Anyone Can Cake: Your Complete Guide to Making & Decorating Perfect Layer Cakes

Whitney is one of those bakers who can turn any cake into a masterpiece! Shes an inspiration to any selftaught baker. Duff Goldman, Ace of Cakes and owner of Charm City CakesEverything You Need to Know to Create Pretty Cakes with ConfidenceAnyone Can Cake brings beautiful, artisan cakes within reach of every home baker. Many professional cake artists appear to have a magical touch where every cake they make looks equally perfect and effortless, so it can be intimidating to home bakers. Whitney DePaoli is here to help. As a selftaught cake artist who has been baking cakes from her home kitchen for over a decade, Whitney shares her best tips and hardwon knowledge to answer all of your cake baking questions, help you avoid common mistakes and master the building blocks that make a great cake.Discover the pride and joy of achieving the perfect consistency buttercream, the right way to crumb coat your cake and beginnerfriendly methods for popular decorating techniques. The book is overflowing with fullpage photography, foolproof recipes, handy graphics, reference charts and stepby step instructions to lead you to complete cake confidence. Whether you are looking for simple classics or creative flavors such as Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake, Double Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cake and RaspberryAlmond Impressionist Cake, the sky is the limit with what you can do.Allow Whitney to guide your cake journey and prove that everyone can create a stunning layer cake to be proud of.Learn how to: Bake, build and decorate layer cakes, along with all the techniques and tools youll need Master buttercream frosting, from mixing gorgeous colors to achieving a perfectly smooth finish Create ombrs, stripes, Lambeth piping and more with beginnerfriendly decorating tutorials Levelup your design with indepth guides for ganache drips, sprinkle placement and perfect pipingFeatured resources include: Foolproof base recipes such as Favorite Vanilla Cake, OneBowl Chocolate Cake and Vanilla Buttercream Creative recipes for showstopper cakes like Rainbow Striped Milk & Cereal Cake, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake and Snickerdoodle Cake Troubleshooting tips and stepbystep instructions for preventing common mishaps every step of the way Luscious fullspread photography and visual reference charts