New Wedding Cake Designs

By Linda Pawsey

Book Overview

This is a portfolio of projects for brides-to-be and cake decorators alike, offering a selection of 25 ideas for that all-important day. Whatever the style of wedding - simple, formal, fun,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853916315
• ISBN13: 9781853916311
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Merehurst Ltd
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 0.5" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Inspiring!!

Linda Pawsey is a talented cake decorator from England who has a very clean yet totally elegant style which is reminiscent of the lambeth method of cake decorating. She uses several techniques not widely used in American cake decorating like stenciling and cutting out flowers and lattice pieces to draping the edges instead of piping them. Tiny elegant flowers done with a #1 writing tip add the most interesting yet delicate and unexpected touches. She even makes realistic looking tassels and braids from sugar paste! She loves to use unusual shapes in her cakes like kidney beans, rounds cut in half and placed on their sides, and rectangles with beveled edges. She makes use of every opportunity to add to the cakes presentation by covering the boards with sugar paste and embossing their edges with complimentary flowers and ribbons. Then she offsets the cakes and places generous sprays of sugar flowers at the base for the most interesting presentation! She shows you how to make cake toppers from sugar paste and demonstrates a delicate patchwork collar technique I am just dying to try! While a lot of the products she uses can only be bought in England her book is nothing short of one of the most inspiring idea books I have seen in a long time! One note though - don't pay $55 for this book! It only originally cost $15! Buy the book - just not from someone trying to rip you off an extra $40! I originally checked it out of the library and will purchase it as soon as I find someone selling it at a realistc price!

for professional decorator who use fondant

If you like fondant , you will enjoy this. The best feature of this book is the layout. There is a high ratio of nice designs (though personal taste is subjective) with a good variety of techniques and styles. The cakes shown are all in pastel shades but it makes sense because of the way this book is organized. The table of contents features a "level of skill" icon for each cake, and information is shown (with photos) on how to work with pleats, favors, and ribbons. The photo quality is excellent. There are a few flaws in the book. There is no information on how to order some of the materials used in the preparation of the cakes. It is too bad that this book seems to be marketed to the professional decorator only. The level of skill assessment should of been marked as basic, intermediate, and advanced (rather than beginner)It is hard to be inspired from this book because there was no notes given to encourage any creativity (variations).