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Summary: great book
Review: this book not only offers great recipes, it gives you step by step directions on how to decorate and put a cake together correctly.I love this book- it has become one of my favorites.
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Summary: Truly Inspiring
Review: This book's ONLY lack is its shortness. I wanted a few hundred more pages of ideas. However, despite its brevity the book is absolutely chock-full of ideas most of which seem obvious in retrospect but I would never have thought of (a deliberately tilted cake?).Its strengths: (1) the recipes are really, really good. Those who remember the old Wilton cake decorating books will understand why I say that this is not always common in books about decorating cakes. (2) the photos illustrate creative use of color and the text contains charts to explain how to reproduce the effects and generate similar ones on one's own, using the different types of food coloring available, the pros and cons of which are clearly explained. (3) the text explains clearly how to use "wafer chocolate," which is really a malleable and dyeable form of white chocolate, for truly stunning effects. (4) children _love_ the cakes. My five-old-daughter grabbed this book, studied it cover-to-cover, and then asked me to read it out loud to her. She will actually sit for fifteen minutes listening intently to a description of how to construct the cakes that she likes. This really is a generous book. The cakes are spectacular enough that the authors probably could have found some way to franchise or trademark their designs and thereby made a lot of money. Perhaps they will make a lot of money selling copies of this book (I hope so) but the information is free if you check the book out of the library. They explain enough of their methods that we all can make cakes in our kitchens that make us laugh out loud. And that is a Good Thing.
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Summary: Dreamsecle
Review: This books is nothing like the cover!! I was very disappointed! I thought it would be full of fun cakes and boy was I suprised!
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Summary: They're not cakes, they're works of art!
Review: This is a good cookbook for those wanting to experiment with new and fun cake designs. The book gives readers a helpful tutorial on how to assemble and frost a cake, and then delves into many different cake projects, each with it's own theme, like a summertime theme or the birthday cake pictured on the cover. There are several multi-tiered cake projects included, but I stuck to the single-layer ones. It also includes patterns to follow for icing decorations. The end product is very nice and people will likely be impressed with your baking skills.
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Summary: Like Buttah!!
Review: This is seriously delicious fun. I have baked my whole life and have never been more impressed with the taste and the look of what I created. I was impressed by the easy to follow directions and very helpful step by step pictures. In some cases I only needed a half or one third of the recipe and it all worked out fine. Stop reading reviews and buy the book already.
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Summary: A new avenue!
Review: When I first saw this book, I was so blown away by the visuals that I knew I had to have it. I got it for Christmas and have used it numerous times already. I love the ideas, the colors, the tips and the knowledge that I have taken from this book to create my own masterpieces. The only real negative comment I have is that the cakes (the chocolate butter and golden butter)are not as moist as I have had in other from scratch cakes(but I was so impressed by the innovation and technique that I felt the book deserved 5 stars in spite of this). I have changed various methods and techniques to see if it was just me, but they both always come out the same. I do love the fillings though, and I think that Liv is a genius. I saw the bakery profiled on Food tv and she is so quick and precise, it was amazing. Again as a whole I love this book, it's bright, beautiful and opens a new avenue in cake decorating.
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