Baking jewels to admire and eat. The book for beginners and professionals. The experienced instructor in cake artistry demonstrates how to create multi-tiered themed cakes, lifelike delicate flowers made from sugar paste, richly decorated cookies, and cupcakes. The process of coloring sugar paste, modeling flowers and leaves, painting realistic beetles and more, piping decorations, reproducing subjects, etc., is illustrated in over 500 step-by-step photos. The book also covers the proper handling of materials, tools, and aids that support the journey to creating something unique.