Cake Decorating Skills

 Tracey Mann is a self-taught cake decorator who has run her own company, Tracey's Cakes, in Buckinghamshire for 17 years. She also writes for Cake Magazine. 

With step-by-step photography, clear instructions and simple elegant designs for tasty results Cake Decorating Skills will teach you how to make quick and easy flower, pretty piped patterns, perfect frostings and mouth-watering chocolate flourishes. Each technique is flagged up as suitable for beginners or more suited for intermediate bakers. 

Standard professional techniques used by bakers around the world are shown in easy-to-follow detail allowing you to make cakes for any occasion - plus iced cookies and cupcakes - with style.