Sugarcraft expert Frances Mc Naughton has created twenty different designs for decorating cup cakes & twenty fun alternatives. There are easy recipes for the cakes themselves & simple instructions for creating the decorations using readily available ingredients. Full of fun & inspiration this book will show you how to make cup cakes for all occasions. Features include: twenty designs & twenty alternatives; cup cake & icing recipes included; readily available ingredients; & cup cakes for all occasions. ...

This follow-up to the highly popular Decorated Page" (1-57990-512-9) offers even more great ideas for beautifying a journal more breathtaking photos to inspire & more smart (and simple) ways to endow even the artistically timid with complete confidence. It simply brims with suggestions & instructions. Find out about the wealth of contemporary supplies from papers & adhesives to paints pens & pastels. See how to create the actual journal from scratch including a quick-to-complete Three Minute Pamphlet. Use the tips for customising a shop-bought book that could use a little flair. Build layered pages; take advantage of the creative potential of transparencies & more!" ...

This is a complete guide to cake decorating with over 100 projects from traditional classics to the latest in contemporary designs. It is an inspiring collection of classic cake recipes & a comprehensive instruction course in cake making & decorating skills in one easy-to-follow volume. It features 100 fantastic step-by-step cake decorating projects from traditional novelty & special occasion cakes to wedding christening birthday & Christmas cakes. You can learn the techniques for working with royal icing sugarpaste & fondant marzipan butter icing fudge frosting glace icing & chocolate icing. Cake recipes include One-stage Victoria Sandwich Madeira Cake Rich Fruit Cake Black Forest Gateau Gorgeous Chocolate Cake & Fresh Fruit Genoese. Techniques & projects are shown in 750 step-by-step photographs making the decorating stages easy to follow. This comprehensive book is the ultimate guide to making & decorating cakes. The first section covers the basics with recipes for a variety of classic sponge & fruit cakes & icings & frostings as well as stage-by-stage techniques for covering piping & decorating. There are plenty of ideas for embellishments from ribbons to home-made chocolate curls. The second half contains 100 projects each with detailed instructional photographs & a glorious picture of the finished cake. Recipes include Iced Fancies Trailing Orchid Wedding Cake Teddy Bear Christening Cake & even a Dinosaur Cake. With tips throughout & everything shown step by step it is simple to achieve stunning results with every cake. ...

Do you love baking & want to discover new ideas for decorating? Queen of bakes Annie Rigg is here to help with Decorating Cakes & Cookies. There are more than 40 ideas for decorating cakes cookies & cupcakes as well as step-by-step photography for those trickier bits. Even if you are not a confident baker & youve never made icing or handled a piping bag Annies fool-proof instructions will inspire you to get creative & whip up a batch of h&-crafted cookies to impress friends & family. There are treats for every occasion from Spring Flower Cupcakes for Mothers Day & Monogrammed Wedding Cookies to Snowman Cupcakes for Christmas & a Striped Chocolate Cake for a friends birthday. A Basics chapter gives you all the cookie doughs cake mixes & step-by step decorating techniques you need to achieve any of the recipes in the book. ...

Katrien loves chocolate & uses it in cake decorating because it not only tastes delicious but is so versatile. In this book she shows you how to create beautifully decorated cakes: fresh contemporary fun & irresistible. It is filled with techniques & ideas for everyone whether you just want to decorate a ready-made cake or use one of the scrumptious recipes in the book to bake it from scratch whether you only bake occasionally or do it for a living. Whether you buy a ready-made cake or take the time to lovingly bake your own cake from the luscious recipes at the end of this book whether you only bake occasionally or bake for profit I would like to teach you a few techniques which once mastered will give you the ability to decorate your cake quickly & easily to be a show-stopper on any occasion. ...

Near the village of Helmthorpe Swainsdale the body of a well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a drystone wall. Harry Steadman has been brutally murdered. But who would want to kill such a thoughtful dedicated man? Chief Inspector Alan Banks is called in to investigate & soon discovers that disturbing secrets lie behind the apparently bucolic facade. It is clear that young Sally Lumb locked in her lover's arms on the night of the murder knows more than she is letting on. & her knowledge could lead to danger.. .' The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling evocative deeply nuanced works of art' Dennis Lehane ' Inspector Banks
- a man for all seasons he knows that often the answers to the clues are hidden in his own heart' Michael Connelly ' If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before prepare for a crash course in taut clean writing & subtle psychology. & watch for those twists
- they'll get you every time' Ian Rankin

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'I hate it when my mother brags about me & my sister. Deenie's the beauty & Helen's the brain."' Mrs Fenner has very fixed ambitions for her daughters. Deenie is thirteen years old & gorgeous. Her mother wants her to be a model -- but Deenie's not so sure. So when she's diagnosed with scoliosis -- curvature of the spine -- Deenie's almost relieved. No more traipsing round modelling agencies no more living up to her mother's expectations. But she has to wear an ugly uncomfortable back brace for the next four years. & she's convinced that it will put an end to normal teenage life -- including her blossoming relationship with Buddy Brader.. ." ...

Nick Stones future looks bleak. The only person hes ever loved is dead. The only people who might save him have turned their backs. Until a chance encounter reunited him with a man whose life he saved ten years ago. What seems a simple quest in Baghdad takes Stone into the heart of a chilling conspiracy from violent Bosnia through lightening-paced action in Iraq. But too late he realizes that he is being used as bait to lure into the open a man he believes can offer some salvation. A man whom the darker forces of the West will stop at nothing to destroy... ...

Passionate. Explosive. Impossible to put down. Tasmina Perry is back with her most spectacular novel yet. Beneath the shimmering surface lies a dark secret... Diana & Julian Denver have the world at their feet. With a blissful marriage a darling son & beautiful homes in London & the country Dianas life to the outside world is perfect. But nothing is as it seems... When Julian dies suddenly & tragically Diana is convinced there is more to it than meets the eye. She calls on the one person she had never wanted to see again
- her sister Rachel. A former tabloid reporter Rachel appears to be living the dream as a diving instructor on a Thai isl&. The truth is shes in exile estranged from her family & driven from her career by Fleet Streets phone-hacking scandal. For Rachel Dianas request opens old wounds. But she is determined to make amends for the past & embarks on a treacherous journey to uncover the truth
- wherever it may lead...

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Deep Country is Neil Ansells account of five years spent alone in a hillside cottage in Wales. I lived alone in this cottage for five years summer & winter with no transport no phone. This is the story of those five years where I lived & how I lived. It is the story of what it means to live in a place so remote that you may not see another soul for weeks on end. & it is the story of the hidden places that I came to call my own & the wild creatures that became my society. A beautiful translucent portrayal of mid-Wales". (Jay Griffiths). " Touching. Through Ansells charming & thoroughly detailed stories of run-ins with red kites curlews sparrowhawks jays & ravens we see him lose himself.. .in the rhythms & rituals of life in the British wilderness". (Financial Times). " Remarkable fascinating". (Time Out). "A gem of a book an extraordinary tale. Ansells rich prose will transport you to a real life Narnian world that CS Lewis would have envied. Find your deepest most-comfortable armchair & get away from it all". (Countryfile). Neil Ansell spent five years living on a remote hillside in Wales & wrote his first book Deep Country about the experience. Since that time he has become an award-winning television journalist with the BBC. He has travelled in over fifty countries & has written for the Guardian the New Statesman & the Big Issue." ...