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When my older daughter was in second grade, we took a cake decorating class together. She's moved on to other activities, but I still love to create special cakes for family events. And Best-Ever Cake Decorating by Angela Nilsen & Sarah Maxwell always comes in handy. Nancy

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The cake that sits, still warm, in my tummy as I write this was not decorated. However, it was for in house consumption only. I have learned never to take a plain cake anywhere when I can create something beautiful using either the simple or (mostly) elaborate techniques found in Sue McMahon's Cake Decorating Tricks. This must mean I believe in wow. Nancy

Most every cake baker uses cake mixes sometimes. This series by Cake Doctor Anne Byrn shows us how to improve on the community standard. Yippee! Nancy

To be honest, I could never bake, decorate and eat every cake I'd like to unless I did nothing else forever. Nevertheless, when a gem like Cakes in Bloom by Anna von Marburg comes along, I long to whip up some gum paste and create a masterpiece. Sigh. Nancy

I hoard every cake decorating book I can because even if I don't have the time or skill to recreate the masterpieces inside, I like to think that someday I will. Colette's Birthday Cakes by Colette Peters is particularly nice. Nancy

PS When I'm not eating cake, I'm devouring books on cake decorating. I know just enough to realize how talented the industry leaders like Colette Peters truly are.

You really can't have too many inspiration books about cake decorating. I especially like Confetti Cakes by Elisa Strauss. Nancy

Fantastic Party Cakes is fantastic. Allison Wilkinson is a master cake decorator. Nancy

If you want to create beautiful cakes, you absolutely must check out The Fine Art of Cake Decorating. It spells everything out. Everything. Step-by-step. I love it. Nancy

I've made and decorated a lot of cakes - some of them successfully, but there's so much to learn I could feel overwhelmed. Now Jane Murfitt has written First Steps in Cake Decorating, and I have a primer for whatever technique I attempt. Murfitt's course in cakes is a very good reference. Nancy

I love cake and am always in search of perfection. The Perfect Cake by Susan G. Purdy comes very close. Nancy

There is no such thing as the perfect chocolate cake. I am convinced one can always get a richer, more chocolaty result if only enough test cakes can be baked and eaten. (There may be a flaw in my logic, but I certainly can't find it.) Thus, I fell upon Chocolate Cakes by John Slattery with cries of wonder and awe. You will too. Nancy

PS The decorative techniques in this volume are well described and illustrated. Nancy

I wish author Karen Goble had called her book "Quicker & Easier Wedding Cakes" rather than Quick & Easy Wedding Cakes. Anyone who has ever attempted a special cake knows they take time and some skill.

Having said that, I recommend you do a practice cake well before the wedding if this is to be your first big effort. AND consider having a number of food safe flowers on hand to cover any errors you make when the cake for the big day is actually rising before your eyes.

I an enchanted by creative cakes. The art form is too difficult for me to get more than superficially involved, but I continue to droll over the wonderful cakes in books like Kaye Hansen and Liv Hansen's The Whimsical Bakehouse. When professionals like this mother-daughter team take to the ovens, I gain weight just looking at the pictures. Nancy

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