The Icing on the Cake [US Edition]

Decorating is the new baking! Move over sponge cakes and shortbread: here come Sugared Rose Petal Cupcakes, Chocolate Heart Cake Pops, Filigree Glitter Biscuits, and many more delights – all easy to do, even if you’re new to baking

Welcome to the world of baking and decorating! Whether you’ve never picked up a cookie cutter or a piping nozzle before or you’re an experienced baker, this book will show you how easy it is to transform a humble cake, cupcake, biscuit, cake pop, macaroon or other baked treat into a stunning creation. Juliet Stallwood runs a bakery specialising in decorated goodies and is renowned for her unique and imaginative designs. For the first time she is sharing her secrets in a book.

In Chapter One of Icing on the Cake, ‘Bake to Indulge’, you’ll find recipes for sweet comforts such as White Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes. Chapter Two, ‘Bake to Celebrate’, gives you recipes for birthday parties, baby showers and holidays, including Snowball Cake Pops. Chapter Three, ‘Bake for Love’, revels in the art of romance, including wonderful wedding flavours like Heart Iced Biscuits and Mini Kiss Meringues for your Valentine. The book finishes with a flourish in Chapter Four, ‘Bake to Impress’, which is full of extravagant show-off pieces like the Butterfly Cake. There are 85 gorgeous recipes that are completely do-able, all with practical information and clear instructions. Plus you’ll find weblinks to shape and pattern templates, such as a dinosaur shape for the Dinosaur Cake, making this a must-have book.