Easy Cake Decorating CooKBookK by Mildred Brand Esruer Ideals Publishing Corp. Milwaukee, WisconsinIntroduction Contents ‘When | was twelve years old, my grandmother gave me a decorating set consisting of a metal cylinder and several changeable ends. | was intrigued with it and used it to decorete all kinds of food. A few years later | was fascinated to watch a demonstrator use a metal tube and a bag tomake beautiful roses with icing. |had to havea set immediately. Through my early married years | practiced on my seven children’s birthday cakes and on cakes to give to friends on special occasions. In 1966, | finally took my first professional cake decorating class in Chicago and after that session | was really hooked! Since then | have taken many classes in various methods of decorating from instructors throughout the United States. Easy Cake Decorating contains step-by-step structions in the basics of cake decorating, cluding flowers, borders and special techniques which can be used both by beginning and exper- ienced cake decorators. And the bookis arranged so that it can be used as a textbook as well as allowing homemekers to teach themselves. Cake decorating is fun! And beautifully decorated cakes are a delight to share with family and friends. So start practicing the art today and create cakes you will be proud to give. Equipment. deen eens eee eeeee wed Decorating Icings conaerl Uses for Cake Trimmings and Egg Yolks... exessua B The Lessons 1/Ieing the Cake..... easel 2/Bulb Work, Stems, Leaves, Star Tubes teens 8 3/Fan Petals, Sweet Peas, Basic Borders cusutenenl AZ 4/Flower Nail and Roses ......... 15 5/Chrysanthemums, Basket Weaving, Grapes. More Borders 18 6/Piping Gel, Decorative Side Borders... 7/Flowers, Beginning Figure Piping . +27 8/More Figure Piping ............ 31 9/Scene Painting, Drop Flowers, Doll Cakes, Clowns 10/More Flowers 11/Run Sugar .. 40 12/Royal Icing Flowers... 43 13/More Royal Icing Flowers ...... 45 14/Sugar and Chocolate Molding .. 49 15/Wedding Cakes. 50 Index. 64 33 37 ISBN 0-69542-622-6