THE CONTEMPORARY BUTTERCREAM BIBL

THE CONTEMPORARY BUTTERCREAM BIBL

THE CONTEMPORARY BUTTERCREAM BIBL

THE CONTEMPORARY BUTTERCREAM BIBL

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Overview

Buttercream icing is the most delicious cake decorating medium, is very accessible and needs very little specialist equipment.

This essential guide demonstrates more than 50 innovative techniques via easy to follow step-by-step photographic tutorials and includes over 40 stunning cake designs to create at home, from simple cupcakes to three-tiered wonders.

Valeri & Christina start by showing you how to perfect a basic buttercream recipe and then how to pipe simple textures and patterns, and an array of flowers. They then demonstrate how to create a myriad of creative effects using diverse techniques such as stamping, stencilling, palette knife painting and much more.

Chef Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes has reviewed the book: "The Contemporary Buttercream Bible is an absolute game changer in the industry of cake art. I've never seen techniques and talent presented in such a way as to be concurrently hugely aspirational yet completely approachable. I look forward to learning all the skills that I, as an artist in rolled fondant, have only the most rudimentary grasp of. Not since Cakewalk by Margaret Braun have I been this excited about a cake book. Bravo!"

Sonya Hong - Americancakedecorating.com has also reviewed the book and her main take-away was that buttercream designs are limited only by one's imagination. "The authors' examples are inspirational and a demonstration of what is possible if you 'put your whole heart into it.' Overall, Valeriano and Ong have created a book full of inspiration and encouragement that re-energizes the use of buttercream in modern cake design."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781446303986
Publisher: David & Charles
Publication date: 06/29/2014
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 265,116
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong left the Philippines in 2008 to work in the UK in the medical field. After learning how to make cupcake bouquets in 2011 they launched their business Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes and have since won several top awards for their buttercream designs. Now they are internationally renowned and teach classes in Europe, Asia and the US. www.queenofheartscouturecakes.com

Table of Contents

Introduction



BUTTERCREAM BASICS

Stable Buttercream Recipe, Adding Flavours

Equipment

Nozzle Guide

Colouring Buttercream, Mixing Colours

Inspirations

Covering Cakes, Crumb Coating, Smoothing, Sharp Edges, Textured Finishes

Covering Boards

Dowelling

Cupcakes, Recipe, Piping Peaks and Swirls



PIPING TEXTURES AND PATTERNS

Ruffles, Up and Down, Back and Forth, Squiggly

Basketweave, Contemporary Basketweave

E- and C-Scrolls

Star Fill

Dots

Leaves

Shells and Fleur de Lis

Scrolls, Lines and Zigzags



FLOWERS

Sunflower

Leaves

Camellia

Hydrangea

Carnation

Sweet Pea

Lilac

Daisy

Chrysanthemum

Daffodil

Rose and Rose Buds

Piping and Arranging Flowers on a Cake

Cupcake Bouquets

Cuppie Cakes



PALETTE KNIFE TECHNIQUES

Palette Knife Brush Strokes

Thinning

Blending

Gradient Blending and Painting Flowers

Marbling



TRANSFERS, STENCILLING & STAMPING

Frozen Buttercream Transfers

Transfers Troubleshooting

Stencilling

Stamping



TEXTILE EFFECTS

Brushed Embroidery

Lace, Irregular Lace, Fishnet Lace

Crochet, Patchwork Crochet



WRITING

Direct Piping

Painting

Pattern Transfer

Embossing

Stencilling

Using Writing Creatively



BEYOND BUTTERCREAM

Embellishment Choices

Rice Paper

Sprinkles

Candies

Fruit Loops



Templates

Suppliers, About the Authors, Acknowledgments

Index

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