Sushi with Style or Betty Crockers New Cake Decorating

Sushi with Style

Author: Ellen Brown

We all know that sushi is tasty and very good for us, but did you also know it’s easy to make at home, open to endless variations, and relatively inexpensive? This appealing guide explains all that you need to know to become a sushi superstar. Complete with a history of the art of rolling and a basics section with advice on everything from picking the right makisu (that’s a bamboo mat for the uninitiated) to correctly roasting sesame seeds, it helps you quickly master the few required cooking skills. If you’re new to the sushi experience, and somewhat squeamish about the concept of raw fish, you can start-out by making vegetarian rolls before working up to the traditional Chicken Teriyaki, Futomaki with Scallion, or the inventive BLT Futomaki.

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Betty Crocker's New Cake Decorating

Author: Betty Crocker Editors

Make any occasion special with a just the right cake; an incredible edible Teddy Bear Cake or a Dinosaur Cake makes a birthday magical. Surprise your son or daughter with a Play Ball Cake or a Ballet Slippers Cake after a long day of practices and lessons. And don't forget Dad -- make a unique Father's Day T-Shirt Cake. Share the good news and give your sister a Baby Bib Shower Cake.

You'll also find specialty cakes, including wedding cakes and holiday cakes, as well as show stoppers such as French Silk Filbert Cake and Mocha Cream Torte.

Each recipe has clear, concise directions with simple drawings that show you how to properly assemble the cakes. Plus, you can use either cake mix or scratch recipes, so making these cakes is truly easy. Now available in an easy-to-use practical comb-bound format, you'll enjoy each step toward baking and creating the perfect cake!

BookList

Here are 70 cake recipes for special occasions--baby and wedding showers, housewarmings, graduations, birthdays, and holidays, such as Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Hanukkah, President's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day. With decorative gels, candy, chocolate, mint leaves, coconut, food coloring, nonpareils, and sprinkles, an assortment of cake decorations can be created: gym shoes for an athlete, a car to send friends off on a trip, ballet slippers for an aspiring ballerina, basketballs, soccer balls, baseball caps, sailboats, snowmen, spaceships, trains, and teddy bears. There is a chapter on cake basics that offers tips on batter, on measuring ingredients, on using shortenings, eggs, and chocolate, on removing layer cakes from pans, on using dowels, on freezing and storing cakes, on using decorating bags, and on making rosettes, flowers, borders, and leaf designs. The finished book will have 57 color photographs and 96 line drawings.

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

One: Cut-Out and Shaped Cakes.

Two: Festive Holiday Cakes.

Three: Celebration Cakes.

Four: Specialty Bakery Cakes.

Five: Cake Basics.

Index.