Cakes by Design: The Magical World of Sugar Art

by Scott Clark Woolley, Scott Clark Wooley, Michael G. Farace

Their astounding specialty cakes have drawn raves from such clients as Tiffany, Cartier, and Vogue, and their wedding cakes have graced the pages of Brides magazine and Martha Stewart Weddings. Scott Woolley and Michael Farace are, quite simply, the masters of the stunning yet easy-to-learn art of sugar flowers, used as both cake decorations and free-standing ornaments.From their Academy of Cake Arts in New York City to Woolley's acclaimed DVD sets and YouTube tutorials, they have taught beginners to make striking and delicious cakes using cutting-edge, accessible techniques.This beautifully illustrated book has step-by-step instructions on how to make dozens of varieties of sugar flowers, detailed information on the tools needed to get started, mouth-watering cake recipes, and inspirational photographs showing cakes and centerpieces that will delight both professional and at-home cake decorators.

Genres: Cookbooks

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

Reviews

[Sherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is fantastic if you are simply looking for a book displaying tons of pictures of insanely intricate perfect sugar art. The authors are obviously masters of their trade, as every flower and leaf look so real! But if you are interested in learning to make perfect sugar art yourself, this book is NOT a great tool for teaching you. Instead of step-by step instructions with photos on making various flowers from gumpaste, this book simply has photos of perfect cakes displaying the flower in question, then a paragraph or two describing making the flower, along with one or two pencil sketches. I can't understand how anyone is supposed to wrap their head around the intricacies of gumpaste flower making by simply reading about it and looking at one or two pencil diagrams. It really requires several step-by-step photographs of the flower in progress. So do not buy this book thinking you will learn sugar art. Buy it simply for cake photographs and inspiration.

[Robin Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the most detailed one I've found on gumpaste flowers. It's a little old, but really good. Lily of the Valley cakes are my favorites.