For readers interested in pursuing a career in cake decorating, you might be interested in visiting the International Cake Exploration Societé (www.ices.org). The International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES) is an organization made up of both beginning and experienced cake and sugar artists from around the world. The organization provides support, encouragement, and continuing education for cake and sugar artists.
Another valuable resource for those readers interested in cake and sugar artistry is Wilton (www.wilton.com). Wilton has long been the most recognized name in cake decorating. Their website offers a discussion forum, publications, step-by-step instructions, and products for sale.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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GAYLE TRENT is a full-time mystery writer. In addition to the cake decorating series written under her own name, she writes an embroidery mystery series under the pseudonym Amanda Lee. She lives in southwest Virginia with her husband, two children, two dogs (who are both currently snoring at her feet), and four cats (who are most likely off somewhere plotting to take over the world).
If you’ve read the first book in the cake decorating series, Murder Takes the Cake, then you know that Sparrow is based on a real-life cat that came to visit Gayle and had kittens in her backyard. Two of the Trents’ four cats are Sparrow’s remaining kittens.
Please visit Gayle online at www.gayletrent.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/GayleTrentandAmandaLee?ref=hl), on Twitter (twitter.com/GayleTrent) or on Goodreads (www.goodreads.com/author/show/426208.Gayle_Trent).
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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ISBN 978-1-4767-0657-3
ISBN 978-1-47670677-1 (ebook)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Daphne’s Kitchen Recipes
Rosemary Galpin’s Royal Icing
Rosemary’s Carrot Pumpkin Pecan Cake
Author’s Note
About the Author