Colette's Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating [Hardcover]

Colette Peters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 1991

Colette Peters's one-of-a-kind wedding cakes -- for which she charges hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars -- have made her America's most sought-after culinary artist. Now, with this dazzling cookbook, brides-and-grooms-to-be can bake their own Colette's wedding cake -- or commission a professional baker to follow one of Colette's designs.

Illustrated throughout with eye-popping color photographs, step-by-step drawings, and templates, Colette's Wedding Cakes showcases more than thirty of the author's most amazing wedding creations, organized by season -- a love-in-bloom cake, an Edwardian cake, a chocolate fantasia cake, an art deco cake, a coral reef cake, and many others.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Peters is an artist and former Tiffany's designer turned cake decorator extraordinaire. Here she presents detailed instructions, accompanied by line drawings and color photographs, of three dozen of her elaborate creations. Her collection is somewhat more sophisticated than Greg Robinson and Max Schofield's The Icing on the Cake ( LJ 5/15/89), and cake bakers with lots of patience should find it inspiring. For special collections.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 163 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (October 7, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316702056
• ISBN-13: 978-0316702058
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.9 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring cakes, October 19, 2000

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"lrhnancy" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colette's Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating (Hardcover)

This is the second book i have by Colette Peters,i like this one better.I like this one better because there are more cakes in buttercream & for beginners.Every one of her books are works of art & very inspiring.You will want to be able to make each & every cake in all of her books.I cant say enough about her talent & anyone else talent who can do these creations.For me personally,i found this book to be more useful.I dont like to work with fondant & i dont know anyone that thinks it taste well.So that reason & the fact that this book has more buttercream cakes,cakes for the beginner to the more advanced, makes this a better one for me.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good techniques, disappointing style, February 6, 2001

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Martine Le Clainche (Gers, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colette's Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating (Hardcover)

I ordered this book based on the reviews i read and the covering photo. I think the cover is the nicest cake in the book. The techniques are good and reasonably clear and for that I don't regret buying the book, having said that, I was disappointed at the style of the cakes presented. The cakes are impressive but not very elegant, crowded with flowers and colours. Mostly it seemed a little dated. I didn't feel that the cover was an indication of more to come, it is by far the nicest of them all. I wouldn't rush out and buy this book if you haven't had the chance to leaf through it already especially if you are watching your pennies.

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and inspiring!, July 25, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Colette's Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating (Hardcover)

I love this book! It contains beautiful photographs of Colette's amazing cakes, and easy to understand instructions for creating them. It helps if you already know something about cake decorating, but her explanations are clear even if you are a novice. Throw away any preconceived notions you may have about what cakes are "supposed" to look like -- these are like nothing you have ever seen before. Certainly, these are not everyday creations, but for a very special occasion they would be worth the effort