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Chocolate Cakes for Weddings and Celebrations [Hardcover]

John Slattery (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Slatterry P & C Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954961803
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954961800
  • Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 22.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 170,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Though professionals may get better results, there's no reason why the keen amateur baker couldn't cull a few wonderful cakes from John Slattery's Chocolate Cakes for Weddings and Celebrations. Featuring 20 luscious chocolate cakes and dessert creations ranging from classic and simple to trendy and spectacular, Slattery has a cake or centrepiece focused on chocolate for every occasion.

The first part of the book is devoted to creating special dessert items with chocolate, such as wonderfully textural cigarette-curl covered cakes, sensuously moulded chocolate roses wrapped with a marbled chocolate swag, delicate centrepiece bowls and cloches of dark chocolate, and rich accents in truffles and wafers. Wedding cakes for all seasons follow, incorporating fresh flowers, moulded marzipan, and intricate textured lattices, domes and curls. To either adorn your cakes or stand on their own, a chapter of chocolate accessories features recipes for tempting truffles and colourful candies, plus unique accessories such as inscribed place cards in chocolate. But within all the spectacular presentation lie good basics: Slattery doesn't forget a chapter of essential cake and icing recipes, as well as recipes for ganache, chocolate sauces, chocolate paste and basic sugar paste. A few pages of templates are also included, useful for crafting many of the decorative shapes suggested. Basic techniques for working with chocolate and the structural intricacies of building celebration cakes are covered, but experience is clearly helpful--Slattery shows the steps for tempering chocolate, for example, but the more fiddly chocolate forming and moulding projects will likely be more comfortable for an experienced baker.--Marisa Lencioni --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Having trained at Slattery Patisserie under the instruction of John Slattery and John Costello I can highly recommend this book. There are a lot of tips which John has selflessly shared which is typical of his enthusiasm to share his passion. The information in this book will help anyone regardless of skill level to achieve a professional standard. You do not need to buy any other book, this will give you the confidence to venture into this wonderful world and encourage you to progress with your own ideas.
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This book is wonderful. Aside from Chocolate wedding cakes it has many other interesting ideas for centrpieces that could be used for any celebration. It also gives details of different types of chocolate and clear insructions how to achieve all the the different effects. Nicely written and lovely clear photographs also help.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fabulous 21 Feb 2010
By Jan
Format:Hardcover
Fantastic book- certainly lives up to it's cover. So much more useful info than just how to make chocolate cakes. Comprehensive coverage of decorating too. As someone who's not a chocoholic, I'll just have to find a willing volunteer to do my taste testing-but I feel conversion coming on!
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