Creative Colour for Cake Decorating Learn how to choose and use colours creatively in your cake decorating projects with 10 amazing cake designs from Lindy Smith, author of the international bestseller The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible. Discover how to adapt cake designs to your own colour schemes, how to take colour inspiration from objects and environments around you to create your own unique palettes, and how to use the food paste colours available to best effect on stunning decorated cakes. Includes 10 colour-themed chapters each with an amazing cake decorating design and additional cupcake or cookie projects in alternative colourways, to show how selecting different colours can dramatically change the feel of your design. Step-by-step illustrated instructions cover every stage of cake design, from baking cakes and mixing colours to sugar modeling and adding finishing touches - perfect for both beginner and experienced cake decorators alike! Featuring a fully comprehensive index of all of the food paste colours available from the main suppliers in the UK, and full instructions on how to alter their tone, hue and intensity to suit your cake decorating needs. AWARD-WINNER: Best Sweet Pastry Book, UK, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, 2013

About the Author
Lindy Smith is a British Sugarcraft Guild accredited demonstrator with over 20 years experience in sugarcrafting and is the author of eight bestselling cake decorating books. She runs a successful cake decorating business and online shop, called Lindy's Cakes Ltd, and teaches cake decorating and sugarcraft courses all around the world. Visit her website at: www.lindyscakes.co.uk

Awards
Winner of Gourmand World Cookbook Awards: Best Pastry Sweets Book - UK 2013 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9781446302378
Author Lindy Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint David & Charles
Publisher David & Charles
Weight(grams) 818g
Dimensions(mm) 282mm * 14mm * 216mm