Perfect Party Cakes Made Easy: Over 70 Fun-to-Decorate Cakes for All Occasions

by Carol Deacon

Perfect Party Cakes Made Easy contains a huge range of novelty cakes to make and decorate with ideas to suit every occasion, from birthdays, anniversaries, and Christenings to special holidays such as Valentine's Day or Christmas. These designs are beautiful and *Valentine lips *Shopping bag *Enchanted house *Fisherman *Golf Course *Dinosaur *Birthday fairy *Lovebirds *Woodland creatives *And many more! There are over 70 designs for professional-looking party cakes, including plenty of children's fun favorites, all of which can be created for a fraction of the retail price. All the cakes are designed to be easy to make and decorate, and each one has a list of ingredients and utensils needed as well as clear step-by-step instructions and photographs, as well as glorious color photographs of the finished cake.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2003

Reviews

[Janie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Deacon, Carol. Perfect Party Cakes Made Easy: Over 70 Fun-To-Decorate Cakes for All Occasions. New Holland, dist. by Sterling. 2011. 192p. photogs. index. ISBN 9781843304746. pap. $17.95. COOKING

Prize-winning cake decorator Deacon is a prolific writer who has published a wide variety of books on cakes (e.g., Fabulous Party Cakes and Cupcakes; Carol Deacon’s Little Book of Easy Children’s Cakes). Cooks wishing to make a foray into the kitchen to try their hand at the art may wish to pick up this title, as it contains over 70 designs of novelty cakes to make and decorate for any occasion. Most of the projects will delight children, and they include easy-to-follow instructions and several photographs to help readers along the way. Several cake and frosting recipes are featured, along with techniques and materials. The cakes in this volume are mostly created using fondant frosting. Depending on your collection, this may be a practical, well-constructed addition to your baking section. [For serious fondant enthusiasts, consider Helen Penman's recent Fondant Modeling for Cake Decorators.-Ed.]http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/201...

[Fatima · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has easy to read step by step instructions. The book also has a page on troubleshooting and how to make animals, people and how to paint on to your cake.