Cake Decorating with the Kids: Halloween

By Jill Collins and Natalie Saville

Get messy in the kitchen with these easy-to-follow cake decorating projects to make with the kids! Choose from a Haunted House Cake, Scary Spider Cupcakes or Spooky Skull Cupcakes, or make a 'sweet table' of all three!A sample chapter from Cake Decorating with the Kids.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Aug 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781446359013

Jill Collins

Jill Collins and Natalie Saville co-own and run London-based The Great Little Cake Company, specializing in creative celebration and wedding cakes. They have made cakes for celebrities, have been featured on TV and have appeared regularly in various wedding magazines. They are also the authors of Bake Me I'm Yours...Whoopie Pies.

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CAKE DECORATING WITH THE KIDS:

Halloween

Jill Collins & Natalie Saville

Contents

Basic Tools and Equipment

Safety in the kitchen

Recipes, Fillings and Toppings

Quantity Adjustments

Happy Halloween

Haunted House Cake

Scary Spider Cupcakes

Spooky Skull Cupcakes

Techniques

Templates

Suppliers

Acknowledgments

Dedication

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About the Author

Copyright

Basic Tools and Equipment

If you enjoy baking and cake decorating, you probably already have all the equipment you need for the projects in this book, and more besides. The lists that follow provide details of everything you need and can be dipped into as part of the basic equipment listed in every project.

BAKING EQUIPMENT

Kitchen scales – accurate weighing of ingredients is essential

Measuring spoons – for measuring small quantities

Mixing bowls – for mixing ingredients

Wooden spoons and spatulas – for mixing and folding

Electric mixer – makes short work of all your baking but if you don’t have one, you can always use a mixing bowl, a wooden spoon and a bit of elbow grease!

Cake tins (pans)/cupcake tins/baking trays – for baking cakes, cupcakes and cookies

Greaseproof (wax) paper or re-usable baking parchment – for lining tins (pans) and melting sweets

Cupcake cases – a variety of styles to suit your projects

Wire cooling rack – for resting cakes and cookies as they cool

CAKE DECORATING EQUIPMENT

Rolling pins – large and small, for rolling out sugarpaste and petal paste

Small non-stick plastic board – for rolling small amounts of sugarpaste and petal paste

Plastic dowels – for supporting tiered cakes

Edible pens – for marking dowels and for quick-and-easy decoration

Paintbrushes –