Vintage Cake Decorations Made Easy

A vintage look is a classic look, and one you can achieve with ease for your own cakes and cookies using Christina Ludlam's exquisite book. Vintage Cake Decorations Made Easy is a sumptuous and accessible guide to creating sugarpaste masterpieces using modern tips, tricks and techniques that are available to everyone - from professional cake decorators to home bakers. Christina's book is filled to the brim with clear, step-by-step instructions, mouth-watering projects and gorgeous photography, and in it she reveals her secrets to help you create stunning vintage-style cakes that are bound to impress.

The book begins with guidance on how to cover your cakes, colour mixing and essential techniques such as using mould and mats, then leads you through nine stunning and stylish cake-decorating projects that look almost too beautiful to eat! From vintage-style cupcakes to a magnificent wedding cake, you will not believe how easy it is to create a sugarpaste masterpiece.

Book Contents

Introduction       6

Tools     8

Techniques         12

The cakes            34

Vintage-style birthday cake         36

Regency Rose    44

Christmas Cake 50

Vintage cupcakes             58

English Rose       64

Vintage Couture               78

Garden Cake      92

Memory Box      104

Wedding Cake 110

Recipes 120

Index    128