The Cake Decorator's Motif Bible: 150 Fabulous Fondant Designs with Easy-to-Follow Charts and Photographs [Hardcover-spiral]

Most home cooks will just marvel at the designs, templates, and techniques of this small encyclopedia, but caterers, students, and bakers looking to move beyond brownies will this to be a useful guide.... With everything you need to turn cake decorating from intimidating to inspirational, this book will have you counting the days until the next birthday. (Claudia Kousoulas Appetite for Books.com 200801)

Anybody who enjoys making creative cakes should check out "The Cake Decorator's Motif Bible." ... Lampkin offers such detailed instructions ... that it is simple to reproduce each motif. (Gwen Scheon Sacramento Bee 20071226)

What a find! ... The Design Directory [is] an excellent reference for all the motifs available.... A good reference and/or a wonderful Valentines gift for the sweet one in your life. (Anne Marie B. Haase American Cake Decorating 20080301)

Almost anyone can make a beautifully decorated cake with a little help and advice from Lampkin.... Innovative and detailed fail-safe instructions ensure unforgettable results every time. (Larry Cox Tucson Citizen 20080213)

Sheila Lampkin was the editor of Cake Craft and Decoration magazine, and has 20 years' experience teaching cake decoration and judging sugarcraft competitions around the world.

Section Introduction to
Materials and Techniques

The motifs shown here are mainly made from fondant, although the designs also lend themselves to other materials such as royal icing or chocolate modeling paste. Every cake will be a unique creation composed by you.

Each page describes how to make the motif and gives hints on where to mix and match the design to complete a unique cake top. The cakes can be coated with the covering of your choice -- be it royal icing, buttercream, chocolate ganache or fondant. Go to the pattern selector on pages 50-61 to make your choice.

With few exceptions, the designs can be prepared off the cake and then placed in position once the cake has been covered. Motif sizes can easily be adjusted to fit a variety of cake sizes and shapes, according to your choice.

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Section Introduction to
Design Directory

All the design motifs are shown over the next few pages, so that you can select those appropriate to your cake and then move on to the instructions given for the motif of your choice. Make the motif templates larger or smaller, depending on the size of your cake (see Make a template, page 38-39).