Customer Reviews

The Cake Decorator's Motif Bible: 150 Fabulous Fondant Designs with Easy-to-Follow Charts and Photographs

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
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I really love this book! I took a chance when I bought this book and it has never let me down. It has the easiest designs to follow especially if I am in need of any quick fondant motif ideas. I would highly recommend this book. I am a home baker and I think the instructions in this book are easy to understand. I hope the author comes up with another book like this.

For a project I decided to do after one to may episodes of Ace of Cakes, this book, of the 4 I purchased was the best. It gave easy recipes for cake and frosting. Plus very easy descriptions, plus pictures, in color! of how to make the recipes. It was also very good with directions on how to use fondant and of course 150 motifs. This is really the only book you need if your a beginner and want to try cake decorating as a hobby. Other highlights are the ring binder, stays open on counter, pages cleaned nicely too when I got confection sugar all over it! Its a nice size book to work with and read. Best Ive seen. Thanks amazon.

I like this book but wish that there were more 3-D motifs included. Most of the designs are flat or slightly rounded, which is fine for the side of a cake or laying down on the top, but there's not much that you can do that can stand on its own.

This is absolutely what it claims to be and more. I bought it as a gift for a friend who decorates cakes, and she cannot believe how comprehensive it is in terms of not only covering fondant designs, but also providing cake recipes and icing advice. It's wonderful for anyone who delights in cake!

While I've been cake decorating for almost 2 decades I've
been reluctant to try new techniques. This book is great
for doing "piece work" figures with fondant and brings me
a step closer to my real desire to do modeling.

The book truly does provide step by step instructions which
are so clear I really Was up to this level years ago and never
knew it.

I highly recommend this book to others.

If you're interested in fondant this is the book for you! I have many cake decorating books & none compare to this one! A friend bought it for me & when I opened it I could hardly put it down! Patterns for each item they display are included & trust me when I say it's filled with designs! You won't go wrong with this wonderful book! It includes everything you need to know about fondant & more!!

I am new to fondant and I have thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it; be it reading, making or decorating. This book is definitely for beginners. People who have never worked with fondant before and this is their first time. It will give a simple way of working with fondant without all the cutters and all complicated tools. You will need to get some basic tools, but I substituted lot of tools with forks, tooth picks and other stuff I could find at home. All you need is a little creativity and I am sure you can too. Also the book is easy to understand in terms of language or instructions. Its not possible to not understand the instructions, combined with the pictures. Once you start making the motifs, you will understand the instructions even better.

That being said its a good book of ideas. The motifs in here are mostly simple and doable, and very much versatile. You can adapt the ideas and use it to form a theme or create your own theme using the ideas from the book as a base. Most of the motifs are 2D, as someone here mentioned, only a few are 3D; But even the 2D have a kind of bulge to them, that is they are not completely flat. While that may not be a drawback, some people might not find it good enough. Again this is a book of fondant motifs, so there aren't any recipes for cakes and stuff only a few basic ones to start with. But I didn't expect it to have any recipes, neither should you.

To sum it up

Pros:
* Excellent pick for beginners and starters
* Easy to understand and implement
* Even a total newbie can do it
* Lots and lots of ideas
* Ideas and the book itself is very versatile
* Very much inspiring

Cons:(Well kind of)
* Most motifs are 2d and very few 3d (but then the 2d motifs are not flat, they have certain bulge to them which makes then almost like 3d)
* Too simple for advanced or good sugar and gum paste artists

Finally its a book of fondant motifs and it does what it says. It deserves the 5 stars.

I have overlooked this book every year when I purchase my continuing ed books for my bakery, until this year. I am soooo glad I purchased it! It is easy to do, great instructions, and beautiful ideas. The best part is that once you know the technique, you can do it for almost anything. This is for any decorator sick of doing image transfers and then starring the images with sixteen different colors of icing. I just purchased the Satin Ice 2 lb buckets of pre colored fondant, and I'm set for the year! Best of all, the customers will love it because it looks like you took a ton of time putting together fondant pictures just for them. It could even be fun to do this with clay too. I have a 2 year old, and we may try some of the easier designs for art projects!

Wonderful fondant designs and easy to follow. I'm a experienced decorator and would highly recommend it even to the beginner.
LG from Florida

My 13 year old girl loves it so much. She can even make the designs herself just by simply following the easy-to-follow instructions. I got crazy and purchased 2 copies of this book. Very precise and detailed.