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How to make and decorate seven special cakes. Detailed instructions and recipes included. The fancy cakes are: a rabbit, a bear, an elephant, a jack-in-the-box, an Easter egg, a treasure chest and a giant golf ball on a tee atop a slice of green.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Mar 1975 (v.53#3) pg. 76

Show-off cake decorating made easy.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS May 1982 (v.60#5) pg. 116

Tip: How to cut a 13"x9"x2" cake into the shape of a dreidel (spinning top) for a Hanukkah dessert.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Dec 1987 (v.65#12) pg. 21

Tips on birthday parties for kids. (1) Hot-air balloon cupcakes. (2) Autograph cloud. (3) Star straw favors. (4) Dinosaur hats. (5) "Prehistoric" cake decorated with dinosaur cookies and edible rocks. (6) Backward party invitations.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS May 1989 (v.67#5) pg. 149

Cupcake snowman, frosted with coconut, has a face painted on a craft pick.
CRAFTS Dec 1998-Jan 1999 (v.21#12) pg. 82

Tiered wedding cake, place cards, heart-shaped boxes, centerpiece, and decorated Jordan almond for a wedding table. Pastillage and Royal icing are used to make the cards and boxes.
CUISINE May 1980 (v.9#4) pg. 26, 68

Cake decorating "how-to" from Rosemary Littman.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Mar 1978 (v.9#2) pg. 63

How to decorate cupcakes with gumdrop flowers. Recipe for cake included.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Jun 1978 (v.9#5) pg. 21

Football player cake.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Sep 1979 (v.10#7) pg. 29

Getting started making wedding cakes.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Jun 1981 (v.12#5) pg. 29

Two cakes to bake and decorate, Hearts and Bells wedding cake and Good Luck to the Graduate cake. Recipes and decorating instructions furnished.
FAMILY CIRCLE Jun 14 1978 (v.91#7) pg. 118

Cake decorating for beginners. Some tips.
FAMILY CIRCLE Jun 8 1982 (v.95#8) pg. 70

Candied flowers for gardeners with a sweet tooth. Description of a foolproof method for turning flowers into sweets for decorating cakes, canapes and other foods.
FLOWER & GARDEN May-Jun 1990 (v.34#3) pg. 38

Easy-to-make, easy-to-decorate Easter cakes. (1) Easter bunny. (2) Mini egg cakes.
FLOWER & GARDEN [CRAFTS EDITION] Mar-Apr 1998 (v.42#2) pg. 22

Romantic cake and candy "ice" castle to make with silver cones on top of the towers.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Dec 1979 (v.189#6) pg. 66

How to form "roses" from frosting.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING May 1983 (v.196#5) pg. 120

Two Easter bunnies and an Easter basket to make from cake.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Mar 1986 (v.202#3) pg. 190, 194

Wedding cake decoration. A china bell in an arch of lillies of the valley.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Jan-Feb 1983 (v.28#1) pg. 116, 131

Wedding cake. Three-tiered pound cake balanced atop white columns has a smooth look with rolled fondant icing draped over each layer. Ridged shells and delicate vines are piped around each layer. Glucose-based "dough" creates porcelain-look blooms. A gum-paste bouquet displayed in a china teacup accents the cake.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Feb 1988 (v.33#2) pg. 83, 84, 85

Easter treats include sugar cookie "tulip" cupcakes, rabbit cupcakes with cardboard ears, and cupcakes baked in blown-out eggs served with a dollop of frosting.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Apr 1988 (v.33#3) pg. 82, 85

Cake top finial. Turned wooden finial on a base is designed to hold 17 small candles in a neat cluster.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #60 May 1991 (v.10#6) pg. 26

How to make marzipan roses.
SUNSET Feb 1985 (v.174#2) pg. 180

Set of digits made from colored plastic canvas are used to indicate a person's age on a birthday cake.
WORKBASKET Oct-Nov 1995 (v.61#1) pg. 33

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