Cake art : simplified step-by-step instructions and illustrated techniques for the home baker to create showstopping cakes and cupcakes / text by Lindsay Kincaide ; photography by Diane Padys ; the Culinary Institute of America ; designs and techniques by Kate Cavotti and Alison McLoughlin.

Includes index.

1. Cake decorating (Planning and designing a cake decorating project -- Decorating projects with children -- Decorating equipment) -- 2. Cakes and cupcakes (Preparing cake pans -- Vanilla sponge cake -- Chocolate sponge cake -- Lemon chiffon cake -- Chocolate chiffon cake -- Carrot cake -- Devil's food cake -- Devil's food sheet cake -- Hazelnut cream cake -- Cooling, removing and storing cakes) -- 3. Fillings, icings, and meringues (Choosing a cake filling -- Vanilla pastry cream -- Lemon curd -- Hard ganache -- Soft ganache -- Swiss meringue buttercream -- Italian buttercream -- Swiss meringue -- Italian meringue) -- 4. Icing and décor mediums (Modeling chocolate -- Dark modeling chocolate -- White modeling chocolate -- Gum paste -- Marzipan -- Pastillage -- Fondant -- Chocolate piping gel -- Royal icing -- Fresh flowers and fruit for décor -- Sugaring flowers and fruit -- Tempering chocolate) -- 5. Cake assembly (Covering cake boards -- Assembling a cake -- Filling a cake -- Masking and icing a cake -- Covering a cake with fondant or modeling chocolate -- Glazing a cake with ganache -- Doweling a cake) -- 6. Piping (Piping bags and tips -- Coloring icing -- Piping flowers, borders, and other décor -- Floodwork -- Buttercream rose cake -- Meringue flowers cake -- Buttercream flowers cupcakes -- Chocolate bug cupcakes -- Lemon meringue cupcakes -- Sugar marshmallow cupcakes -- Paint-by-number cake) -- 7. Modeling (Gum paste décor -- Chocolate molds -- Modeling chocolate leaves and flowers -- Modeled figures -- Marzipan fruit -- Marshmallow flowers and designs for cupcakes -- Blush pink hearts and roses cake -- Chcolate rose and butterfly cake -- Dogwood cake -- Wizard cake -- Farm animal cupcakes) -- 8. Stencils and cutouts (Stencils and tamping -- Fondant, gum paste, and pastillage décor -- Chocolate cutouts -- Plaques for cupcakes -- Chocolate silhouette and frame -- Stenciling with confectioners' sugar or cocoa powder -- Gift wrapped cake -- Quilled Paisley cake -- Glazed cake -- Silhouette cake -- Chocolate flower cupcakes -- Mosaic cake) -- 9. Embossing, stamping, and painting (Stamping -- Embossing -- Painting with food colors -- Painted hydrangea garden cake -- Mermaid cake -- Stamped wildflowers and butterflies cake -- Pixie cake -- Castle cake -- Stamped plaques cake -- Embossed monogram cupcakes -- Stamped bugs and flowers cupcakes -- Holiday cupcakes) -- Appendices (Scaling recipes -- Conversion charts -- Shopping resources -- Templates).

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.