The Busy Girls Guide to Cake Decorating (22 page)
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Authors: Ruth Clemens
• Ribbon – used for trimming the base of cakes and around the edge of cake boards.
• Rolling pin – a long dedicated sugarpaste rolling pin is the best item to work with for cake decorating. It is super smooth and non-stick and will give you the best results.
• Royal icing – a thick icing strengthened with egg white. Royal icing sets firm keeping your chosen decoration in place. It is used to pipe lines and dots onto cakes for decorative detail, and also to pipe shell borders or snail trails around the base of a cake instead of using a ribbon.
• Spray mister – small water sprayer ideal for spritzing cake boards before covering.
• Sugarpaste (rolled fondant) – a smooth icing that can be rolled out and used to cover cakes. It can also be used to make decorations such as cut outs and models. It can be coloured to any shade desired.
• Tin (pan) – used for baking cakes in.
• Wired cake topper – a collection of wires and decoration that sprays from the top of a cake, giving a grand look.
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Icing and cake-decorating supplies
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Baking and sugarcraft supplies
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Locations across the US
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Ruth Clemens writes the very popular baking blog The Pink Whisk. She is completely self-taught both in baking and cake decorating, by making cakes for friends and family. A passionate baker and decorator, Ruth's success just serves to prove that practice makes perfect! A contestant and finalist on the very first series of the BBC's
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, she also took part in
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My thanks go to a whole host of people who got this book off the ground and into print. My boys, Ashley, Dylan and Finlay, who have been patient through my projects, not eating things until they were given the go ahead and generally putting up with an extremely busy mum. My husband, Damian, who has taken over all the washing, cleaning, cooking (bacon and eggs counts as cooking doesn't it?) while I've been doing âimportant' stuff. He is never-endingly supportive and everything I could ever have wished for. My family and friends who have pulled together to mind children, lend a constructive eye and generally point me in the right direction when I've gone âoff track'. Not forgetting their hugs too. To the masses that are âThe Pink Whiskers', busy girls (and boys) who have stuck with me through thick and thin, lending their support when it was most needed. Thoroughly lovely people, I couldn't wish for a better team standing behind me. Thank you to Kenwood and Pyrex for providing their products for use on our photoshoots. And last but not least, to the team I have had the pleasure of working with at David & Charles â Ali, Katy, Pru, Lorna, James, Grace and Ame. They have kept me and the book on the straight and narrow, spotting the potential in the first place and offering me the opportunity to get my first book into print. Thank you all of you.
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