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Wedding Cakes You Can Make: Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake
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Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Wiley March 11, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076455719X
ISBN-13: 978-0764557194
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Make the cake?
Yes, you can.
If you love to bake and are willing to plan ahead, you can make a spectacular wedding cakeand you don't have to be a pastry chef to do it! Let prominent wedding cake expert Dede Wilson guide you through every layer of the processfrom choosing among flavors and styles to baking, assembling, and decorating your way to a beautiful and delicious cake. This accessible cookbook not only gets you ready for the big event, it helps you lend a truly personal touch to the celebration.
"If you want to make your own wedding cake, Dede Wilson is the perfect guide. She helps you bake with confidence every step of the way to a delicious personalized result."
Donna Ferrari, BRIDE'S magazine
From the Inside Flap
"I do not believe in cakes that are made for beauty and ceremony only. I believe they should be eatenand enjoyed! In fact, the majority of the time my cakes are used as the dessert, as opposed to a symbolic addition."
Dede Wilson
Let them eat cakein fact, let them eat your cake. Whether you're the bride, the groom, or a loving friend or family member who wants to make that special day unforgettable, public television cooking show host Dede Wilson knows that youyes, youcan bake, frost, assemble, and decorate a spectacular, delicious, and totally unique wedding cake that won't put your budget over the edgeeven if you've never mastered anything more complicated than a birthday cake or two. In Wedding Cakes You Can Make, this top-tier expert reveals that all it takes to make that big-day cake is a love of baking and a willingness to plan properly and work patiently.
Whether you're feeding 20 or 150 people, preparation begins long before you preheat the oven. In this easy-to-follow, hands-on guide, Wilson takes you through the entire process, from the drawing board to the presentation table, sharing time-tested techniques that help you turn that cake of your dreams into a delectable reality.
She helps you get started by having you write a wish list that can be honed into a framework for the ideal cake. Then it's time to make the cake happen by working through all the practical elements that come into play, such as setting your budget (and sticking to it); choosing the essential flavors (if chocolate is the bride's passion, don't leave it out!); considering the wedding date (if it's October, think about fall colors); accommodating the number of guests (small guest list equals modest-sized cake); keeping in tune with the wedding's style or mood (beach-casual vs. black tie-formal); and getting organized (time to borrow that decorating turntable).
When it comes to execution, Wilson encourages you to use the highest-quality ingredients and equipment specific to the task, and to gain a foundation by making a six-inch sample cakean integral step that, much like dating, allows you to try the cake on for size before making the final commitment. She shares her own favorite flavor combinations as well as those most frequently requested by bridal couples. For each of the 16 cakes, Wilson provides essential detailsa timeline, thorough recipe directions, and tips. Recipes range from the lighthearted Raspberries and Cream Cake to the contemporary Nutella Cake and the sophisticated Gilded Mocha Cake. Color photographs of all the finished cakes and dozens of how-to photos give you the inspiration and know-how to bake your own special wedding cake.
As Wilson says, wedding cake flavor and design choices are infinite. In Wedding Cakes You Can Make, she helps you create your own special slice of what is possible.
Reader Reviews
I have an enormous collection of cake decorating books and I was pleasantly suprised when I received this wonderful book by Dede Wilson. Most of my books are either centered around the DESIGN of the cake, with very little emphasis on the specific how-to's (like how to transport the cake, which icing to use, etc.)to the taste of the cake (focusing little on how to decorate.) Both categories are important but can be daunting if you don't know where to start. However, Wilson provides designs that almost anyone can do, as well as fabulous recipes that I have not seen in condensed form in any other book. Usually, the reader is provided with a white and chocolate cake recipe, a ganache, and a buttercream. This is perfectly fine, but I was looking for something that took my recipes to the next level. Wilson provides recipes like Lemon Blackberry Cake, Raspberries and Cream Cake, Marzipan and Orange Essensia Cake, Chocolate-Covered Caramel Cake, and my FAVORITE, the Chocolate-covered Cherry Cake. The design of the last cake has an inside of white cake layers with bittersweet chocolate shavings folded in, kirsch moistening syrup, and a filling of vanilla buttercream with actual chocolate-covered cherries. The outside is a stunning white-on-white with a bead border and chocolate plastique roses that are easier to make than you think! Wilson provides recipes, ideas, and pictures for a simple and casual summer wedding cake like the Italian Rum Cream with fresh fruit on top, to a sophisticated Gilded Mocha Cake with a chocolate glaze topping and real gold leaf. In addition, she goes further than any wedding cake book I've seen in explaining exactly how to transport the cake and set it up in the venue, and EXACTLY how far in advance EVERYTHING can be done. I just can't say enough about this book---IT IS A MUST!!!
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Wedding Cakes You Can Make: Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake
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