Boutique wedding cakes [electronic resource] : bake and decorate beautiful cakes at home / Victoria Glass ; photography by Laura Forrester.

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ISBN:

9781849756785

Title:

Boutique wedding cakes [electronic resource] : bake and decorate beautiful cakes at home / Victoria Glass ; photography by Laura Forrester.

Author:

Glass, Victoria.

Personal Author:

Glass, Victoria.

Publication Information:

New York : Ryland Peters & Small, 2015.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction; How to use this book; choosing your cake; getting organized; getting it there; why things go wrong...; essential recipes & techniques; royal icing; marzipan; modelling chocolate; lining cake pans; how to level a cake; how to slice a cake; dying sugar paste; covering a cake drum; preparing a cake for icing; covering a cake with marzipan; covering a cake with modelling chocolate; covering a cake with sugar paste; filling and covering small cakes; rodding and stacking a cake; attaching a ribbon; making paper piping bags; piping techniquesclassic elegance; Broadway Melody; Grace Kelly; White on White; Versailles; Antique Lace; chic & sophisticated; Royal Ballet; Victoriana; Film Noir; Midnight Lotus; Art Nouveau; a splash of colour; Something Borrowed...; Vintage Rose; Love Birds; Brighton Rock; Jade Garden; changing seasons; Spring Flowers; Summer Fete; Autumn Hedgerow; Winter Wonderland; quantity charts.

Subject Term:

Cake decorating.

Wedding cakes.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

New York : Ryland Peters & Small, 2015.

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Summary

An elegant wedding cake is the perfect finale to a wedding breakfast. Whether you are making a cake for your own wedding or for a friend or relative as a thoughtful gift, Boutique Wedding Cakes will show how fabulous cakes are within everyone's reach. Expert baker and sugar-crafter Victoria Glass guides you through the process - from choosing the perfect cake, baking and decorating, how to deliver and present the cake, as well as adapting the recipes to guest numbers. The Basic Techniques teach you how to achieve professional-looking results and step-by-step photography demonstrates clearly how to assemble your spectacular-looking cake. As well as practical advice there are 19 stunning designs for you to follow, ranging from Classic Elegance to cakes with A Splash of Colour, each accompanied by their own cake recipe - from a traditional fruit cake to a green tea and ginger sponge. Whatever your taste, you can create an unforgettable wedding cake that is truly unique to you - whatever your baking ability and whatever your budget.

Author Notes

Victoria Glass is a London-based food writer and cake maker. Her popular blog Alphabet-soup documents her attempt to cook everything from artichokes to za'atar zebra, but she wimped out of eating a live shrimp at Noma! She hosts regular pop-up food events as 'Milk & Sugar', with fellow chef and writer Milli Taylor. Her previous books 'Boutique Wedding Cakes' and 'Deliciously Vintage' are both published by Ryland Peters & Small.