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Glamour Cakes: Exquisite Designs for Every Occasion
by: Eric Lanlard

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780600617143
ISBN: 0600617149
Label: Hamlyn
Manufacturer: Hamlyn
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: June 15, 2008
Publisher: Hamlyn
Studio: Hamlyn
Sales Rank: 12674

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Glamour Cakes
This is a nicely produced book. The recipes in the front are very useful. Some of the ideas for cakes are lovely however the techniques leave a little to be desired by a British sugarcrafter. 'Covering a cake with marzipan' shows a badly shaped cake but no attempt is made to correct it before covering. 'Working with fresh flowers' shows how to wire fresh flowers and then suggests they can be inserted straight into the cake! Taping the wire of a sweet peas - starting at the free end and working up to the flower and then dampening the tape to hold it in place!???? The cake 'Champagne Bubbles' and 'Baroque Splendour'the royal icing 'bubbles' all have points on them and the 'Butterfly Tower' of individual cakes - again the wired butterflies ... Read More:

Rating:

- okish
I bought this book while I was on holiday in London and I thought that is was interesting. It has various common recepies but also has some french ones like creme patisserie and also what it seems to be a good choccolate plastique recepie. A design (square white chocolate cake with cherries decorations) seemed copied from Marta Stewart'book or maybe she copied? I don't know. Some nice techniques are explained like how to build a separator to host flowers and how to copy a "Toile de Jouy" pattern on a cake. As I was in London I was curious about tasting his cakes so I went to his patisserie "the cake boy.", i tasted a couple of different cakes and unfortunately i must say that they were uneatable, tasted like the ready made stuff found in discount ... Read More:

Rating:

- Some lovely & original designs
Whilst a couple of the designs in this book are a bit twee for me, it also includes several that I really, really like - hence the 4 stars. Cherry Envelope and Toile de Jouy stand out for me, as well as the fantastic Marie Antoinette Macaroon Tower which although not strictly a cake, would look fantastic at a reception or party. Also these towers cost an absolute fortune from Laduree so you can save yourself some serious money!

Rating:

- A Glamourous Book
A lovely book to own. I will try some of Eric's creations and hope they will be as wonderful as his. I went on one of his cookery courses in London which was fantastic - his book echo's his cakes in his shop - Glamourous!

Rating:

- the best book about cakedecorating
I love the book.

This book gives you so much energy en inspiration.
Fantastic!! The book stands out of all the other Cakedecorating books I ever bought.
Thank you Eric!
Joyce Medus
The Netherlands

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