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Cake Craft and Decoration This aptly named delightful book contains 35 uniques designs, with a contemporary fresh funky feel --Cake Craft and Decoration
15 truly inspirational yet achievable celebration cake designs. --Inspired by Food
15 truly inspirational yet achievable celebration cake designs. --Inspired by Food
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Discover a collection of 15 truly inspirational celebratory cakes, each with a modern and distinctive finish. Lavish colour photographs display a unique variety of traditional and contemporary styles from florals and frills to stripes and beadwork. Each cake is accompanied by exquisite mini-cakes to put a creative twist on the main theme, or to make as an alternative when time is short. Chapters are divided by shape, showing how a simple square or round design can be the basis for the most desirable of cakes.
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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The cakes in this book are inspiring (though the Madiera recipe is certainly not the best I've used - a little too dry!). However, almost without exception, they require pretty substantial investment in cutters (almost all metal and a significant number manufactured exclusively for Lindy Smith!). There are some truly beautiful cakes in this book but you have to be sure you're going to want to do them again to invest in the tools required.
37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
These cakes look exceptionally creative and interesting. They're fascinating to look at, possibly because they don't look real. However, some don't look tasty and in some cases they don't look edible. Lindy understands this is complicated and overwhelming for the reader on the first few pages when she introduces the equipment and ingredients needed. She also warns that it is time consuming (some take over 2 hours just to bake and can take up to a week to decorate). Although they look like something only a professional could achieve, when she teaches you how to create these cakes it seems really simple. For instance she tells you about the different types of sugar recipes - the way the professionals make icing, and you realise how easy it is to do. Because she teaches you how to bake the cakes and gives you good tips I think both budding and experienced cooks would be able to follow the steps and feel challenged and enthused by her designs.
I love art and craft so I was attracted to this book because of the designs and the artwork. She approaches the colour and design like an artist. The thought of adorning a cake with beaded jewellery really appeals to me. She explains how to make the cut out designs separately, such as the flowers, so if you don't feel like doing the whole cakes you could just make those on their own and put them on top of an ordinary bun or one of her mini cakes.
A warning for vegetarians, some of the icings use gelatine, but there is a veggie alternative you can find in a specialist baking shop and in some supermarkets.
It might be a good idea to practise on the short cut cakes. My favourites are `perfect harmony' with the music notes, the Eastern cakes and the `wonky' cakes. I want to make the `Op Art' one out of cardboard and use it to store the other cakes. This book is ideal for keen and ambitious cooks or anyone that likes the idea of putting jewellery on an ordinary homemade cake.
I love art and craft so I was attracted to this book because of the designs and the artwork. She approaches the colour and design like an artist. The thought of adorning a cake with beaded jewellery really appeals to me. She explains how to make the cut out designs separately, such as the flowers, so if you don't feel like doing the whole cakes you could just make those on their own and put them on top of an ordinary bun or one of her mini cakes.
A warning for vegetarians, some of the icings use gelatine, but there is a veggie alternative you can find in a specialist baking shop and in some supermarkets.
It might be a good idea to practise on the short cut cakes. My favourites are `perfect harmony' with the music notes, the Eastern cakes and the `wonky' cakes. I want to make the `Op Art' one out of cardboard and use it to store the other cakes. This book is ideal for keen and ambitious cooks or anyone that likes the idea of putting jewellery on an ordinary homemade cake.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As always you will find spectacular looking cakes on this last LS's book. Tons of instruction on beading work, extensive usage of speciality sugarcraft tools (so if you want to copy this cakes be prepared to spend for tools) and very detailed step by step photographs. For each design there are shown cup cake versions which are very beautiful too. I didn't give the last star because I found instructions on wonky cake not enough considering that I bougth the book to learn the ins and out of this particular technique and that this technique is the author speciality. Shame....
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Definately inspiring!!
This book is quite daunting for an inexperienced cake bakerist!!! but i just love the pics. It is definately inspiring and Im going to have a go at the front cover cake this week... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lisa Blue Angel
Lindy does it again!
Having already brought some of Lindy's other books this was a 'must buy' as soon as I saw that it described the 'Wonky Cake' technique that I have been desperate to try. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Kirsty
Cakes to Inspire & Desire: Over 35 Unique Designs, from Mini-Cakes and...
As a keen amateur cake maker, so far, I have found this book really helpful. It certainly has lots of ideas to inspire and has clear, illustrated steps to create similar designs;... Read more
Published 4 months ago by tigger
Modern cakes
This book contains a great many modern and quirky ideas for wedding and special occasion cakes. I will be adapting a few to our requirements.
Published 8 months ago by Chris Sofley
The best book I've seen in ages!
Lindy Smith has outdone herself with this cake inspiration book.
The glossy pages show beautiful designs with clear instructions on how to complete them, and provides... Read more
The glossy pages show beautiful designs with clear instructions on how to complete them, and provides... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Cleopatra
Cakes to inspire
Super book with lovely photo's, some of the instructions are a little complex/hard to understand, a great book but not for the beginner
Published 15 months ago by Sugar Babe
No complaints from me
I am just starting out with the wonderful world of sugar decoration. My baking isn't bad but I tend to just swirl some icing on top or just with icing sugar. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Simon Tavener
Pressie
I bought this book as a Christmas present for my mum. She LOVES it and was highly excited when she opened it. Read more
Published 16 months ago by jody
fabulous cakes
I wanted to make my Sons wedding cake I had the idea but didnt really know how to put the cake together, buying this book opened the door for me to a fabulous aray of designs. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Marl
Do not buy this book from Amazon
After buying this book I was shocked when it arrived to find it was a poor quality photocopy stuck together with the pages not evenly cut - I could have assembled this myself- was... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Andrew Booth
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