Cakes and Cake Decorating [Hardcover]

Angela Nilsen (Author), Sarah Maxwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 24, 2004

Fantastic projects, from traditional, novelty and special occasion cakes, to wedding cakes, christening cakes, birthday cakes, Christmas cakes and many more.

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About the Author

Mark Hughes, the author, raced cars long before he ever began to write about them, competing in karting and Formula Ford in the 1980s. He began his journalistic career at motorsport weekly Motoring News in 1988, where he worked for five years, becoming International Racing Editor. Since 1996 he has been working for Autosport as Grand Prix Editor at Large. His insights into the techniques and psychology of racing have been honed on the race track, where he has performed with distinction - including the 1994 season racing for Nigel Mansell's TVR Tuscan team. One of his lap records from 1995 still stands. He has also test-driven Formula One cars for March, Arrows and Williams. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Anness (February 24, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075481341X
• ISBN-13: 978-0754813415
• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,766,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cakes & Cake Decorating, April 8, 2009

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Michael Boho "kiss the cook" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cakes & Cake Decorating (Hardcover)

One of the most beautifully illustrated cook books I've seen. Great detail in preparation. Have made several cakes from this book and all have turned out as good or better than expected. In addition to the lavish color illustrations, this book os a treasure trove of unique and colerful theme cakes.

2.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy at best, January 15, 2012

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This review is from: Cakes and Cake Decorating (Hardcover)

The book is poorly done. Many of the cakes that they have used for the book look sloppy or have cracks in fondant. The techniques that they show are simple and better explained (and done) in other books I have read or own. The party and novelty cakes are hokey, poorly done, and not very good looking. The cake recipes that they use are basically all fruit cakes, as if a fruit cake is the only thing that will stand up when you do lots of decorating, which is definitely not true. Although it is very simple and cheezy, it does have good picture quality on the pictures and lots of them in the book which I liked. It also provides some recipes and ideas that can be used and tweaked so that they inspire greater cakes. Not worth the money and many other books are much better for the same price or even less.