are designed specifically for this purpose. Chatty instructions and carefully detailed methods allow all would-be and experienced cake decorators, both young and old, to recreate her imaginative scenes. This is a wonderful opportunity to create a range of party cakes to delight any child for a fraction of the retail price and with a lot more fun.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28014 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From the Author
Fantastic cakes for children or grown ups to decorate
Whether you're a seasoned cake decorator or a harrassed parent who's never been near a mixing bowl before, I hope this book will appeal to you. As well as a whole range of designs including the yummy chocolate cookie monster (my favourite!), baby dinisaur and the intrepid jungle explorer's cake there's a big introduction section that deals with the most asked cake questions and problems. There's also help and hints about making models. I've even included a chart of facial expressions for you to copy to give your models more character. Some of the cakes are so child friendly that your children can help you decorate them. (Thank you Luke, Jack, Jemma, Belinda and Natalie for helping test these out) You won't need lots of special equipment to make most of these cakes either. A lot of the bits and pieces you'll probably find you've got in your kitchen already. I've tried to make the whole process from the baking to the decorating as foolproof and painless as possible. I even go as far as to tell you where to stick your candles (if you'll pardon the expression!) Have fun and don't get too sticky!

About the Author
Carol Deacon is an experienced cake decorator and demonstrator who began her career in 1992 working with Jane Asher. In 1993 she was the winner of an icing contest sponsored by a leading food magazine and was later appointed cake consultant to an international chain store. She is the author of the highly successful Quick and Easy Novelty Cakes, No-Time Party Cakes, and Party Cakes for Children also published by New Holland. Carol also writes regularly for various food magazines including Cake Craft and Decoration and demonstrates regularly on television. She lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for beginners
I have tried several books for cake decorating and Carol Deacon's are the best I have found. Easy to follow and detailed instructions ensure anyone can get a great result. The kids love the cakes!

An excellent starting point.
I got this book just after my son was born and was far too intimidated by it to give it a go. It sat on a shelf for years until I had an attack of bravery and tried the Sketchbook cake. It wasn't absolutely perfect but I was more than impressed by the result. Since then I have well and truly got the bug and have lots more books on Cake Decorating but this one remains a firm favourite, mostly for its simplicity. Although some of the designs look quite complicated and can be a bit fiddly, they are generally much easier than those in other books. Most use only shaped sugarpaste and don't need special equipment or use complicated techniques or piping (no piping is a very definite bonus for me!). Where she does use special equipment, she gives alternative methods using more common items. While they can be quite hard work, the results are always worth the effort and it does get easier with practice.

Overall, this book is a great place to start if you just want to dive straight in without having to spend a lot of money on tools and have the time and patience to work at it!

Fantastic Book for Beginners & Advanced Decorators Alike
The book has 22 cake designs many with alternative decorating variations. There is a comprehensive introduction to cake decorating section which outlines all the basic techniques of baking cakes, making expressions in sugarpaste to templates & suppliers.