From Pumpkin to Pie

Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Petalsweet Cakes founder Jacqueline Butler. In her exquisite and accessible book, you'll learn in step-by-step detail how to create modern and sophisticated, stylized sugar flowers, and how to use them to create beautiful arrangements on wedding and celebration cakes.

Inside you'll find instructions and step-by-step photographs for 18 stunning sugar flowers in various stages of bloom, as well as flower buds and leaves, using the clean and contemporary color palette that Jacqueline's work is known for. Through six diverse projects you'll then learn how to use these foundation flowers in combination with filler flowers to create elegant cake designs, including working directly on single-tier cakes and multi-tiered cakes, as well as working on pre-made styrofoam cake toppers and separators.

Lavishly illustrated with over 600 photos, this inspirational and practical step-by-step cake decorating book will be your go-to reference on sugar flowers for years to come.

Learn over 150 cake decorating techniques with The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, the international bestseller from renowned sugarcraft expert Lindy Smith.

This is the ultimate guide to contemporary cake designs – you will learn how to make decorated cakes, starting with basic sugarcraft tools, baking recipes and ingredients, and finishing with advanced modelling techniques, including royal icing stencilling, brush embroidery, buttercream piping, using sugar cutters and moulds, making cake jewellery, and so much more!

Get creative straight away with simple, step-by-step instructions for more than 80 celebration cake, mini cake, cupcake, and cookie designs. Essential tips and advice are included for all skill levels, from complete beginners to the most confident of cake decorators, and you can even learn how to make Lindy Smith’s signature ‘wonky cakes’.

Inside The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible:

The Basics – delicious cake and cupcake recipes, and recipes for making your own sugarpaste (rolled fondant), royal icing, sugar glue, buttercream, and more! This section of the book also includes instructions for making round, square and ball cakes, assembling tiered cakes, and carving and assembling wonky cake designs.

Cake Decorating Techniques – here you will find 11 chapters each covering a huge range of essential cake decorating techniques, all explained with easy-to-follow step instructions and clear photography. Topics covered include:

• Carving
• Colour
• Painting
• Stencilling
• Cutters
• Flowers
• Embossing
• Tools
• Piping
• Moulds
• Cake Jewellery

Contemporary Cake Designs – step by step instructions teach you how to make each of the 80 amazing cake designs featured in the book, from tiered cakes to cute cupcake and cookies.

With this comprehensive guide you will discover everything you need to know to create celebration cakes that are beautiful, unique and truly contemporary.