Condition Legend:
Excellent = Little or no visual wear.
Very Good = All quite readable and clean. May have slight areas of marking, yellowing, worn edges, etc.
Good = All quite readable and clean. Some pages may have faults, be worn, yellowing, binding loose, water marks, etc. In many cases the harder to source copies.
A descriptive book condition will be emailed on request, before ordering.
Book Sizes: All sizes in centimetres. h = height. w = width. t = thickness
All books hard bound unless stated otherwise.
+ Denotes Supporters Club Members Discount Applies on Purchase Price
Exchange or Place a Link with the Old Aussie Food Recipe Site
Book Listing & Prices
Good Housekeeping Complete Cake Book of Decorating
Sizes - 127 pages. H25cms, W18cms, T2cms. Condition: Very Good. (slight folding) Comments: Clear protective cover. Sections include equipment, all about icing. Techniques of almond paste, base icing, piping, run-out, etc. Making and using a template, chocolate decorations, wedding cakes, birthday cakes, festive cakes and much more. Published 1979.
PLUS
Great Cakes & Pastries by Christian Teubner, Jacques Charrette & Hannelore Blohm
Sizes- 191 pages. H30cms, W23cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Very Good (small stain top right corner of pages) Comments: A superb selection of beautifully illustrated recipes to enable you to perfect the art of patisserie. Over 400 recipes and helpful note sections including utensils and equipment, famous cakes and pie, traditional festive baking, cheesecakes, fine fillings, small cakes, basic recipes and many more sections. Plenty of colour plates. Published 1983.
Price: $28.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling.
Cakes and Cake Decorating by Marguerite Patten and Betty Dunleavy
Sizes: 420 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 21 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: Contents include weights and measures, care of icing equipment, to decorate cakes without icing, types of icing, glace icing, satin icing, royal icing, birthday and Christmas cakes, wedding and christening cakes, cream for decoration, etc. Published 1965.
PLUS
Great Cakes & Pastries by Christian Teubner, Jacques Charrette & Hannelore Blohm
Sizes- 191 pages. H30cms, W23cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Very Good (small stain top right corner of pages) Comments: A superb selection of beautifully illustrated recipes to enable you to perfect the art of patisserie. Over 400 recipes and helpful note sections including utensils and equipment, famous cakes and pie, traditional festive baking, cheesecakes, fine fillings, small cakes, basic recipes and many more sections. Plenty of colour plates. Published 1983.
Price: $27.00 + $10.00 Postage & Handling.
Madame Chocolate's Book of Divine Indulgences by Elaine Sherman
Sizes - 212 pages. H26cms, W18.4cms, T2.5cms. Condition: Very Good (small stain edge of book) Comments: Beautifully presented book with clear cover. Over 100 chocolate indulgences with over 16 differing sections to help you perfect your presentations. You will be drooling....guaranteed. Published 1984.
PLUS
Good Housekeeping Complete Cake Book of Decorating
Sizes - 127 pages. H25cms, W18cms, T2cms. Condition: Very Good. (slight folding) Comments: Clear protective cover. Sections include equipment, all about icing. Techniques of almond paste, base icing, piping, run-out, etc. Making and using a template, chocolate decorations, wedding cakes, birthday cakes, festive cakes and much more. Published 1979.
Price: $29.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling.
The Art of Cake Decorating by Jean Mackay (Australia)
Sizes: 118 pages, h 25.5 cm, w 18.5 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good (no cover). Comments: "Cake decorating is a most satisfying form of self-expression and a skill worth acquiring ... Jean Mackay. Book includes equipment, simple designs with royal icing, roses, silhouettes and pictures, piped flowers, filigree design and bridge work, birds, petit fours, modellig with gum paste, novelty cakes, cakes for special occasions, wedding cakes. Published 1967.
PLUS
The Magic of Cake Decorating edited by Beryl Guertner
Sizes: 128 pages, h 25 cm, w 18 cm, t 1.5 cm. Condition: Very Good (no cover). Comments: Includes icing recipes for piping and moulding, covering cakes with fondant, the delicate art of lace icing, using net for unusual trims, creative sideboard and designs, birthday and Christmas cakes, flower sprays and other motifs, moulding and piping flowers, wedding cakes to steal the scene, etc. Published 1968.
Price: $24.00 + $9.00 Postage & Handling.
The Woman's Own Book of Cake Decorating and Cake Making
Sizes: 127 pages, h 29 cm, w 21 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Very Good. Comments: "Never before has such a comprehensive collection of ideas and recipes for decorating and making cakes being combined with such lavish illustrations. Every detail, from making and baking your cake to covering it with a delectable and imaginative decoration is simply, yet completely dealt with". Includes over 200 photographs plus 50 in full colour. Also includes how to make basic sponge cakes, cooked icings and other decorations, pastries and meringues, royal icing and piping techniques, wedding and other cakes for big occasions, novelty cakes, how to make and cover fruit cakes, etc. Published 1966.
PLUS
The Good Housekeeping Book of Cake Decorating edited by Dorothy B. Marsh
Sizes: 192 pages, h 28.5 cm, w 20.5 cm, t 2 cm. Condition: Good. Comments: "There is no-one, young or old, who doesn't love to celebrate a special occasion with a wonderful, fanciful cake - the kind that is so pretty and gay you almost hate to cut it". Includes colour and black and white photographs with sections for cake decorating for fun, junior birthday cakes, senior birthday cakes, calendar cakes, shower, wedding and anniversary cakes, cup cakes to charm, cookies to trim, cakes and their frostings. Published 1961.
Price: $38.00 + $9.50 Postage & Handling.
Access Hundreds of Extra old Aussie recipes
Create a free website at Webs.com