Colette's Christmas: Spectacular Holiday Cookies, Cakes, Pies and Other Edible Art [Paperback]

Colette Peters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999

Colette Peter's Christmas confections have adorned the White House and Tiffany's windows. Using this guide, cakemakers at all levels of ability can create her cakes and edible decorations including: marionette Christmas biscuits with moving arms and legs and lifesize edible Christmas stockings, a Swiss chalet gingerbread house, centrepieces such as chocolate and almond pine cones, a mosaic candy tree and a multi-tier Victorian Christmas cake. With full-colour photographs, step-by-step instructions, easy-to-follow patterns and helpful line drawings, the recipes should enable anyone to create Christmas magic in the kitchen.

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About the Author

Colette Peters runs her own cake-designing business in New York City. Her creations have been featured on television and in magazines worldwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316702765
• ISBN-13: 978-0316702768
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,014,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You have never seen a Christmas like this., September 8, 2000

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This review is from: Colette's Christmas: Spectacular Holiday Cookies, Cakes, Pies and Other Edible Art (Paperback)

This book is breathtaking. The creativity and imagination of a very gifted person shine through in this book. This book may not be for the beginner, but it is for the willing. The book does give clear instructions, and recipes for everything in the book. I love that she gives you patterns in the book and tells you exactly how much to blow up the patterns so they will work for you. The book has recipes for all sorts of ginger bread houses, cookies, Christmas tree ornaments and much more. If you like to decorate, and add those extra special touches, or if you want to be amazed at what you can do with food, this book is for you.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sumptuous photographs, great ideas, clear directions, July 20, 2002

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I treated myself to "Colette's Christmas" by baker extraordinaire Colette Peters while on vacation. It seemed a strange thing to read while at the beach, but I was absolutely captivated. What a fevered imagination Ms. Peters has! The showstoppingly gorgeous desserts and projects she shows within include a layer cake covered with fondant that has been pieced and quilted to resemble and antique quilt (and it surely does); a chocolate bowl filled to overflowing with spectacular chocolate spheres (the cover photograph); hinged, jointed cookies which really move and make splendid Christmas ornaments (all in human forms, like Santa, Raggedy Ann, and so on); gift boxes made entirely of decorated cookie dough; a shimmering "stained glass" cake; and a three-dimensional Christmas gazebo constructed around a towering decorated Christmas tree made of piped icing.

Even if the projects herein appear way too complicated or time-consuming for most people--as they do for me, I'll admit--Ms. Peters gives splendidly clear, concise directions in a conversational tone that make starting your own gingerbread house seem, somehow, not as daunting as it really should be.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, May 10, 2002

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This review is from: Colette's Christmas: Spectacular Holiday Cookies, Cakes, Pies and Other Edible Art (Paperback)

Each year I prepare the desserts for my husband's office Christmas party (over 400 guests). I always try to come up with one special "show stopper" and Colette's chocolate bowl and ornaments was it for last year! I'm certainly a beginner but, with a little practice and Ms. Peter's clear instructions, I was able to create pieces that were the talk of the night. Several people even asked to take one home to show their family. I can't wait until next Christmas when I can try something even more amazing!