Party Cakes for Children: Over 20 Fun Cakes [Paperback]

Carol Deacon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007

These fantastic cakes are alive with cute and cuddly, sporty and adventurous, scary and spooky characters that will delight kids of all ages. Even beginning bakers will be encouraged and inspired by Carol Deacon’s simple introduction, with its easy-to-follow question-and-answer approach that takes the angst out of decorating with sugarpaste. Choose from irresistible, child-appealing designs that range from Sketchbook, Computer, and Racing Car to Horrible Bug, Princess, Fishing Pond, and Fairy Town. There are even microwave cakes that cook in four minutes, designs that start with store-bought cakes, and ones specially created so that kids can get in on the fun and help decorate, too.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Carol Deacon is an experienced cake decorator and demonstrator who began her career in 1992 working with Jane Asher. In 1993 she was the winner of an icing contest sponsored by a leading food magazine and was later appointed cake consultant to an international chain store. She is the author of the highly successful Quick and Easy Novelty Cakes, No-Time Party Cakes, and Party Cakes for Children also published by New Holland. Carol also writes regularly for various food magazines including Cake Craft and Decoration and demonstrates regularly on television. She lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: New Holland (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845377508
• ISBN-13: 978-1845377502
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,566,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carol Deacon began cake decorating by accident when a friend asked her to make a birthday cake. The idea of combining creativity with model making and something that also tasted great really appealed to her. Early designs won her gold medals in competitions and even a car in an icing competition run by a food magazine. Carol left her then job in advertising and worked for a year at Jane Asher's cake shop in Chelsea, London. Carol then went freelance and as well as running a succesful wedding cake business and writing books, Carol has designed and written for many food and cake magazines and has demonstrated her edible artistic skills in the UK, abroad and on TV. Carol lives in England with her husband, three children and a kitchen full of ideas and sticky bits of icing as she works on ideas for her next book.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for beginners, September 14, 2003

By 

Christine Aylen (Nassau, Bahamas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Party Cakes for Children: Over 20 Fun Cakes (Hardcover)

This book is wonderful. Includes step by step instructions to make the cakes illustrated in the book or you can simply take ideas from it and design your own. Includes easy to make recipes for sugarpaste, etc. This book is a great place to start if you're just venturing into cake decorating. You can go from having no experience to making professional looking cakes that will wow everybody!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing!, May 23, 2007

By 

Sharon Peart (Trinidad W.I) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Party Cakes for Children: Over 20 Fun Cakes (Paperback)

I like Carol Deacon's designs but was very disappointed with this book because a lot of the designs were repeats from other Carol Deacon books that I already had. In fact, I bought two (2) new books by Carol Deacon and found the books to be over half-filled with repeat designs from other books by this author.

If you are looking for new cake design ideas like I was and already have book/s by this author, do not bother to buy this book - try someone else.