Frosted Dreams - The Art of Beautiful Cake Decorating Ebook

Frosted Dreams - The Art of Beautiful Cake Decorating

Just Imagine Creating Cakes So Stunningly Beautiful That They Instantly Become The Envy Of All Your Friends & Guests....
And Not Only Cakes, But Cookies, Pastries, And Fine Candies Too!...

Now You Can Learn The Same Secrets to Cake Decorating That The Professionals Use To Create Truly Beautiful Cakes.

Ben & Amy Holmes are passionate self-taught amateur Cake Decorators that specialize in creating beautiful cakes for friends and family. For the first time their combined knowledge is made available to the general public in this easy-to-understand, complete home study ebook entitled....

"Frosted Dreams - The Art of Beautiful Cake Decorating"

Within The Pages Of This Amazing New eBook You Will Quickly Learn......

• How To Create Your Own Stunningly Beautiful Cakes For All Occasions Using The Same Tricks, Techniques, And Secrets That Professional Bakeries Use ....Saving Yourself A Small Fortune In The Process!
• All Of The Secrets To Using Icing, Frosting, Marzipan, Fondant, Ganache, And Gum Paste To Decorate Elegantly Attractive Cakes And More.
• How To Create Wonderful Borders For Your Cake Creations By Following The Fully Illustrated And Explained Cake Borders Section That We Have Laid Out For You.
  67 Incredible Borders In All!
• How To Create Amazingly Realistic Floral Arrangements And Individual Flower Designs For Your Cakes. We Show You 35 Different Gorgeous Flowers Made From Frosting And Show You How To Create Each In Detail.
• How To Use Figure Piping, Lettering, Sugar Molds, Spun Sugar, and Pulled Sugar To Enhance The Beauty Of Your Cakes Making Sure That Your Cakes Are The Envy Of Your Friends and Guests!
• How To Apply These Decorating Techniques To Any Desserts You Can Dream Of Like Cupcakes, Cookies, Pastries, Hor D'oeuvres, and More Just To Name A Few.
• How To Create All Sorts Of Wondrous Cakes And Desserts By Browsing Through The Our Wedding Cake Gallery And Special Occasion Cake Gallery To Jump-Start Your Imagination. You're Sure To Find All Sorts Of Creative Ideas You Can Use Today!

From The Kitchen of Ben & Amy Holmes,

Dear Friend,

Do you love to decorate cakes? So do we!

I'm sure that you've noticed that beautifully decorated cakes serve as the centerpiece for
almost every major event in our lives. At every significant social gathering celebrating the accomplishments or milestones in our lives, you'll find a cake that someone lovingly prepared
and decorated just for that event.

Cakes symbolize new found love and the promise of lasting happiness at Weddings, often
bringing a tear to our eyes as the Groom cuts the first piece to share with his lovely Bride.

They represent friendship and good cheer at Birthday Parties as we gather around to watch the birthday boy or girl blow out their candles, wishing them long life and prosperity.

Cakes help us express our overbearing joy and excitement at Baby Showers, as we gather around the new mother-to-be and warmly congratulate her on soon bringing a wonderful new life into the world.

They signify pride and support at Communions, Graduations, Retirement Parties and all sorts of other celebrations of life-changing events, as we shake the hands of our friends and loved-ones offering them "Congratulations on a job well done", and acknowledge how proud we are of them for reaching these special milestones in their lives.
Have you noticed that when ever we celebrate something good in our lives, the celebration always includes a cake? The bottom line is.....

Throughout our lives, we laugh, we cry,......we eat cake!

In fact, we have a saying around here...

Love like you've never been hurt,
Live like you've never lost,
Dance like nobody's watching,
...And Decorate Cakes that'll never be forgotten!

My wife Amy and I are absolutely passionate about the subject of cake decorating. We are so passionate in fact, that we actually put together a book about it. There are literally thousands of Cake Decorating books floating around out there, but this one is very special. Why? Aside from taking two whole years to research, there is two main things that makes this book stand out from the rest - Love and an extreme passion for Cake Decorating.

You see, many years ago when Amy and I got married, money was a big issue. We were faced with the reality that if we really wanted the big beautiful wedding that we were looking forward to, we were going to have to do most of the work ourselves. And of course, this included providing our own wedding cake. Hiring a professional Cake Decorator was not an option.

Of all of the new things we learned during that whole process the one thing we enjoyed the most was learning to decorate a cake. Sure, we could have ordered a cake from a grocery store bakery, but what fun would that have been? Also, in trying to work with a very limited budget we decided to make our own cake. We borrowed Cake Decorating books from the library, we flipped through Wedding magazines at the bookstore, and we talked to friends and family.

With the Wedding only being a few months away, it was time to get serious. We had some great ideas of what we wanted our cake to look like, but had no real clue how we were going to make our cake look like the beauties we had found in the pictures in all of those books and magazines.
So we gathered up our books and pictures, borrowed some cake decorating tools, and even snooped around a few bakeries. Amy and I got to work.

Then something magical happened. As we baked cakes and tried our hand at the different decorating techniques that we were learning and practicing, we discovered that - WE WERE HAVING A BLAST! What a great way to spend time together!

I'd be too embarrassed to show you the pictures of some of the first few cakes that we made but you know what? With desire and practice you can become really good at anything you set your mind and heart to. Eventually we were making beautifully decorated cakes that we were very proud of. Our cakes kept getting better with time and practice.

So, a few months went by and now armed with experience and new found knowledge we set out to make our actual wedding cake - the one that would actually attend the ceremony. The wedding and the cake were a complete success. Everything was so beautiful. You wouldn't believe the praise that our cake got - and most of the guests didn't even know that Amy and I had made and decorated it ourselves until after the wedding!

Soon after that, all of our friends and family members started requesting that we make cakes for their special occasions as well. And of course, we were always more than happy to oblige. Just imagine having the ability to decorate beautiful cakes for your friends and family. There's no greater sense of pride and accomplishment let me tell you.

It wasn't long after that that we began creating an ebook about Cake Decorating. What better way to share what we have learned then by putting together a step-by-step instruction manual detailing everything we know about decorating cakes? We would love to share our ebook with you so that you can learn what we know about creating truly beautiful cakes and desserts and join with us in all the fun.

Why did we create an ebook about Cake Decorating when there are already lots of other books on the subject? Don't get me wrong, most of those books are great. However, the big problem is that most books on the subject are filled with good talk and pretty pictures but not enough actual step-by-step fully illustrated instruction. They leave you hanging, not quite fully understanding exactly how to transform your cake into the beauty shown in the picture.

In our quest to learn the art of Cake Decorating this lack of step-by-step detail left us frustrated when we were trying to make our cakes look like the ones in the books we were reading. We strove to create a book that would solve this problem by taking you by the hand and actual "teaching" you every step of the decorating process.

We named the ebook "Frosted Dreams - The Art of Beautiful Cake Decorating" because we believe it shows you how to do just that - make the cakes of your dreams. If you can imagine it, you can create it. "Frosted Dreams" will help make it happen.

"Cake Decorating Is An Art.....And You Are The Artist."

Please allow us to tell you a little about the ebook Amy and I put together......

"The Most Complete And Practical Course Ever Written On The Subject of Modern Cake Decorating"

We believe that this is the most complete, and practical course ever written on the subject of Modern Cake Decorating, and Fine Candy Making, for a homemaker, who wishes to learn these arts in his/her own kitchen. This course has been written, so that the homemaker, who has had little or no experience, can easily learn to decorate cakes, salads, fruit plates, hors d'oeuvres, etc., beautifully, and professionally.

"Large Number Of Beautiful Illustrations Showing Every Step Of The Decorating Process"

The Frosted Dreams technique of teaching is a "do-it-yourself" method. In this course, a lot of emphasis has been placed on providing large and detailed illustrations, with just the necessary amount of easy-to-read, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-follow instructions. Look through the course, and you will be amazed to see the large number of beautiful illustrations, showing every step of the decorating process.

Going by the "first things first" convention, we begin with the simple but necessary equipments you will require, the types of icings, the "whys" and "when's" of using them . . . and then, to the first simple steps of Cake Decorating.

"Large Number Of Illustrated Ideas For Cake Tops And Floral Arrangements"

These are followed by simple border work designs. Then, beautiful life-like flowers are shown, and explained. After that, we proceed to the easiest cake top designs, and then to the larger special cake arrangements. Some new and simple methods of Figure Piping and Color Technique used exclusively by professional cake decorators are also revealed. You will also find a large number of illustrated ideas for cake tops, and floral arrangements.

"All Phases Of The Decorating Process Are Fully Illustrated And Clearly Explained"

Not only this, all the phases of the decorating process are fully illustrated, and clearly explained. There is a lesson devoted to Spun and Pulled Sugar Work, and a lesson on Fine Candy Making. With a little practice, following the Frosted Dreams Techniques written for you in this course, you will become a remarkably proficient and accomplished decorator, and you will soon be turning out decorated pieces of professional quality.

"Your Decorated Pieces Will Be The Envy Of Your Friends"

Your decorated pieces will be the envy of your friends, and the topic of conversation among your guests. And, you will be amazed at the personal satisfaction, the wonderful sense of creating something rare and beautiful, every time you decorate a cake.

Now you can discover and use...

All Of The "Frosted Dreams" Techniques Of Cake Decorating In Your Own Kitchen

This newly released ebook called "Frosted Dreams" is the quickest and easiest way to learn the skill of Cake Decorating. It contains absolutely everything any Cake Decorator would ever need to create beautiful cakes, cookies, and candies.

"Frosted Dreams"
Is Divided Up Into 15 Comprehensive Sections
Spanning 320 Pages:

Section I: Fundamental Decorating Techniques

Section I - Fundamental Decorating Techniques is where your exciting journey begins. Here you'll lay the groundwork for all of the more advanced topics you will be learning as you progress through the ebook. Spend some time practicing what we show you here and before long you'll be creating stunningly beautiful cakes for all occasions. In this section we'll show you everything you need to know about Icing, Frosting, Fondant, Ganache and how to decorate using bags, cones, combs and more!

Section II - Cake Borders

In Section II - Cake Borders you'll learn from example as we show you 67 different types of borders you can create easily for your cakes. Each border style is illustrated and explained so you can start recreating them in your own kitchen today. We recommend practicing on a cutting board first.

Section III - Flowers

In the Flowers section, we'll show you how to make a wide variety of flowers out of icing and frosting. Here show you a charming selection of flowers, each individually illustrated and explained.

Flower making is great fun. The simplest little bud, will give you a real feeling of accomplishment.
The more you practice the greater degree of perfection you will obtain. Each time you make a new flower strive for a little more perfection than the last. This way you will soon master the art of flower making.

Our primary aim in selecting the flowers for this section is to give you the fundamental steps that are the basis for all flowers.

You'll see a charming selection of 35 different flowers that you can start making right away!

Section IV - Figure Piping

Figure Piping is probably one of the most difficult skills for a cake decorator to master but we'll help you learn to pipe with grace and skill. It's gonna take a lot of practice, but you'll be using Figure Piping to create amazing cakes in no time! In this section you'll explore using Figure Piping to create animals and fun figures by following along with the 25 different examples we have prepared for you.

Section V - Tube Writing & Lettering

In this section we cover the basics of decorative lettering used to give your cakes those personalized touches. You'll learn how to write properly with icing by studying our illustrated examples. We show you several lettering methods that you can start using today in your kitchen and provide detailed instructions as to which decorating tips to use and when.

Section VI - Gum Paste

Oh, the glorious wonders of Gum Paste! In this section we'll show you everything we know about using Gum Paste for decorating your cakes. Gum Paste is one of our favorite techniques to use because, as you can see in the picture above, you can use Gum Paste to make absolutely"dreamy" cakes.

Section VII - Sugar Mold

In this section you'll learn to work with Sugar Molds. You can pick sugar molds up anywhere that you can buy cake decorating supplies. The wonderful thing about sugar molds is that they allow you make some great "3D" candy characters and use them to decorate your cakes without a lot of fuss.

Section VIII - Cookies & Pastry

In Section VIII - Cookies and Pastries, you'll have a lot of fun learning how to decorate cookies and pastries, cupcakes and more. We also spend some time teaching you in full detail how to make one of our favorite candies - Petite Fours.

Section IX - Decorating Variations

In this section we cover some Decorating Variations that you may not have thought of or tried before. Applying to more than just cakes, you can use these techniques to decorate just about anything you can imagine including crackers, sandwiches, and hors d'oeuvres.

Section X - Special Techniques

Here we go into many of the wonderful Special Techniques of cake decorating that can take your cake from Average to Stunningly Beautiful! Each is covered in detail with illustrations along the way.
Here we include such special techniques as lattice designs, basket weaving, brush painting, spraying and more.

Section XI - Floral Arrangements & Cake Tops

Here we concentrate on learning to make your cake tops look beautiful with Floral Arrangements, using the flower making techniques you learned in Section III. We also cover special cake tops.

Plenty of illustrations are provided so that you can pick and choose the particular flowers that appeal to you. Using these ideas, with practice you will be able to create your own beautiful cake top floral arrangements.

Section XII - Special Occasion Cakes

In this section we cover those charming cakes that represent the Special Occasions in our lives. We also threw in few cakes that are just plain fun! Here we investigate with pictures and discussion over 30 different examples of special occasion cakes.

Section XIII - Wedding Cakes

Lord knows that we could write an entire book just on Wedding Cake design alone (and probably will eventually) and no book on Cake Decorating would be complete without a gallery of stunningly beautiful Wedding cake designs that will delight and inspire you.

Here we give a wonderful gallery of wedding cake photos and discussions about each to make sure that you have plenty of ideas to choose from when creating your own Wedding cake.

We'll take a look at 17 different beautiful examples.

Section XIV - Spun & Pulled Sugar

In this section we cover the recipes, equipment, and techniques used in creatively decorating with Spun Sugar & Pulled Sugar. See that gelatinous red blob above? Well, that's Pulled Sugar, one of the most down right fun elements of decorating you will ever come across!

Here we include complete recipes and instructions on making your spun or pulled sugar as well as how to decorate with it. What the heck do you do with it once you've made it? Let us show you in illustrated detail.

Section XV - Candy Making

We have compiled a delightful selection of recipes for you including recipes of all nations, many that you may never have heard of and many old favorites too. These fine recipes are no accident; they are carefully tested and reliable-leaving out any guesswork on your part-no more sugary fudges or candies that won't crisp properly. Then what fun you will have surprising your friends with some of the fanciest candies, dipped or stuffed fruit or even that old stand-by creamy fudge. This section will offer you fun and good eating.

In the Candy Making section we have fun exploring 22 different types of candies while providing full recipes, instructions, and pictures so that you can see what the final result will look like

Next we dive into a very detailed explanation of how to work with Marzipan.

Here we'll show you a fool proof recipe for Marzipan along with complete instructions and we'll show you how to mold your Marzipan into fruit or vegetable shapes like peaches, pumpkins, and strawberries.
Then we jump into how to make a "Dracula" cake with Marzipan like the one shown in the picture above. You'll have a blast as you follow along with us step-by-step and create this fun and unique cake in your own kitchen. This is the perfect exercise to jog your imagine and get you to realize that the possibilities with Marzipan are endless!

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