Vintage Wilton Wedding Cake Book, Celebrate! 1986 4th Printing

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.

Quick Specs

• Item Type: Vintage book (hardcover)
• Size: 11x9x.05
• Material: Pictorial boards (hardcover)
• 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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Disclaimer 

The vintage items I share with you have been previously owned and loved and may show some wear. Please use the pictures as a guide.

While I do my best to capture colors accurately, your monitor or device screen may display colors slightly differently from the actual item.

Care & Handling: Handle with clean, dry hands. Store upright, out of direct sunlight, at about 68°F and 40–50% relative humidity. Avoid damp areas and extreme temperature swings.
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