Introduction

Recipes: ganache, meringue, royal icing, edible glaze
Equipment: essential tools and equipment required for multiple cake projects
Edible Materials: gumpaste, fondant, cornflour, piping gel, wafer paper, chocolate, edible beads
Metallic Materials: lustre dusts, aerosol sprays, gold and silver leaf, dragées, glitter

METALLIC TECHNIQUES

Painting: lustre wash and mixing colours, hand painting, transferring a design, calligraphy, highlighting
Gilding: using gold and silver leaf
Airbrushing: flooding, stencilling
Applying: edible beads, wafer paper, sequins, dragées, glitter
Finishing: alternatives to alcohol, buffing, polishing
Golden Rules: designing with metallic in mind

12 stunning step-by-step CAKE PROJECTS using the techniques learned and more

GENERAL TECHNIQUES

Layering, applying and smoothing ganache
Covering with fondant
Dowelling and stacking
Cake board finishing, icing and trimming cake board

Templates, Suppliers, About the Author, Acknowledgments, Index

About the Author

Faye Cahill has been a professional cake decorator for more than 20 years. Her company, Faye Cahill Cake Design, is based in Sydney, Australia. Faye's design aesthetic pairs tailored, refined looks with fine detailing and stylized flowers. Her work has been featured in trade magazines such as Cake Masters and online trend-spotting blogs like CakeGeek, as well as in wedding blogs and publications, including Brides.com, Style Me Pretty and Modern Wedding. Faye has a passion for teaching her techniques in local and international workshops, as well as on Craftsy.

Reviews

"Faye Cahill has taken metallic cakes to an all new, gorgeous level... sharing her tips, tricks and methods with easy-to-understand (and do!) instructions! A most 'brilliant' addition for any cake designer's library!" — Wendy Kromer-Schell, co-author Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes

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About the Author

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