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Cake Couture: Modern Sugar-craft for the Stylish Baker [Paperback]

Annie Dam (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: Oct 6 2011

A how-to guide to elegant sugar techniques, with 16 original projects.

There seems to be no end to the popularity of fancy cakes. Cake Couture is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide that will transform any baking beginner into a confectionery expert. Professional bakers will love the book's innovative designs and handy tips and tricks.

The book includes straightforward instruction and advice on:

  • Ingredients and tools
  • Baking, building and structure, decorating
  • Transporting, displaying and storing
  • The best cake, icing and fondant recipes.

A practical directory of elegant decorative techniques includes designs for any occasion, including:

  • Chic birthday cakes, such as a laptop, city skyline, and designer shoe
  • Cupcakes and mini cakes, such as a Sex and the City cupcake and gift bag mini cakes
  • Special occasion cakes, such as a giant diamond ring and a Valentine's Day heart
  • Modern wedding cakes, such as a chandelier cake and a macaroon wedding cake.

Cake Couture is the ideal resource for novice, experienced and professional bakers looking for practical instructions and fabulously chic ideas.

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Dam offers illustrated guidance in the construction of contemporary decorated cakes that celebrate street scenes, plush cushions, peacocks, bouquets, and more. Full-color photographs guide where mere text cannot fully explain intended outcomes, and they show off the flamboyantly intense colors that modern tinting gels offer cake designers.... Given the popularity of such television shows as Ace of Cakes, this book will attract a number of readers. (Mark Knoblauch Booklist 20111201)

Dam, who owns the Cake Couture Edible Art bakery in Alberta, Canada, strives to combine her love of art with baking to make unique creations that aren't seen merely as food. In this lavishly photographed book, she shares basic recipes while showcasing some of her favorites. Along with step-by-step instructions and tips for success, Dam explains the necessary equipment and techniques. Arranged in a straightforward manner, the recipes are easy to follow. Cake art is popular, and this is a great choice for those who wish to refine their cakes or cupcakes for any occasion. (Library Journal 20120116)

If you savour desserts, look no further than Annie Dam's Cake Couture, a lavishly illustrated compendium on modern cake design. (Canadian Jewish News 20120105)

Canadian cake designer Damm provides detailed instructions for creating 20 runway-worthy cakes. (Library Journal (Collection Development) 20120501)

About the Author

Annie Dam was born in Saigon and grew up in Canada. She currently owns and operates a cake boutique in Edmonton, Alberta. Annie has written about cake decoration for a range of publications and has had her wedding cakes and cupcakes featured in blogs and magazines around the world.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy Oct 6 2012
By Kate
Format:Paperback
I wouldn't recommend this book, recipes were bad, and the cake projects weren't great. Much better cake decorating books out there.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely disappointed! Dec 18 2011
By Cake Decorator
Format:Paperback
Very disappointed to see copies of cakes done by other cake decorators filling the pages of this book. Nothing original about these cakes at all. Exact copies! So very unethical.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not as basic as you might think Dec 16 2011
By Cindy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been decorating for 11 years and I really like this book. Yes, it has basics in it. It also has some of the newer fads which are not necessarily covered in other books -- animal prints, square wonky cakes, feathers, woodgrain, tassles, various kinds of ruffles, architectual detailing, damask stenciling (all decorators struggle with this one!), mosaic, gumpaste masks ... shall I go on?? These are the little details which set the great cakes apart from the average cakes. It's a reasonably priced book for the contents and has lots of great ideas. I definitely recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book Mar 7 2012
By Lisa B - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
the cake recipes are great, although I wasn't fond of the butter cream recipe, I use the vanilla and chocolate cake recipes regularly. Wish it would have included how to make your own fondant. the cakes a contemporary and gorgeous.
1.0 out of 5 stars Not so Modern! Mar 2 2013
By Anthony V. Pham - Published on Amazon.com
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This book is a lie! I read the subtitle for it, "Modern Sugar-craft for the Stylish Baker," and got excited. "Finally a book with some new ideas!", but i was wrong. It is filled with tacky cake designs that has already been done and you can find them in older books. Nothing in it is stylish, and the finish cakes look like it's made by an amateur home baker. I don't know about you, but for me a giant gaudy masquerade mask with no mouth on a cake is not stylish at all. DO NOT BUY if you are a professional cake decorator looking for new ideas. It will be a disappointment.
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