- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: TUTTLE PUBLISHING (Jan 15 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1853918792
- ISBN-13: 978-1853918797
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 22.6 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,086,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Though professionals may get better results, there's no reason why the keen amateur baker couldn't cull a few wonderful cakes from John Slattery's Chocolate Cakes for Weddings and Celebrations. Featuring 20 luscious chocolate cakes and dessert creations ranging from classic and simple to trendy and spectacular, Slattery has a cake or centrepiece focused on chocolate for every occasion.
The first part of the book is devoted to creating special dessert items with chocolate, such as wonderfully textural cigarette-curl covered cakes, sensuously moulded chocolate roses wrapped with a marbled chocolate swag, delicate centrepiece bowls and cloches of dark chocolate, and rich accents in truffles and wafers. Wedding cakes for all seasons follow, incorporating fresh flowers, moulded marzipan, and intricate textured lattices, domes and curls. To either adorn your cakes or stand on their own, a chapter of chocolate accessories features recipes for tempting truffles and colourful candies, plus unique accessories such as inscribed place cards in chocolate. But within all the spectacular presentation lie good basics: Slattery doesn't forget a chapter of essential cake and icing recipes, as well as recipes for ganache, chocolate sauces, chocolate paste and basic sugar paste. A few pages of templates are also included, useful for crafting many of the decorative shapes suggested. Basic techniques for working with chocolate and the structural intricacies of building celebration cakes are covered, but experience is clearly helpful--Slattery shows the steps for tempering chocolate, for example, but the more fiddly chocolate forming and moulding projects will likely be more comfortable for an experienced baker.--Marisa Lencioni
Book Description
A stunning selection of chocolate celebration cakes to suit many special occasions. This unique book features over 20 spectacular chocolate cakes from the simple one-tier to the more extravagant five-tier creations and amazing chocolate table centre pieces. It also combines a variety of decorative techniques in all kinds of chocolate, including dark, milk and white varieties, demonstrated in stunning step-by-step colour photography.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not perfect,
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This review is from: Chocolate Cakes For Weddings And Celebrations (Hardcover)
Beautiful photos. Great Ideas. Lots of instructions. What's not to like? Well, there isn't a mention of portion size or number anywhere to be found. I figured out that the larger cakes serve 150 wedding portions by finding one that is made of 150 molds filled with chocolate mousse. If you don't really know how to work with cakes and their decorations this book is a bit advanced- I'm a pastry chef and had problems with the first one I tried. It was worth the effort- a tasty cake and wonderful to behold. I'm going to try another of the cakes in a few weeks-and now I know how much time it might really take. YOU MUST PLAN AHEAD when using this book-like a week in advance. Otherwise- go for it, you'll definitely learn a lot
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW, what a book!,
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This review is from: Chocolate Cakes For Weddings And Celebrations (Hardcover)
Beautiful cakes! Wonderful detailed instructions for recreating the cakes and recipes too.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not perfect,
By Becky Heydemann - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chocolate Cakes For Weddings And Celebrations (Hardcover)
Beautiful photos. Great Ideas. Lots of instructions. What's not to like? Well, there isn't a mention of portion size or number anywhere to be found. I figured out that the larger cakes serve 150 wedding portions by finding one that is made of 150 molds filled with chocolate mousse. If you don't really know how to work with cakes and their decorations this book is a bit advanced- I'm a pastry chef and had problems with the first one I tried. It was worth the effort- a tasty cake and wonderful to behold. I'm going to try another of the cakes in a few weeks-and now I know how much time it might really take. YOU MUST PLAN AHEAD when using this book-like a week in advance. Otherwise- go for it, you'll definitely learn a lot
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
spectacular chocoholic's dream!,
By naughty cake fan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chocolate Cakes for Weddings and Celebrations (Hardcover)
As an avowed chocoholic, I had to have this book also. It runs the gamut from dipping strawberries, making roses from chocolate paste and the best [in my opinion] on page 32, is a 3 tiered wedding cake with a marbled chocolate drape adorning all three tiers and secured at intervals with chocolate roses. There's also centerpieces, truffles, a list of suppliers, etc.This is a must have for your library. The photos are incredible, everthing is clear!!! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a Great book for wedding cakes. This book is for a very advance kind of wedding cake maker. Too complex for me,
By Michael Davidson - Published on Amazon.com
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The book was too complex . This book is for a very advance wedding cake maker .I wish i did not buy this book. The cakes were for a very advance cake maker. |
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