The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible: Piping: A sample chapter from The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible

By Lindy Smith

Piped details can turn a simple design into a stunning cake and yet many people shy away from even trying their hand at piping. This chapter, taken from The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, will help demystify the art and inspire you to perfect the technique. The basics are not difficult to master – having the correct equipment and icing consistency is key, whether it's buttercream or royal icing. Then all you need is practice to become familiar with the amounts of pressure required as you pipe. LindySmith shows you how to pipe swirls, peaks, daisies, roses with buttercream and dots, hearts, drop line work, brushwork embroidery with royal icing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David and Charles
• Release date: Jul 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781446358665

Lindy Smith

Lindy Smith is a contemporary cake designer who inspires and empowers others to bake and decorate their own amazing cakes and cookies by passing on her knowledge in her books, DVDs, classes, and the products she designs for her business Lindy's Cakes. She is a prolific author with 14 books in print (most with David & Charles), including The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, and is one of the world's bestselling cake-decorating authors. www.lindyscakes.co.uk