Celebration Cakes: Their Production and Decoration

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.