Cake Decorating Books

There are many cake decorating books around, and really it will depend on what sort of cake decorating you are aiming to do as to which cake decorating book you will be best buying.

If you are looking to make novelty party cakes for instance, there are many books on the market that are geared specifically around these types of ideas. You will be able to find a huge variety of cake designs. For instance you could make a budding footballer or baseball player a cake in the shape of a football or baseball. If it is a smaller child you are making a cake for then see what cartoon characters he is watching at the moment, there is sure to be a cake design contained in one of the cake decorating books that will be suitable.

Several of the books will show you basic shapes that you can then work from and build your own ideas into.

Some of the cake decorating books will specialise in specific types of icing, so it is worth having a good look around and to find the book that specialises in the kind of cake decorating that you want to do.

Here are some of my favorites