Cake Decorating Tricks: Clever Ideas for Creating Fantastic Cakes

From simple piped borders and molded pearls to ropes, tassels, flowers, and stars, these cake decorations are absolutely magical! Celebration cakes keep growing in popularity, and food writer and teacher Sue McMahon shows how to use all the latest kitchen gadgets to achieve professional-looking results at home. She covers the whole process, making everything as easy and quick as possible: the very basics of baking, the various icings (buttercream, fondant, royal, and chocolate), and creating sta…