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There are nine cakes to make and decorate in this book, each having that wow factor in spades. Choose from a messy monster, fishing basket, guitar, kitchen scene and more, and follow the steps for some fairly foolproof sugarcraft.
This useful book kicks off with a section on what you need, plus a good recipe for Madeira cake and two types of frostings. I particularly like the handy tables showing how much of everything you need for a variety of different sized cakes. Following on are photographic steps on preparing the cake for being stacked and sculpted, covering the cake with icing, using various tools, and doing things like making shapes out of fondant and more. The rest of the book is devoted to making the nine cakes, and each project features plenty of large clear photographs with captions to cover every stage of the process. Cutting, stacking, covering, texturizing, coloring, adding features made from fondant etc are all dealt with gradually, but succinctly, so there is not too much information to swamp a beginner. I was impressed with the wide range of modern designs here, from a cute dog for any pet lover to tricky teenage choices like the guitar or sneakers with makeup, childrens monster or train, through to fishing, tennis, baking and my own favorite, the wonderful sewing box. There is not a flower in sight, and even though the ideas are not perhaps the most original or unusual, this is not a bad thing. I think these designs cover most peoples families and friends in a way that anything more out there wont. At the back are full-sized templates to trace and use, and anybody from a fairly inexperienced improver upwards ought to achieve good results with instructions like these. Total beginners might find themselves a bit out of their depth and wont have all the kit, but there are other books out there covering the basics. A good book for anybody who wants to make a celebration cake that is going to be remembered for all the right reasons!
Amanda Bonsell
I love this book a nice size pages that you could wipe cleans as they good a nice gloss on.
The books has very clear and detailed instructions that are so easy to follow a beginner could follow as good also got picture to see what you doing each step.
The girls trainner is a wonderful cakes tell you all you need to make all the tools you need ect so easy to follow this cake has 42 picture for you to follow as well as very steps they tip are fab too.
THE front of the book tell about all tools how to do a basic cake great for someone new to doing cakes.
A lovely book for anyone wants to make cakes. It also has fab templates for you to copy and use you can use copy them out cut them out of book
If you want a wow cake check out this book. IT shows you how to sculpt cover and decorate the most amazing cakes that look so different to put together but this book make it easy to create the wow did you make that cake I can not recommended this book enough
Gillian Walker
This book is definitely a show stopper, with some beautiful inspirational designs. Each cake has both very clear step by step images,and instructions. The book has many hints and ideas,so if you were starting from beginning you could achieve each design.
Val Calvert
Wow it is certainly sensational,from the beginning to the end.
There are step by step instructions as to the tools you will need and the illustrations!Well they are superb.
Step by step instructions from making the cake to sculpting it to icing and decorating it.There are some templates as well.
There are 9 stunning pictures of the cakes.
Shoes as shown on the front cover.,Trout and a basket show piece,a monster,.guitar,tennis racquet,sewing box,a train,a dog,a mixer and table top display.
An excellent book in every way.I am going to try one at sometime and see how I go.Cannot go wrong if I follow the instructions
Rachel Hadfield
Fabulous book with very detailed instructions and step by step with photos. There is some really beautiful cakes that I'm yet to have a go at, they include a shih tzu dog (which is my favourite), guitar, monster, converse shoes, fishing basket, tennis bag, cake mixer, toy train and sewing box. They are all lovely designs and ones that you would actually make for someone unlike some other books I have looked at. Definitely would recommended to someone who would want to progress their skills in cake decorating:)
Sue Johnson
A book to set your imagination going. clear and concise instructions both in pictures and text. everything from beginners to advanced, all cakes can be adapted to suit your needs. enough designs to suit the whole family from kids to granny. shows the magic of cake decorating some of them look too good to eat, my favourite is the sewing box.
