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American stack
Each tier of the cake sits directly on top of the one below with no
pillars in between.
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Basket weave
A piping technique that looks like the interwoven reeds of a wicker
basket, this is best achieved by using butter cream and royal icing
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Buttercream
Is used to fill and ice cakes. It is a mixture of butter and icing
sugar.
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Cake Tower
A multilevel, multiarmed cake stand which is used to display the cakes
individually.
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Chocolate Ganache
Is a mixture of boiled cream and
coverture chocolate (white, milk or dark can be used). It is smoothed
over the cake with a palette knife and can also be used as a filling.
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Columns
Also known as pillars, these are used in most
traditional wedding cakes. They are tubes which are placed between each
layer to achieve an open look between each tier and are a part of the
overall design of the cake.
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Cornelli Cake Decoration
An intricate piping technique that gives a lovely lace like look.
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Croquembouche
A French dessert made from profiteroles filled with cream, covered in
rich toffee or chocolate sauce and spun sugar.
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Cup Cakes
Individual fairy cakes, one for every guest.
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Dacquoise
A round dessert made up of layers of meringue mixed with ground toasted
nuts, and layers of whipped cream mixed with soft fruit.
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Piping Cake Decoration
Made from icing sugar or butter
cream in a piping consistency to form dots, snail trail, shells, rope
border, reverse shells, rosebuds and half rose, zigzags, ruffle, lily
of the valley, basket weave.
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Dotted Swiss
A piping technique which tiny raised dots are arranged in patterns on
the cake to resemble dotted-Swiss fabric.
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Dragees
Sugar coated almonds that come in a variety of colors including gold
and silver. Also known as Jordan almonds.
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Filling
A fruit or cream based paste spread between layers within tiers of a
cake.
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Fondant Cake Decoration
A soft rolled icing that is used to give a
formal finish to cakes. It is also used for sugar flowers and modeling
work, and can be colored to match any theme.
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Fresh Flowers and Fruit
Can be arranged on the cake on the day of the wedding.
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Genoise
A classic European sponge cake. It is a tender dry cake which is
usually moisten with sugar syrup.
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Grooms Cake
The use of a Grooms Cake is an old custom
that is still observed at some weddings. It is a separate cake,
traditionally a fruit cake but can be a sponge of any flavor and shape
and can be based upon the groom’s hobbies, sport or any other interest
he may have.
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Gum Paste
This is a mixture of sugar, cornstarch, and
gelatin. It is edible and is used to make realistic decorations, such
as fruits, flowers and shells. It can also be formed into loops and
bows. It is also known as sugar dough.
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Lattice work
Is a piping detail that is made up of crossed strips arranged in a
diagonal pattern with open spaces.
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Marzipan
A paste made from ground almonds, corn syrup
and sugar. It can be used to make shapes of fruit or other desired
objects to decorate the cake. It is also used as a layer between a
fruit cake and fondant icing.
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Meringue
A mixture of egg white and sugar and air that
is whisked and dried slowly in the oven. Meringue can be shaped before
it is baked.
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Meringue Butter cream
Butter is added to egg whites that have been whipped with sugar over
heat; this gives a glossy smooth creamy covering.
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Modeling Chocolate
A mixture of chocolate and corn syrup that is firm and pliable. It can
be used in the same way as gum paste.
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Piping as Cake Decoration
Decorative details, such as borders, basket
weave, patterns and flowers created by forcing icing through a pastry
bag fitted with various piping nozzles.
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Pulled Sugar
A technique in which boiled sugar is manipulated and pulled to produce
flowers and bows.
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Royal Icing
Made with pure icing sugar and egg white
it is used for detailed piping work on cakes. It can be color matched
to your theme. It is also used to make piped flowers and shapes.
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Sugar Flowers
Are handmade from gum paste, these flowers are delicate. They must be
stored in an airtight container.
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Spun Sugar Cake Decoration
A web of fine, long strands of crystallized sugar.
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Torte
Has two meanings:
A dense cake that does not use leavening agents like baking powder or
baking soda.
A cake cut into layers and sandwiched back together with a filling.
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Whipped Cream
Heavy cream beaten until soft and foamy. It is unstable and not
recommended in hot weather for outdoor weddings.
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