Here’s a photo-rich classic for decorators and collectors: Celebrate! Wedding Cakes from Wilton Enterprises.
First issued in the 1980s—when grand, tiered confections ruled receptions—this guide gathers 100 designs with clear how-tos. Inside you’ll find full-color plates, step-by-step patterns, trims, and an appendix on using the templates, plus an index.
It’s clean, complete, and ready to inspire your next showpiece or to anchor a vintage baking shelf.
Color: Multicolor jacketed boards with yellow/orange tones
Origin or Maker: Wilton Enterprises, Inc., Woodridge, Illinois
Year or Era: 1983 text; Fourth Printing, September 1986 (as shown)
GENRE: Culinary Arts · Baking & Cake Decorating
Language / Pages: English · 192 pages
Identifiers: ISBN 0-912696-23-0; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 82-21814 (photo-verified)
Edition & Features
Edition/Printing: Later printing — Fourth Printing (1986)
Dust Jacket: Not provided
Illustrations/Maps/Plates: Hundreds of full-color photographs, pattern diagrams, step-by-step visuals
Extras: Appendix with cake patterns and directions; index
Condition Grade: Good
Notes: Solid binding; clean pages. Boards show edge and corner wear with rubbing and a peel/scuff at the upper front (visible in photos). Light shelf wear to edges and spine tips. No writing or highlighting observed on content pages.
See all photos for detail—sold as pictured.
Condition Grade Key Near Fine: minimal wear; tight; clean. Very Good: light wear; clean text; minor flaws. Good: noticeable wear; sound reading copy; some marks. Fair: heavy wear; complete but worn; priced accordingly.
About the Author / Maker
Edited by Eugene T. Sullivan and Marilynn C. Sullivan and published by Wilton Enterprises, a name familiar to decorators for its tools, patterns, and training resources. Printed in the USA.
Add this 1980s Wilton favorite to your kitchen library and keep the celebration ideas flowing.
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