I Just Got My Lambeth Method Book!
Decorating By mrsright41401 Updated 4 Jun 2006 , 12:32am by Crimsicle
About a month ago I won it on E-Bay, well, I just got it and I AM SOOOO excited. The pictures are just beautiful and the directions are great. There is even some yummy recipes in it that I'm just gonna have to try!
Now, to start practicing some of these techniques!
Rachel
Do you get a lot of requests for Lambeth cakes? Or is it just a technique you want to learn?
I don't get a lot of requests, it's just a beautiful method that I'd love to master. and if you can do Lambeth you can do just about anything - it's very tedious and difficult.
The Lambeth Method is a overpiping method developed by Joseph Lambeth at the beginning of the 20th century. The book I got is the 2nd edition and it was published in 1938, to give you an example.
I have uploaded a picture I scanned from the book to give an example of how beautiful the cakes are that are done in the Lambeth method.
http://www.eternalsweetharts.com/cakes/lambeth.jpg
Rachel
I would love for piping to make a comeback. To me piping is truly the original style of cake decorating. I love it.
It's odd that piping is "out of style," yet whenever I do a cake with a lot of piping on it, people just rave about it. I don't do anywhere NEAR as much piping as the Lembeth method, of course...but sometimes I do more than you usually see. So, maybe people are just waiting for you to revive it! 
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