Lesley Herbert's Complete Book of Sugar Flowers [Hardcover]

Lesley Herbert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1992

Focuses on the techniques involved in creating thirty different types of sugar flowers

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About the Author

Lesley Herbert is well-known for her creative and adaptable approach to cake decorating, but one of her outstanding skills is her ability to create sugar flowers that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. As well as her many distinguished qualifications as a baker and lecturer in further education, Lesley has studied floristry at City and Guilds level.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Merehurst Limited; Hardcover with Jacket edition (September 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853913561
• ISBN-13: 978-1853913563
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Sugar Flowers, May 4, 2000

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This review is from: Lesley Herbert's Complete Book of Sugar Flowers (Hardcover)

If you have any experience of gum paste flowers you will love this book. Excellent clear step by step colour pictures and good explanatory text. Glorious pictures of finished cakes and flower bouquets. Not for the beginner though as some of the techiniques are quite complex. Buy this book if you are looking for inspiration and a challenge .

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SUGAR FLOWER BOOK REVIEW, July 26, 2006

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A. Glaser (BROOKLYN, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lesley Herbert's Complete Book of Sugar Flowers (Hardcover)

I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE BASICS OF SUGAR FLOWER MAKING AND WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE. ITS WELL WRITTEN AND GIVES DETAILED INSTRUCTION AND MANY FLOWERS TO MAKE THAT ARE HARD TO TELL FROM THE REAL THING.
I LOVE IT.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leslie Herbert's Complete Book of Sugar Flowers, October 2, 2007

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Jauquetta ""bookaholic"" (San Jose, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lesley Herbert's Complete Book of Sugar Flowers (Hardcover)

This is a very lovely book. Full of great information for the more advanced decorator. It is a fine one to add to your permanent library, especially if you really enjoy making fondant/gumpaste flowers. She offers some of the more interesting and unusual flowers. She is from the U.K. so some of the flowers are not ones we get in the U.S.A. Most of these flowers require cutters, but she does include some that do not. There are good step by step directions, provided you do have some knowledge of this medium. The only flower that I can't find a cutter for here is the carnation and it looks as though it would be a great way to make it, too.