Alan Dunn is one of the world's top names in sugarcraft and sugar flower expert
in this now famous book, Alan covers absolutely everything you need to know about designing and making wedding cakes, from traditional tiered and column cakes to luxury designs and contemporary sugarcraft ideas, and includes an extensive directory of easy-to-follow techniques for beginner and professional wedding cake decorators
mix-and-match buttercream piping, sugar flowers, sugar motifs and more to create a truly unique wedding cake sensation
chapters cover essential decorating tools and equipment, what they are for and how to use them, and also includes guides for covering and coating cakes with marzipan, royal icing, sugarpaste and buttercream
Alan gives expert guidance on how to design and decorate a wedding cake from scratch, including the size of the cake, colour scheme, shape, whether it is to have tiers etc
a comprehensive section on decorative techniques covers all of the key cake decorating techniques that you will need, from using moulds, crimpers and cake cutters, to piping with royal icing and buttercream, using a sugar shaper, making sugar lace and decorating cake boards
in the last chapter Alan returns to his first love - sugar flowers - offering step-by-step instructions to show you how to make beautiful sugar flowers and flower arrangements
Alan's books are among the most respected and valued within the sugarcraft world and published in relatively small quantities, so not always easy to find below RRP
paperback 192 pages full colour
approx 21.5cm x 25.5cm
published by David & Charles
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