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Summary: Beautiful
Review: An aspiring decorator can't go wrong with a Colette Peters title on the shelf. I don't think these cakes are just for weddings, either--you can take these ideas and scale them down for birthdays, graduations, business celebrations, showers, etc. The little cottage house stacked on a cake garden would be lovely for a housewarming, another cake with crawling icing ants might be great at a summer family reunion or picnic, etc.
Colette's instructions are clear enough for intermediate decorators, but you'll have to take a deep breath before you actually dive in with a spatula (unless sculpting several hundred flowers, molding sugar vases, or spending your life savings on luster dust doesn't give you pause).
I agree with other reviewers that many of these design ideas are impractical--many inedible features, difficult to transport, complicated to dismantle and serve, and incredibly time consuming to create. However, these designs are inspiring and beautiful.
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Summary: Some beautiful cakes, some very bizarre.
Review: Colette Peters is one of the country's most famous wedding cake designers and some of the cakes in this book show why. some of them are just plain silly!! As a cake designer myself, I use this book to show clients the range of cakes that are possible for them to have at their own wedding. Of course many of the cakes are too outlandish for a real bride to consider but the majority are beautifully designed, well photographed and explained step by step for an accurate reproduction. the recipes in the book are wonderful as well.
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Summary: Tremendous source of how-to and photos of masterpiece cakes.
Review: Collette Peters is a truly gifted artisan of cakes. This book contains photographs, close-ups, recipes, hints and patterns that will inspire you to try your own hand at cakes that are a work of art.
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Summary: A must for cake decorators
Review: For anyone, professional or not, with a passion for cake decorating, Ms. Peter's book is a necessary tool. Though must of her designs are too heavy for my personal taste, her abilities our outstanding, the ideas inspiring and the photos just wonderful!. I found quite easy to follow her instructions and learned some helpful techniques from designs that looked almost impossible to achieve for the average baker...Your background as an artist is impossible to hide Ms. Peters
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Summary: Colette's Wedding Cakes
Review: Hmmmm, what can I say. The pictures were fabulous, but the wedding cakes would be extremely difficult to cut and serve. However, you can use a few ideas I suppose. For me, this was too far out to be practical for the home wedding cake baker -- only those who have a lot of time on their hands and nothing better to do than play. I cannot see an average couple wanting a wedding cake like these. Sorry.
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Summary: Colette's Wedding Cakes
Review: Hmmmm, what can I say. The pictures were fabulous, but the wedding cakes would be extremely difficult to cut and serve. However, you can use a few ideas I suppose. For me, this was too far out to be practical for the home wedding cake baker -- only those who have a lot of time on their hands and nothing better to do than play. I cannot see an average couple wanting a wedding cake like these. Sorry.
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Summary: Very creative!
Review: I always enjoy looking at any of Colette's books. While I personally find several of the designs a bit over the top for my, and most of my bride's, tastes, her creativity is astounding! There are quite a few nice, more toned-down designs as well. The directions are very clear and detailed, unlike some other "celebrity" cake decorators who want to sell books, yet not give away any of their "secrets". Her cakes are interesting to look at, and great for coming up with new ideas, perfect for someone who is looking for something different. I'm always amazed by her creations!
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: I really enjoy this book, I've read it not only once but I read it all the time - I continually go to it for inspiration. There is such detail in helping you do the beautiful artwork for your cakes, with practice, you really can do it. Yes, I agree with some of the other reviews that these cakes are very extravagant, but the detail given on how to do them is superb! This book is a great inspiration to me in helping set my goal of what kind of cake decorator I want to become. I look forward to seeing more books like this and all her masterpieces. If you've ever heard Collette Peters speak or seen her interviewed, you know that each and every piece of cake art was done from her heart and that she loves doing it!
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Summary: Simply extraordinary! Collette, you"re the best.
Review: I"m an amateur cake decorator and enjoy making wedding cakes for family and friends. I"ve used yourbook to do the last two and I found it to be very well written and best of all, unusual and creative like most things I try to do.
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Summary: This book is really not worth buying
Review: If you're looking for design inspirations for your wedding cake, the cakes in this book are
- In my opinion, kitsch
- Way too extravagant (and expensive) for normal weddings
- Too advanced for local bakers to make If you want to know how to make wedding cakes, all you'll find in this book are just a few basic recipes. There are no detailed step-by-step instructions for assembling or decorating cakes. What this book does is showcase Colette Peters' outstanding skills. If you want to see it, I'd recommend a local library....
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