Find out how even the busiest of busy girls can whip up impressive homemade treats in next to no time! Ruth Clemens, finalist on the original series of The Great British Bake Off, shares her secrets in creating quick but gorgeous cakes, bakes and biscuits. Choose from 25 beautiful projects to make in under an hour, in an afternoon, or over a weekend and be amazed at what you can achieve! This book is all about cake decorating without the fuss, the palaver and sometimes the tears too! The projects are split into three sections. The Evening Whip-Ups (one-hour projects) are perfect when you have very little time, and are easy to throw together one evening after work. The Half-Day Delights (two-hour projects) are for when you have an afternoon to spare. Finally, the Weekend Wonders (three- to four-hour projects) are for when you’ve got a bit more time available in your schedule! In cake-decorating terms, all of the above are tiny amounts of time – large, intricate projects take professional cake decorator’s days, if not weeks, of work. We busy girls don’t have the time or the patience to create those kinds of works of art but this book contains stunning projects that can be achieved in next to no time. In addition to the projects, Ruth talks you through all the equipment and ingredients you need, shows you how to line a cake tin, gives her tried-and-tested recipes for fruit cake, sponge cake and chocolate cake, as well as cupcake recipes, cookie recipes and frosting recipes. She shows you how to pipe with royal icing and buttercream piping techniques, and how to cover a cake with marzipan, how to cover cakes and boards with sugarpaste, how to trim a cake board with ribbon, how to colour fondant to your desired shade, how to stack cakes using dowels, and some wonderful creative embellishment techniques. The Busy Girl’s Guide to Cake Decorating – the perfect place to start your foray into the world of cakes.
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Ruth Clemens is a baker, cake decorator and very busy wife and mother. Completely self taught, Ruth's passion for baking and sugarcrafting shines through on her blog, The Pink Whisk. Ruth was a finalist on the first series of The Great British Bake Off on BBC 2. She lives in Cheshire, UK.
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By Glasgow Gal
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im so dissapointed with this book. It is called busy girls guide to cake decorating, however it should be called cookie and cupcake decorating as that is what it is mainly made up of. The cakes, cookies and cupcakes dont start until page 58. You are fooled by the front cover thinking its full of great ideas for celebration cakes but there are only 10 large cakes included. Ive learnt nothing new from this book. There is too much faffing about in the 1st half of the book which could have saved pages for more cake ideas. If i had went to a bookshop to get this and had had the chance to flick through it 1st i would not have made the purchase. I would say dont buy!
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By LuLu
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Lovley little book, set out clearly with good instructions and nice pictures.
Good info if your new to cake decorating but i must admit I learnt nothing new from this book. That said its still worth the price and great if your starting out or taking your first steps.
Good info if your new to cake decorating but i must admit I learnt nothing new from this book. That said its still worth the price and great if your starting out or taking your first steps.
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By travelguy uk
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What a fantastic book! It took a little longer to make it to the States, but well worth the wait. Can't wait to get started on all of them! Congratulations, Ruth.
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Great book
Brilliant book - well written - lovely pics - excellent tips etc This last obviously knows what she's talking about
Published 1 month ago by Shaunie
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Great user friendly book
Easy to follow, with good illustrations. Useful supplier information too! Cake decorating for every occasion with quick cakes or more challenging cakes if you are feeling brave.
Published 1 month ago by Mr Bruce G Cresswell
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Pretty things are fun too
This book takes you all the way from easy to very complex in a step by step way and enables you to produce some excellent cakes.... Read more
Published 1 month ago by ruth
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The Busy Girl's Guide to Cake Decorating
Suited towards beginners to intermediate cakers. Got some good tips, but not really different to anything i have read before. It is ok, but not really a favourite.
Published 3 months ago by Star
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A little gem...
I've really gotten into baking recently to the point where I've had friends and family start to ask me to make cakes for them for birthdays etc - I'm not always able to give them... Read more
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superb starter book
This book is superb, ive been making cakes for years, wishing i knew how to decorate cakes. This book breaks the process down & provides step by step instructions that are easy to... Read more
Published 3 months ago by fraggle1_rw
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Very informative
Saw The Great British Bake off and that is why I bought this book, wasn't disappointed, you need to plough through the first part of the book, but as I am a novice cake decorator... Read more
Published 4 months ago by trish
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The busy girls guide to cake decorating
Brilliant book with lots of hints and tips, well worth buying. Lots of little projects to experiment with, also some larger ones to keep you busy over a weekend
Published 4 months ago by vicki millard
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Great book for the busy women
I first borrowed this book from my local library.Found it very interesting and I had to order it.It gives little tips which saves a lot of time, money, which sometimes in this busy... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Julie Styler
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Brilliant cake decorating guide
This book is brilliant for the ameture baker wanting to do a little bit more and be a bit more creative with their baking. Read more
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