iced gem bakes & cakes - wedding / birthday cake decorating recipes

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Contents

• Introduction
• About me

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE MAKING SPECIAL DIET CAKES

• About special diets
• The wheat, gluten and lactose free store cupboard
• Sugarcraft tools used on the cakes in this book
• About sugarcraft ingredients containing glucose syrup
• Sugarcraft brands and their allergens
• Food allergy labelling
  
• Preventing cross contamination
• Hidden ingredients - other names for allergens

DAIRY FREE CAKE RECIPES

• Dairy-free vanilla sponge
• Dairy-free vanilla cupcakes
• Dairy-free rich chocolate cake
• Dairy-free carrot cake
• Dairy-free lemon cake
• Dairy-free rich fruit cake

WHEAT AND GLUTEN FREE CAKE RECIPES (including variations to make them dairy free and nut free)

• Wheat and gluten-free vanilla sponge
• Wheat and gluten-free vanilla cupcakes
• Wheat and gluten-free rich chocolate cake
• Wheat and gluten-free carrot cake
• Wheat and gluten-free lemon cake
• Wheat and gluten-free banana and chocolate chunk cake
• Wheat and gluten-free coffee and walnut cake
• Wheat and gluten-free coconut cake
• Wheat, gluten and dairy-free choux pastry
• Profiteroles for Croquembouche
• Wheat and gluten-free pastry cream
• Wheat and gluten-free rich fruit cake
• Wheat and gluten-free chocolate, rum and raisin fruit cake
• Wheat and gluten-free shortbread
• Wheat, gluten and egg free gingerbread
• Wheat and gluten-free sugar cookies

VEGAN CAKE RECIPES (including variations to make them wheat and gluten free)

• Vegan / egg and dairy-free vanilla sponge cake
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free vanilla sponge cupcakes
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free chocolate cake
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free fruit cake
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free lemon cake
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free coconut cake
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free carrot cake
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free coffee and walnut cake
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free shortbread
• Vegan / egg and dairy-free gingerbread

CAKE FILLINGS

• Chocolate ganache
• Dairy-free chocolate ganache
• Dairy-free white chocolate ganache
• Dairy free buttercream
• American buttercream

MODELLING PASTES

• Vegan, wheat and gluten-free Sugarpaste recipe
  
• Vegan, wheat and gluten-free Mexican / modelling paste recipe
• Vegan, wheat and gluten-free flower paste recipe
• Vegan, wheat and gluten-free pastillage recipe
• Vegan, wheat and gluten-free chocolate modelling paste
• Vegan, wheat and gluten-free white chocolate modelling paste

PREPARING CAKES FOR DECORATING

• How to make a piping bag
• Tips for preparing special diet cakes
• How to marzipan a vegan, dairy-free or wheat / gluten-free fruit cake
• How to prepare a special diet sponge cake ready for covering with sugarpaste, chocolate paste or marzipan
• Covering a vegan, dairy-free or wheat / gluten free cake with sugarpaste
• Dowelling guide

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CAKES

• Hearts and flowers sugar cookies or shortbread - piping with sugarpaste
• Christmas gingerbread - piping with sugarpaste
• Butterfly cakes -
              Egg-free crystallised edible flowers
              Egg-free piped flowers
• Children pushing a giant snowball Christmas cake
• Christmas pudding cake
• Dairy-free chocolate ganache and rose cake
• Piping with dairy free chocolate ganache
• Dairy-free white chocolate rose cake
• Wheat, gluten and dairy-free Croquembouche
• 3 tier parcel wedding cake piping with sugarpaste, vegan pastillage
• Eau de nil lattice cake piping with white fat buttercream
• Making hydrangeas from vegan and wheat / gluten free flower paste
• Daisy chain cake - drop piping with sugarpaste
• Making daisies from vegan / gluten-free flower paste
• Peony cake - decorating with sugarpaste
• Making a peony from vegan / gluten-free flower paste

USEFUL CONTACTS AND SUPPLIERS