Decorating Cakes For Special Occasions by Polly Pinder -Many pictures and diagrams. Polly uses rolled fondant and the cakes in this book look perfect! Great cake decorating book with some very original designs. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Clear concise instructions for every cake - accompanied by line drawings for every step of construction. The book is in new condition - with dustjacket. Hardback127 pages. Contents include 21st birthday, graduation, engagement, wedding, 1st anniversary, christening, retirement, teen party, drivers test, house-warming, office party, 7 yr itch, get-well, career woman, knitter, harassed mother, diet freak, computer maniac, lazy gardner, Mother's Day, Valentine, Misdsummer, Christmas, Easter, Cornucopia $19.95

Chocolate Delights, the ultimate in chocolate candy by Eleanor and Ian Reilander, all in living color, put together crafty candies that sell at craft shows. If you are familiar, Eleanor is one of the world's top candy and cake decorators. Her work is all superb! Soft cover (blue) w/ character candies on cover, 47 pages $7.99

CUT UP CAKE IDEA BOOK - "Baker's Easy Party Cakes"  cut-up round or square cakes to create  a train, bunny, ball and glove, skate, snoopy, flag, booties, Christmas tree, duck, umbrella, heart, shamrock, flag, firecracker, witch, pumpkin, turkey, snowman, rudy, santa, bear, cat, caterpillar, elephant, dinosaur, mouse, butterfly, piggy, ball & glove, football, tennis raquet, sail boat, hobby horse, ragdoll clown, train w/tunnel, airplane, monster truck, space shuttle, daisy,

Basic Cake Decorating by Vi Whitington - a step by step guide for beginners and advanced decorators. $3.95

How-To Book by Avis - a simple start in basic drawing on cakes - written by an artist so you don't need to be an artist to learn to draw.
cream color, leaf border. Shows all the basics of proportioning - even people!  $3.95

SHOWERS - includes, for the bride, favors, place cards & centerpieces, Games, gift ideas, shower-perfect recipes, design-your-own announcement ideas, paperback, large book, many pictures & diagrams. Shows the preverbial diaper cake. No cakes here, this is craft ideas. $7.95

Wilton makes it easy to Create "Beautiful Gumpaste Flowers by Wilton Enterprises - goes along with their gumpaste flower kit. This book was written in great detail. isbn-0-912696-30-3, well used but not damaged $6.99

Betty Crocker's Kitchen Secrets, Tips, techniques and guidelines for successful cooking  - This book is preliminary to all other cookbooks. Great for the 'just starting" cooks! A quick-reference kitchen tip book of expertise and kitchen wisdom. Baking tips for breads, cakes, frostings, cookies etc; shopping hints; identify meats by bone structure and cook without recipes; select seafood and fish; beverages dairy foods; glossary and more. 394-52306-7 $12.99 (at my house)

Betty Crocker's PARTY BOOK  - Wire Spiral Bound. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Has short cut at top of spine edge. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "More than 500 recipes, menus and how-to-do-it tips for festive occasions the year 'round. This attractive book will show you how to plan and prepare for every kind of party: Christmas parties, picnics, Easter breakfast, club luncheons, wedding anniversaries, teen-age parties and many more. With almost every turn of the page you'll find another party plan: some simple, some elaborate, some spur-of-the-moment, some very important. Suggestions for children's parties include games and activities. Helpful how-to-do-it instructions and diagrams supplement the decorating tips. Vividly illustrated throughout with full-color photographs and drawings." . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Anne Rockwell and Harlow Rockwell. 5.75 x 7.75 in., 176 Pages. $8.99

Step By Step - Let's Organize a Cake Show by Nancy Judd - even shows how to make your own winning ribbons! Table setups, sample judging sheets, registration, divisions explained, a few photos of top decorators of the 60's! This booklet will never go out of style! green cover $3.95

Let's Organize a cake club by Nancy Judd - she takes you through the entire process. $2.95

Cake Crafts by Sheryn Smith - Spiral bound cake craft cookbook. Sponsored by Trail Rossland Boy Scouts of Canada. Has 33 cake recipes; 25 specialty cake forms includings Bert's Friend..., Ernie; Happy Bert Day; Gum Ball Machine; Kermie; MICKEY, Myrtle the Turtle; Red Fox; Strawberry Basket; Pop Goes the Weasel; The Man in The Can; Goldie; Hold that Tiger; Must be Santa and more. Plus 15 recipes for icings. Includes photos of the specialty cakes with instructions on how to make them. Covers show minor edgewear and pages are tight and clean. Brown plastic wire spiral bound.. Soft Cover. Very Good.(Brown Spiral bound, cream color cover) $12.99
 

Treats For My Sweets by Gail C. Jaye - A do-it-yourselfer's dream cookbook, this spiral-bound volume shows how to make extradordinarily complexconfections with a handfull of simple ingredients. I love her Icecream cone characters! Cupcake characters are a delight. Mints & Petit Fours, Cookie & Candy Crafts, Sugar molded eggs, Gingerbreat treats (patterns too), Desserts, cakes, pies, cookies, candies recipes. The homemade feel of this book pervades its every chapter, from the dozens of recipes and tips to the cover sporting a lineup of sample pieces. A tight, bright, copy. 124 pages, includes index, 9"x 6". (blue cover, red spiral bound) $19.99

Decorating is a piece of cake or "Welcome to Tina's World by Tynne Hokkanen - a booklet of cake diagrams and all cute cake jokes. Great for cake clubs! Soft cover, 62 pages collector addition, not many printed $8.99

Cake Classics by Lough Industries - Features heart cake, bassinette, pansies, shower, star w/poinsetias, Halloween, doll cake, carousel, Easter, Christmas, Dad cards and pipe, baseball glove (I made many times!), Train, Carnations, Sweetpea cake. Softback booklet. Very old $6.95

Our Favorite Recipes by Darlene's Cake Kitchen and Beaver Creek Frostettes Cake Club (Darlene Horner is Internationally known for  her wonderfully decorated cakes. A special collector's edition! Soft cover, 80 phs then index, calori counter pags and cooking terms. $5.95

Confectionerry Design by Lindsay John Bradshaw - Totally illistrated, a book recommended to learn by. Much about design and layout, marking off for decorations etc. Very good illustration, professionally written. Used - Very Good. Cupress. New York, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Book is Very Good. 284 pp. New Edition. Illustrated, black & white. $15.99

Seasoned With Love in LuLu's Kitchen, by Anisa Makdad Benson, softback, spiral 234 pages - this is strictly a cookbook of all her favorite recipes. appetizers, soups, meats & main dishes, breads, cakes and beverages great charts and hints pages. $4.95

Lettering or Writing in Icing by Mable Williamson a class oriented booklet explaining how to write in icing along with lettering styles. Softback, 9 pages, written before computers, very old $2.95

Wedding Cakes, McCalls School, by Klara Johnson - Everything you need to know to create your own wedding cake! Wonderful sizing charts for several shapes of cakes, in cm and inch. How to for: royal icing, rolled fondant, buttercream, marzipan, getting the cake together, cake stands, dowelling, push-down pillars, separator plates, wine glasses in setup, making ornaments, transporting, planning, hints for handling, piping decorations,embroidery in icing, making tulle puffs & ribbon sprays, her favorite recipes! 76 pages, then a cake gallery. $9.95

65 Buttercream Flowers by Richard Snyder (deceased) - Shows how to make SO many kinds of flowers in totally edible buttercream icing. Some color and LOTS of instructions. Vintage 1957, hard back w/dust cover, 240 pages. $15.99

Other small booklets by Richard Snyder! $5.95 each
27 Special Occassion Crations For Cake Decorators
28 More Floral Creations  For Cake Decorators
27 More Floral Creations  For Cake Decorators, book is red
29 New Floral Creations  For Cake Decorators

Beary Speciial Teddy Bears, MINI Painting and crafts by Jan Gage, carries on from book above, paperback, 24 pages, good diagrams and black/white photos. There aren't many books on Figure-piping so this is a collector. You will learn how to f.pipe anything else using this method too $6.95

How to make money in cake decorating, owning and operating a successful business in your home By Del Carnes, softback, 191 pages, Leads you through the entire process from beginning to end. Explains everything in detail from advertising to keeping ledgers, promotional, invoices, thank-you's etc.  $9.90 Out of print

REVISED EDITION, INFORMATION ADDED AND UPDATED How to make money in cake decorating, owning and operating a successful business in your home By Del Carnes, 11 x 6 1/2 softback, 223 pages, Leads you through the entire process from beginning to end. Explains everything in detail from advertising to keeping ledgers, promotional, invoices, thank-you's etc.  $15.99 Out of print

Menghias Kue, Tart di Indonesia (Cake decorating Indonesia) by Titien Dharmaputra and Thomas Dharmaputra, (Written in English and Indonesian! softback, 103 pages COLOR, shows intricate decorations step-by step. detailed borders, trumpet flower on a log cake, many designs in color, flower piping, scenery of stork on stump with water lillies, bootie cake, good fish shape, cactus in flower pot cake, up close gumpaste flowers step by step - lots! Orchids of many varieties, roses, daisies,gardinias, calla lillie arranging, bouquets, Imdonesian style cakes, shows innovative cake stands you can make-even lighted! Painted cakes, dolls, includes several patterns. Folks, these cakes ARE different! $14.99 Out of print
 

by Mary Beth Enderson  (former ICES President and well-known decorator).  Out of print, all books in Black and white unless otherwise specified. She is great for making nice cake patterns...was once the Editor of our ICES newsletter!  Mostly sketches of cakes but some black & white photos too. Many patterns in each book. All books out of print

Look for the silver lining by Mary Beth Enderson Feb/Mar issue, softback, 27 pages. (former ICES President and well-known decorator) Black & white.  Yellowish cover with large heart, angel and cross, bear w/"x & o's...Many silhouettes, Prince wooing Princess on bended knee, family praying, Lincoln old fashioned girl drawing, winter barn scene, writing/lettering ideas, Leprechaun pattern playing fiddle, cute boy & girl dancing, mouses playing music, several sugar eggs, house patterns, animals to pipe/patterns, 2 full pages of Easter related patterns, a Lambeth cake, church cake on sheet c. w/includes religious interjections writings. all black and white. $4.99 Out of print

Frosting Fantasia Creative...Cake Ideas from SunValley Show winners! softback, 27 pages, real photos, some color and some black/white. Very nicely presented. No instructions. Many Vintage photos of famous decorators from the '50's! You'll recognize some of them: Betty May, Billie Frederick, Francis KuyperBarbar Boeving...The most overwhelming cakes ever shown! Everything imaginable. From the helicopter shaped on the cover, to Humpty Dumpty, The World, Tree, Guitar, Books, Baskets, Piano, Barrel, Race Cars, Big Bird, Pooh, Home, Lady Bug, Fountain, Lambeth, Lace, Carousel, Foothball shape, May Day, Sugar Eggs, Geisha Girl (color), Basket w/lid, Gloves, Bassinet, Doll...MORE!  $10.99

Cake Decorating by Mary Morris hardback, 1981, 76 pages, ALL COLOR, ChooChoo on cover hauling 'coal' with M & M's. Contents Introduction, Basic Cakes, Icings and Fillings, Simple Chocolate Work, Cake Decorations, Royal Icing, Index, NOTES: For all recipes in this book, quantities are given in metric, imperial and American measures. It is important to follow one set of measures only they are not interchangeable.  Celebration and Novelty Cakes include: Tiny baskets with lid!, simple rolled fondant, Petit Fors, Chocolate leaves made on a real leaf, fondant cutouts, Lattice & Lace, 50 Wreath, Kitty shaped, House shaped, recipes include "Honey Snowball Cake including picture in color. Vintage $10.99

MARZIPAN: Sweet Confections  "Art in Icing" by Barb McCann...complete instructions for Modelling Marzipan Animals. 38 pages,  1 Vintage 1979 book, Paperback w/pandas on yellow cover, TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction, The Tradition of Marzipan Animals, General Information, Marzipan Recipe, Almond Paste Information, Marzipan Glaze Recipe, Royal Icing Recipe, Equipment Sheet, Helpful Hints, Basic Shape Instruction, Marzipan Animals, Morse Duck, Rabbit, Frog, Squirrel, Whale, Bird, Panda, Puppy, Snail, Owl, Alligator, Turtle, Elephant, Fox, Lion, Cat, Seal, Pig, Hippo, Hen, Kangaroo,  Monkey, Cow, Camel,Marzipan Used in Cake Decoration, Finishing Touches, Mass Production, About the Author...$20.99

How to make Vegetables with Pendo Decorative Clay...of course, use Marzipan instead. Paperback, color covers, sketches and instructions. Limitless ideas for making all kinds of veggies. $4.99, 1 Vintage 1979 book

Assorted Cake Decorating Instructions by Billie Frederick Blue paperback, 20 pages. Cakes: Anniversary Cake, Baby Cake - Welcome Little Stranger, Basket CakesFull Basket with Lid, Small Basket Design on Top, Butterfly Patterns, Clown Cake, Cornicopia Cake, Cupid Pattern, Devil and Eagle Patterns, Decorator Icing, Easy Design Icing, Fox Pattern, Parchment Bag Rolling, Thickened Icing Cut Outs, Santa Claus Pattern. Black and white photos, sketches, good diagrams 1 Vintage copy $6.50

Hints, Tips and Tricks for the cake decorator from the Members of the Confectioery Arts Guild of Georgia...paperback yellow cover,79 pages. The best embroidery in icing patterns I've seen. great patters, how to make your own vanillatesting food ingredients, many recipes used every day in our world...sugar eggs, icings, Marzipan, much on gumpaste, Chocolate handling, Fillings...and SOOOO much more! You will enjoy all the tips! $7.99.