Everyone loves chocolate cake, and here are recipes and simple instructions for baking and decorating 20 of the most delicious and decadent versions ever. Despite common misconceptions, working with chocolate can be easy. All that's needed is sound advice and a few easily mastered techniques. Using rich dark chocolate, creamy white, or tantalizing milk chocolate, even beginners can create shaped and layered cakes for any occasion, including birthdays. The instructions are accompanied by a wealth of color photographs showing each step in the cake-making process, along with choosing equipment, making icings and designing edible decorative accents.
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Tom Phillips started his professional life as a chef but he soon discovered that his real talent lay in cake decorating, particularly with chocolate. Tom's shop, Hannah's in Quorn, has been in business for over 14 years, supplying chocolates and exqusitely decorated cakes to customers from far and wide. He lives in Quorn.
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An elegant, mouth-watering, palate pleasing collection of truly tempting confections,
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This review is from: Chocolate Cakes: 20 Fabulously Indulgent Cakes (Hardcover)
The chocolate cake is an desert and celebratory icon. Chocolate Cakes: 20 Fabulously Indulgent Cakes by British confectionary expert Tom Philips showcases twenty superb chocolate cakes, each of which would make any special occasion truly memorable. After providing basic introduction information on chocolate, techniques of cake baking, cakes and sponges, fillings, coverings, and equipment, the fully illustrated, "kitchen cook friendly" recipes follow. The selected cakes comprising this outstanding and highly recommended compendium of specialized recipes includes: Praline Chequerboard Torte; Hedgehog; Chocolate Flower; Choc Cherry Fondant; Square Box of Chocolates; Ultimate Chocolate Truffle Cake; Chocolate Panel Cake; Bitter Fruity Ganache Cake; Round Chocolate Box; Valentine's Love Heart; Vertical Layer Torte; Yle Log; Christmas Tree; Floral Trail; White Wedding Dream; Fairy Cake Tower; Chocolate Croquembouche; Forever Frills; Easter Basket; and Tower of Flowers. Enhanced with templates, a list of suppliers, and an index, Chocolate Cakes is an elegant, mouth-watering, palate pleasing collection of truly tempting confections.
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Having completed the basic Wilton courses, I looked at Tom Philips' book with a much better appreciation of the art of cake decorating and working with the medium chocolate.
If you're looking for a book on chocolate, with lots of instructions and pictures, I would highly recommend this book. It's a real gem.
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