The International School of Sugarcraft is the most comprehensive course on sugarcraft ever published. This edition, Book One, is arraigned as a twenty-lesson course book that teaches how to make perfect cakes, icings and frostings, runouts, ribbonwork, frills, collars, lettering, modelling and piped decorations. This cake decorating book is the perfect foundation for anyone who has never decorated a cake and an excellent refresher and reference book for those with basic skills. Inside this cake decoration book are over 100 tested recipes, step-by-step photographs, and detailed captions that will inspire confidence in cake decorators of all backgrounds. By completing this course the beginner will have mastered all the skills necessary to bake, cover, and decorate beautiful cakes. The instructions in this cake decorating guide are detailed and easy to follow and you will be making edible works of art in no time at all. The author of this series, Nicholas Lodge, is one of the world's foremost authorities on cake decorating and sugarcraft. Chef Lodge has authored 11 books on the subject and has been awarded numerous honors for his work. Don't learn from the rest when you can learn from the best! This volume and its successor, Book Two, have been combined to create The Ultimate Guide to Sugarcraft, the comprehensive guide to all things sugarcrafting.