The Complete Book of Cake Decorating With Sugarpaste [Paperback]

Sylvia Coward (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1994

Exquisite rose-encrusted wedding cakes, a festive Christmas cake that looks like a wrapped present, a whimsical clown, delicate ballet slippers, and more than 40 other designs that will make dessert for any occasion extra special are shown in delicious full-color photographs with clear patterns and instructions, so that even an amateur can achieve astounding results. 176 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: New Holland (December 31, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185368242X
• ISBN-13: 978-1853682421
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,427,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sugarpaste??, June 26, 2002

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"bi77" (Valby, DK Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Cake Decorating With Sugarpaste (Paperback)

When I bought this book, I thought I'd be getting a book which tells me more about using sugarpaste to decorate cakes, new techniques, designs, etc.... I was wrong. It doesn't even have the drapes in sugarpaste.

As it turns out, it is basically a book with pictures of cakes, which have been decorated on a base of sugarpaste. Even the parts where there is some modelling done in sugarpaste, it doesn't seen very well described, or illustrated. Definitely something of a dissapointment. It spends as much time on piping icing as it does on sugarpaste.

I also have 'The International School of Sugarcraft' for beginners, and that tells me all that I need to know, and is better illustrated. However, if you need pictures of cakes for ideas, this may be an okay book for you.

DEFINITELY not a book for beginners!! It has directions like 'Shape the shoe from sugarpaste'!!! I mean, if I knew how to do that on command, then I won't be needing directions - I'd just be buying books with cakes in them, and making them myself. So much for step by step instructions....

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for "American" style cake decorators, March 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Book of Cake Decorating With Sugarpaste (Paperback)

This book is more for someone who makes European style cakes and already has the knowledge of fondant and gumpaste. Instructions would not be easy to follow for beginners, especially since the wording is European, hence the title "Sugarpaste". The cakes in this book, while most of them very pretty, are all fondant with ribbons and painting on them. The designs seem mostly to be for a pretty look and not a creative or "stand out" look.

5.0 out of 5 stars "WHAT A BOOK!!!!!!!!!", September 26, 2009

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This review is from: The Complete Book of Cake Decorating With Sugarpaste (Paperback)

This is a fantastic book for learning to work with sugarpaste. It was step by step and very informative, just makes you want to jump right in and get busy making pretty cakes. The book is in excellent condition and the price was great. I am very pleased that I bought it. I am sure that I will be buying more from Amazon.