{"product_id":"wilton-cake-decorating-book-lot-1969-1970","title":"Wilton Cake and Food Decorating Bundle of 2 1969 and 1970-71 Vintage Yearbook Catalog Retro Cake Ideas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a lot of two Wilton cake decorating books: Your Personal Guide to Cake and Food Decorating Ideas from 1969, with the red 1970 cake cover, and Magic for Your Table, Cake and Food Decorating from 1970-71, with the green cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth are well used and well loved, with plenty of cover wear, but every page is still full of technicolor cakes, piping instructions, and Wilton's own product pages from the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese books mix decorating lessons with catalog pages, so they show borders, flowers, tiered wedding cakes, and party centerpieces next to the pans, molds, toppers, and tubes Wilton sold at the time. If you own an old Wilton pan or mold, chances are you can find it advertised in these pages, and any cake decorator will enjoy browsing them for ideas or remembering the cakes they once made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lot of 2 vintage cake decorating books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Your Personal Guide to Cake and Food Decorating Ideas; Magic for Your Table, Cake and Food Decorating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wilton Enterprises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not confirmed from photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wilton Enterprises, Inc., Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1969 (red cover) and 1970-71 (green cover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition and Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not confirmed from photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover, perfect bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e None, as issued\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160 pages (red cover) and 192 pages (green cover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cake decorating, baking, trade catalog\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 in x 9 in x 1\/4 in each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Fair\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGraded Fair:\u003c\/strong\u003e Both books are complete and readable, with heavy cover wear from years of kitchen use, and every flaw is named here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe pages are bright, and the color photos and illustrations are vivid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoth spines are intact, with their titles readable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages show Wilton borders such as Grape Vine and Lily of the Valley, piped flowers such as Dahlia and Yellow Jonquil, the Wilton School of Cake Decorating, decorating leaves, paste colors, cookie cutters, religious cake ornaments, and wedding cake toppers, plus centerpiece projects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe red cover shows heavy creasing, rubbing, and a crackled look across the front, with edge and corner wear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe red cover book has minor stains on the inside back cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe green cover has creases, rubbing, edge wear, and a handwritten \"1972\" circled in ink at the top.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe green cover book's back cover shows wear and toning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages are toned at the edges with age, and a few have small spots.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind more like this in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-cookbooks-and-recipes\"\u003eVintage Cookbook Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese two Wilton books are a window into the cakes of 1969 and 1970, and they belong with any cake decorator who loves the retro look. 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