Everyone who works at Carlo's Bake Shop gets an on-the-job education on how to bake like a pro. Now you can get that training in The Essential Cake Boss, a collection of Buddy's recipes and techniques that are the building blocks of his show-stopping desserts. You'll learn to work with baking and decorating equipment, bake perfectly moist cupcakes and cakes, and work magical effects with frosting and fondant. With Buddy's inspiring enthusiasm and stories from the bake shop told in his inimitable voice, The Essential CakeBossprovides you with the tools for making his most popular, signature creations. A unique chart lets you mix and match cake flavours, frosting, and liqueur syrup to create your own personal trademark cakes. Plenty of gorgeous, step-by-step instructional photos let you follow Buddy as he shows how to create his artistic flourishes and decorations. An incomparable dessert education, The Essential Cake Bosswill become a beloved reference for aspiring and skilled bakers alike. Bursting with delicious, tried-and-true recipes, how-to boxes and sidebars, and numerous tricks of the trade, The Essential Cake Bossis a rare treat-a fun, accessible guide to baking, all in a gloriously designed, fully illustrated package worthy of the Cake Boss's unique artistic vision.