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Peggy Porschen's Pretty Party Cakes: Sweet and Stylish Cookies and Cakes for All Occasions (Hardcover)

by Peggy Porschen (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd (1 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844001601
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844001606
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 22 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 222,656 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Forget the image of maiden aunts and country fairs - cake decorating has become cutting edge! Peggy Porschen is at the front of this new trend. Her cute designs have won her a host of celebrity clients - she provided the chocolate Faberge eggs for Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Ball and designed the stunning cake for Stella McCartney's wedding. Her instantly recognisable designs are inspired by current trends: Bollywood mini cakes are lavishly decorated in rich pinks and glitzy golds, cookies include funky handbags, Doris Day Polka dots, candy coloured stripes and romantic sugar blossoms and butterflies. The book begins with an easy-to-follow introduction showing all the equipment, basic recipes and techniques needed to make the cakes. Readers of all skill levels can then go onto the subsequent chapters: Cookies, Cup Cakes, Miniature Cakes and Large Cakes. All the designs have comprehensive instructions and crystal clear photography so that a stunning professional finish can always be achieved.

About the Author
Peggy Porschen grew up in Germany, a country renowned for its cakes. She moved to London in 1998 graduating top of her class at the prestigious Cordon Bleu school. From there, she went on to work as a pattissiere at the Lanesborough Hotel and with master baker Gerhart Jenne at Konditor and Cook on London's South Bank. Her work is much in demand and she has recently started supplying cakes to Fortnum and Mason. Her designs have also featured in magazines and newspapers such as OK, the Daily Mail and Brides magazine.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Modern, colourful cake decorating!, 4 April 2006
By Valan "Mands" (Staffs, UK) - See all my reviews
Peggy Porschens bright, colourful approach to cake decorating is a refreshing change from the old fashioned style of icing. I've tried 3 of the recipes/ideas from this book already, including the fondant fancies and the flowerpot cakes. I'd give this book a 5, but some of the techniques are still a little dificult for beginners, overall though she explains them well and the book is beautifully photographed. The basic cake mixtures are extremely good too, the fondant fancies tasted wonderful.
I'm going to try the magnificent rose cake next month for a friends birthday, I'm sure she'll be blown aways if I can make it look as good as Peggys!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Colour therapy for rainy days!, 9 Jul 2006
Peggy Porschen's book is a joy to look at with it's many gorgeous photographs and certainly very inspirational. However, she makes things sound a little too easy at times. I tried the fondant fancies and when I dipped them into the icing, like she describes, the latter was full of crumbs afterwards. Regardless, the cakes taste wonderful and I love her style of decorating!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book immediately!!, 8 Oct 2005
I received this book as a birthday present recently and think it's fantastic! I do cake decorating as a hobby and the cakes in this book look great but are not too difficult to do. It is also one of those books you can just pick up and enjoy looking at the pictures. There are not too many cake decorating tools that you need to buy and those that you do require are easily available. I found it easier to make my own templates for the biscuits from cardboard as the cutters are quite expensive. Overall a great book which I would highly recommed to amateur and professional cake decorators alike.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An inspirational book!
I am a total cake decorating novice, and decided to try my hand at making simple but beautiful cakes for my sister's wedding. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Sanchez

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful cakes and cookies.
Do you want to bake and decorate a cake that will make your friends go wow? Well this is the book for you then. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ms. E. Mccausland

4.0 out of 5 stars very sweet
I found very useful recepies in this book. The designs are all very girly , there is also a cup cake and cookie section which is quite impressive. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Irene Gabellone

5.0 out of 5 stars Cakes for All Occasions
I make cakes for a living so was only really interested in the cakes when I ordered this book but the cookies are so cute and fun too. Read more
Published 17 months ago by S. J. Pridie

3.0 out of 5 stars Was there a proof reader?
I bought the book when it was first published and believe that is has been re-published so hope that the negative comments below have been resolved. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Pink Gilbert

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational Cakes
I have been cake decorating on and off for a few years now, but have been mostly relegated to doing novelty birthday cakes for my children nowadays! Read more
Published on 4 Jul 2006 by J. Ricketts

4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring designs
Beautiful cakes and beautiful book to look at.The recipes work well and the cakes taste delicious. As already noted many of the cakes are small ones and there is also a section on... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and creative cakes
I found this book to be charming and the creations an inspiration. The author is certainly talented and I especially love the butterfly cupcakes. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2005 by maureen_kightley

5.0 out of 5 stars message from Peggy's outraged editor
Something about that real sore-thumb, mean-spirited review of Sept 14th doesn't ring true... it sounds almost as if the writer hasn't really looked at the book carefully or used... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2005 by Lewis Esson

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous!
This book is as fabulous as I had hoped. This book can bring a smile to my face even on the gloomiest day. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2005

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