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Cooking Books -> Cakes
Colette's Birthday Cakes
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by:
Peters, Colette
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Publisher:
Little Brown & Company
Published: March 2000
ISBN: 0316702749
Format:Hardcover
Pages:192
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Book Description
From Booklist
A cake is de rigeur for any American birthday celebration worthy of the name. Continuing her series of volumes pictorializing her sumptuous cakes, Peters brings her decorative skills to cakes designed specifically for birthday
observances. And anyone receiving a cake like one of Peters' creations should be particularly grateful. Peters' skill with milled fondant overshadows that of most other professional bakers. She can carve fondant into tight, sharp geometries, or she can
swirl it, fold it, and wave it into silken ruffles and curves that belie its solidity. Line drawings assist the cook in recreating these elegant pastries, but only professionals and those with some formal training in handling fondants and cake-decorating
tools and techniques will readily pick up on Peters' barebones instructions. Recipes, too, reflect a professional's approach, measuring by weight rather than volume. Mark Knoblauch
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Synopsis
Included in this collection are cakes for every month of the year and every sort of birthday celebrant. Each month has a sign of the zodiac cake, a birthstone cake and a flower cake. In addition there are unusual cakes, such as a
"leather" cake, a doctor's bag and a chess set.
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