Carol Deacon's Party Cakes for Children

Includes recipes of cakes with sporty and adventurous, scary and spooky characters for children of all ages. This work includes instructions and methods to create a range of party cakes. Carol Deacon's fantastic cakes are alive with cute and cuddly, sporty and adventurous, scary and spooky characters to delight children of all ages. Mums will be encouraged and inspired by her simple introduction with its question and answer approach, taking the angst out of decorating with sugarpaste. Children will have great fun helping to decorate the cakes and some are designed specifically for this purpose. Chatty instructions and carefully detailed methods allow all would-be and experienced cake decorators, both young and old, to recreate her imaginative scenes. This is a wonderful opportunity to create a range of party cakes to delight any child for a fraction of the retail price and with a lot more fun.

Whip up an eye-popping, lip-smacking, giggle-producing cake for every special occasion and every favorite person (adults too, don't let the title fool you). Choose from 22 basic designs, plus tips for endless variations, from Sketchbook, Computer, and Racing Car to Horrible Bug, Princess, Fishing Pond, and Fairy Town--even microwave cakes that cook in four minutes, designs that start with store-bought cakes, and cool cakes kids can help make. No artistic talent, cake-decorating experience, or special tools needed (except a cake smoother and frosting tubes). Start with a cake and ready-to-roll sugarpaste icing from the supermarket, follow the clear directions, and produce the perfect centerpiece for any celebration--birthday or bon voyage, first day of school or 50th anniversary.