Kate's Cake Decorating: Techniques and Tips for Fun and Fancy Cakes Baked with Love 
asked by linda on October 31, 2006 1:41 PM
Kate Sullivan has baked wedding cakes and party cakes for some of New York?s most interesting weddings and events. Her sought-after recipes, designs, and tips are compiled in this new volume, Kate?s Cake Decorating.
Featured in numerous magazines, Sullivan is a respected and creative baker. For the first time, she brings her knack for creating the unusual to those of us who want to bake more than a layer cake but aren?t sure how.
This book features her recipes and cake-decorating tips as well as personal stories about creating and delivering cakes. She has used cookies as cake toppers, made dozens of multicolored flowers on a hat-shaped cake, and created cakes in the shapes of taxis and diner coffee cups. Whether a lush, vibrant ?Monsoon Wedding? cake or a larger-than-life, 3D ?Cup o? Joe to Go,? Kate?s cakes always inspire people to ask, ?How did she do that??
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I'm a professional baker and have purchased many cake decorating books, including nearly all of Colette's books. I absolutely loved this book! I like the way photos instead of drawn illustrations are used for the "how to" part of each cake. She shows you step by step, how to make her unique cakes. And yes, there are some slight imperfections...it's a cake for cryin' out Larry. Her photos are great. They are real! Not airbrushed photos. If you go to a wedding, look at the cake...really look, there are always little flaws. They are covered with flowers or facing the back of the room. Kate makes cakes that are actually feasable...and cost effective. I've taken classes with some famous cake makers and their techniques although informative, are quite laborous and time consuming. I don't have that kind of time. Simple techniques, elegant, unique design. Very inspirational.
reviewed by jerseymike on November 9, 2006 3:46 AM
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I saw Kate Sullivan on the Food Network and had to buy this book. I'm just getting into cake decorating and this book gave me some good tips and new ideas.
reviewed by anton584 on November 12, 2006 10:09 AM