Posts Tagged ‘cake decoration’
The Wilton Way of Cake Decorating Volume 1, 2 ,3
Posted by Sweetthea
These three books are fantastic instructionals – I was so lucky to get my hands on them! One of the restaurants I was working for decided they were useless, and threw them in the garbage – boo-yah!
A lot of what is in these books I will never use, it is completely outdated or redundant. Many [...]
Zeichnen und Garnieren fur Konditoren
Posted by Sweetthea
This is another sweet gift from my mentor, George Wagner; a German instructional book filled with design and illustrative ideas for cakes.
I haven’t tried any of this stuff yet, it is a relatively new gift; and everything I take from it will be visual only, as the book is written in German.
Still it does have [...]
Something New (Broderie Anglaise)
Posted by Sweetthea
This slim booklet (32 pages) is very specific – it introduces and explains how to make a celebration cake with a ‘broderie anglaise’ effect. Broderie Anglaise (a french term, which literally means ‘English Embroidery’) is characterized by patterns composed of small holes (eyelets) bound with either buttonhole or overcast stitches.
Cakewalk: Adventures In Sugar With Margaret Braun
Posted by Sweetthea
The minute I opened this book, I felt a great affinity for Margaret Braun. It is like we have the same kind of brain, our relationship with the cakes we create is artistic, personal; it is amazing that we sometimes get paid for what we love to do!
Modelling with Marzipan
Posted by Sweetthea
This is a nice little how-to book for making marzipan figures, with illustrated step-by-step instructions.
Amazon dates it as a 1950 printing; I think it is a bit later but the frontispiece doesn’t say.
All of the work illustrated has a vintage cartoon feel, making these light-hearted, happy little works.
Each component is listed, and assembly is simple [...]
Marzipan: Figures, Gateaux, Decorations
Posted by Sweetthea
‘Use Results of this Book to Enliven Your Shop Windows and Increase Your Sales’ ends the preface to this very dated book, printed in English, French and German.
There is still lots of valuable information in this, a gift from my mentor George Wagner, which I haven’t really used yet.
One day I am sure I will [...]
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