Celebration cakes : their production and decoration
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Celebration cakes : their production and decoration
Elsevier Applied Science, 1968
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1. Raw Materials Flours - butter - margarine - shortenings - sugars - eggs - selection of fruit- washing of fruit - cherries.- 2. Standardization Cake sizes and shapes - preparation of hoops - wooden frames - three-tier cakes - cake weights - larger cakes - hexagonal cakes.- 3. Wedding Cake Manufacture Recipes - method of mixing - baking the cake - baking temperatures and times - storing.- 4. Almond Icing Ingredients - types of paste - almond content - weight per cake - applying the almond paste - coating the sides - exhibition-type cake.- 5. Royal Icing Icing sugar - types of egg white - to improve whiteness - making royal icing - hand method - machine method.- 6. Selection of Equipment Containers for icing - spatulas - knives - types of turntables - choice of piping tubes - making the paper bags.- 7. Elementary Piping How to begin - piping lines - pressure - parallel lines - horizontal lines - making squares and curves - piping dots - scroll work - method of overpiping - simple borders.- 8. Coating the Cake Sugar consistency - coating round cakes - number of applications - final coating - square cakes - exhibition dummies - method of coating.- 9. Drawing and Designing Tools - division of circles - more advanced design - cake borders - plastic curves - compass and ink - more shapes - to make an ellipse - stencils.- 10. Decorating a Wedding Cake Cutting a wedge - use of templates - tying a bow - coloured cakes - decorating a three-tier cake - border pipings - wedding decorations - pillars - top ornaments - decorative stands.- 11. Advanced Piping How to pipe a circle - flange borders - base border - soft sugar work - wax-papers and brushes - preparation and method.- 12. Modern Designing Three-tier design - removal from wax-paper - applying borders to cake - square wedding cakes - hexagonal cakes - fixing the panels.- 13. Celebration Cakes Silver wedding cakes - golden wedding cakes - anniversary cakes - christening cakes - special wedding cakes - panels - net work - making a belfry - commercial wedding cakes - design and preparation - time and cost analysis.- 14. Heraldry Terminology - constructing shields for a cake - colours - points of escutcheon - party lines - ordinaries - sub-ordinaries - roundels - charges.- 15. Gum Paste Its application - making the paste - correct consistency - cut-outs - moulded work - making the moulds - moulding the paste.- 16. Birthday Cakes Use of colour - standard weights - recipes - fruit cakes - layer cakes - plain cake mix - numerical birthday cakes - colour application - the use of fondant - ready-prepared coatings.- 17. Lettering Different styles - Roman letters - ornamental lettering - block capitals - letter transfers - sugar-filled letters - colouring - script - writing in sugar - initials.- 18. Flower Piping Piping equipment - rose nails and their use - petal formation - narcissi - flower centres - daisies - six-petalled flowers - sweet peas - pansies - carnations - roses - snowdrops - crocus - daffodils - tulips - primroses - palm and catkins - fuchsia - lilac - fruit blossoms - wild rose.- 19. Figure Craft: Birds Blue tit - how to draw it - chaffinches - drawing baby birds - kingfisher - robins - piping birds commercially - colouring - swans - drawing a cockerel - geese - to pipe chickens - drawing with circles - doves - swallows - storks - pheasant - partridge - wild duck - budgerigars - parrot - owls.- 20. Figure Craft: Animals Rabbits - figures in motion - squirrels - sketching - stages of piping - hare - puppies and cats - lambs - hunting - galloping horse - elephant - circus animals - reindeer.- 21. Figure Piping Exhibition motifs - piping direct on to cake - use of colour - crinoline lady - butterflies piped on wax-paper.- 22. Colour Craft Elements of painting - colour charts - primary and secondary colours - neutral colours - edible colours - first attempts in colour - bird life - robin on branch - flower studies - painting a wild rose - sprays - foliage and trees - building up a scene - background and foreground - skies and sunsets - to paint water - reflections and shadows - harmony - coloured borders.- 23. Colour for Birthday Cakes Nursery rhymes: Jack and Jill - Little Miss Muffet - Little Jack Horner - Little Boy Blue - Humpty Dumpty - drawing in an oval - Aladdin - drawing with squares - fairy cottage - wishing well.- 24. Borders for Birthday Cakes Colour schemes - star tubes and border construction - using petal tubes - marbling.- 25. Novelty Cakes Children's cakes: engine - boats - novelty houses - covering with sugar paste - old woman's shoe - marzipan guitar - open book - 21st birthday cakes - centenary cake - sporting activities.- 26. Party Cakes Numerical cakes - special frames - colouring - nameplates - decorations: horses and ballet - fruit as borders.- 27. Exhibition Commercial Cakes Exhibition standards - points in judging - evenness and simplicity - schedules - cake boxes - colour dispensing.- 28. Marzipan Preparation of marzipan - modelling tools - making roses - rose-buds - commercial style sweet peas - narcissi - fuchsia - carnations - marzipan fruit - marzipan figures - chick - swan - clown - elephant.- 29. Chocolate Preparation - temperatures - piping on wax or greaseproof paper.- 30. Christmas Cakes Marketing and display - recipes - decorations - standard sizes - selection of designs - pre-season preparation - cut-out motifs - inscriptions - rock sugar - marzipan borders - icicles - use of chocolate..- 31. Commercial Production Type of cake - standards and sizes - oven capacity - hoops and liners - cake weights and numbers - fully iced cakes - boards - almond icing - use of sheeter - use of moving web - stages in coating cake - icings and decorations - size of frill.- 32. Packaging of Cakes Cellophane wrappings - wrapping methods - machines - frilling the cake - cake boxes.- 33. Method Study in Mass Production Flow-line production - balance of work - training a team - work on moving web - break-down of work - work of service hand - packing.- 34. Quality Control Setting the standard - development department - recording specifications - packaging - visual samples.- 35. Bakery Hygiene Personnel - working conditions - care of raw materials - dried fruit machines.- 36. Conclusion.
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