| Introduction |
| Pantry Basics |
| Basic Ingredients |
| You'll Need for Cake Baking |
| Types of Flour |
| (All Purpose, Self-Rising, Cake, Hard and Soft, Bread Flour) Sugars |
| (Granulated, Light and Dark Brown, Confectioner's, and Superfine) |
| Leavening Agents: They're Not as Scary as They Sound |
| (Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cream of Tartar) |
| Fat: Shortening, Butter, Margarine, Cream Milk and Buttermilk Eggs Flavorings: Vanilla, Chocolate, and Others Food Coloring (More on This in Later Sections) |
| Tools of the Trade Plan Ahead? |
| what dishes or display method will you use for your masterpiece Baking Pans (aluminum vs. coated) |
| Wire racks |
| Waxed paper |
| Cardboard, paper doilies, cake stands Craft Knife, spatula, smoothing tool |
| Cutting Board Floral Wire, Ribbon, Flower Nail, etc. Paintbrushes Pastry Bags, Tips, Etc. |
| Stands Supports, dowel rods, plastic pillars Turntables Tabla Rosa |
| A cleared off workspace at each stage of the job Time |
| How much time to allow for each phase? |
| so you donÆt end up frosting a warm cake just before your party starts |
| General Baking |
| Tips When Is a Cake Done? |
| Removing a Cake from the Pan Stack and Freeze for Frosting |
| Ease Crumb-Coating a Cake Filling a Cake Splitting |
| Layers for Better Taste (and more oohs and ahs) |
| The Creations Delicious, Home and Bakery Tested Cake Recipes (used by both authors for decades) |
| Golden Sponge Cake Buttercream frosting |
| Adult Birthday Cake |
| A couple of other whimsical options |
| Cupcakes Sheet Cake |
| Carrot Cake |
| Cream Cheese |
| Frosting-a variation of buttercream |
| Easter Cake Methods Child's |
| Birthday Cupcakes |
| Picnic Decorations Sheet or Stacked Red Cake |
| With its own special frosting Decorated for Christmas |
| For a Birthday Tawny Torte With Chocolate |
| Ganache For a Baby Shower Groom's |
| Cake Caramel Cake with Burnt Sugar |
| Icing Anniversary Cake Sunday dinner cake |
| Stack a simple cake |
| Silver Cake |
| Fondant Leaves |
| Other Tools |
| Reproducing Almost Anything |
| Using Frosting as Your Medium More on Presentation Storing |
| Transporting, and Cutting Your Creations Accepting the Compliments |
