{"product_id":"colette-peters-cake-decorating-cookbook","title":"Colette's Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating","description":"\u003cp\u003eColette's Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating by top cake decorator Colette Peters brings you step-by-step instruction and the recipes for 34 creative and stunning cakes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---- \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with dust jacket, 163 pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1991 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eLittle, Brown And Company \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eColette Peters \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription: \u003c\/strong\u003e Colette Peters, one of America's foremost practitioners of the art of cake decorating, presents complete instructions for reproducing thirty-four of her most gorgeous and inventive cakes. Step-by-step directions and more than two hundred line drawings and color photographs guarantee that even a novice will be able to create exceptional cakes from the very beginning. Experienced bakers will discover unique designs that will inspire their own creativity. From a simple -- and simply beautiful! -- seashell cake to a multi-tiered wedding extravaganza, Colette's cakes are certain to astonish and impress at birthday parties, weddings, anniversaries, holidays, and other family gatherings -- in fact, any occasion that calls for a special celebration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColette provides recipes for delicious white and chocolate cake interiors, icings (butter- creams, fondant, and royal icings, and other useful cake-decorating materials such as gum paste and sugar molds. She describes and illustrates the necessary tools of the trade (mostly inexpensive and readily available) and gives directions for making a breath-taking variety of lifelike flowers and other decorations in icings. Basic cake-decorating and icing tips are provided, as well as instructions for constructing tiered cakes. Also included is a source list of stores and suppliers in the United States and Canada that sell all of the items necessary to reproduce every cake in the book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDividing the cakes into three levels of difficulty, Colette takes the aspiring cake decorator from cakes that anyone with a minimum amount of knowledge can produce, through an intermediate section that contains some multitiered cakes, to advanced cakes that are masterpieces of the cake decorator's art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the beginner category are whimsical cakes that resemble a cactus plant (perfect for a Tex-Mex theme party), a bowl of popcorn (for a TV football party), a Father's Day sweater, a Halloween witch's hat, and a jewelry-box cake that would be a magical centerpiece for a birthday party or for Mother's Day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the intermediate category are a baby's bib for a first birthday, a shower, or christening, a festive Christmas holly cake and a Christmas tree centerpiece, a sophisticated New Year's Eve cake, and an exquisite spring bouquet. Advanced cakes include a Valentine's Day sweet heart, a chocolate teddy bear to delight any child, several gloriously elaborate wedding cakes, and a playful cake for the Fourth of July. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has ever dreamed of decorating cakes like the finest professionals will find Colette Peters a reassuring teacher and a dazzlingly creative artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---- \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eGood condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sold Out Cookbooks","offers":[{"title":"HC \/ 9780316702058","offer_id":35551250940056,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/4374\/4920\/products\/ColettesCakes.jpg?v=1596185208","url":"https:\/\/cookbookvillage93939-com.myshopify.com\/products\/colette-peters-cake-decorating-cookbook","provider":"cookbookvillage93939.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}