Cakes by Design

The secrets to awe-inspiring cake decorations, written by master bakers (Martha Stewart Weddings) Their specialty cakes have astounded and drawn raves from such clients as Tiffany, Cartier, Bloomingdales, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Vogue, and their wedding cakes have graced the pages of Bride's Little Book of Cakes and Toasts, Bride's magazine, and Martha Stewart's Weddings. Scott Woolley and Michael Farace are, quite simply, the masters of the stunning-to-behold yet easy-to-learn art of sugar paste flowers, used as both cake decorations and free-standing ornaments. With step-by-step instructions on how to make dozens of varieties of flowers and a profusion of inspirational photographs, Cakes by Design will delight both professionals and at-home cake decorators, inspiring them to achieve both simple and simply spectacular sugar art creations. Scott Clark Woolley teaches New York City's most popular sugar art and cake decorating classes and is the acknowledged master in the field. With Michael G. Farace, he has created cakes and decorative pieces for numerous notable corporate and private clients, including Sotheby's, Angela Lansbury, Caroline Kennedy, and many others.