By: Dede Wilson Hardcover, 196 pages, full color How many tiers should the wedding cake have? Should the tiers be separated with pillars or stacked? Chocolate, vanilla, or almond cake layers? What flavor buttercream? Fresh lilies of marzipan roses? Lemon curd, blackberry curd, or both? Decorate with ganache, ribbons, gold dragees, nuts, or icing? The Wedding Cake Book offers you the answers to all of these questions, along with complete baking and decorating instructions for thirty gorgeous cakes, all beautifiully photographed. First, author Dede Wilson helps you to plan: will the wedding be casual or formal; how many guests are there? what is the budget? The basics of making a wedding cake come next: cake sizing, baking techniques; storing and transporting, how to work with chocolate and pastry bags. Specialty tools and techniques are also discussed... AND MUCH MORE! Chapters include: - Getting Started
- How to Create a Wedding Cake
- The Cake
- Cake Accompaniments
- The Basics
- Finishing Touches
- Equipment
- Resources
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