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Yes, you can.
If you love to bake and are willing to plan ahead, you can make a spectacular wedding cake--and 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 process--from 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 | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780764557194
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Dede Wilson | | Hardcover:
| 176 pages | | Publisher:
| Wiley | | Publication Date:
| March 11, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 076455719X | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 67 reviews |
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 Great for amateur bakers!Aug 15, 2010
If you've never baked before or your cookies always come out burned and your cakes never seem to rise right, this book isn't going to turn you into a pastry chef. But if you bake for fun and you're good enough to have friends/family request tasty treats from you, this should be all you need to take on the challenge of creating a wedding cake.
This has all the basic directions you'll need to pick flavors for a wedding cake, bake, decorate, construct, and deliver it successfully. There are charts for serving size, how much syrup, frosting, and filling needed for a given size cake, and cutting methods. The cakes in this book all have the same components: 1 of 3 basic cake recipes (white, yellow, chocolate), a moistening syrup w/ flavor, filling, and frosting. Once you figure out what flavors you want incorporated, it's easy to find the recipe you want or to improvise from the ones given to make your ideal cake.
My sister-in-law and I both used this book along with The Wedding Cake Book to bake each other's wedding cakes. We both enjoy baking, but had never taken on a task like this before. This is a must-have for any first-time wedding cake bakers. The Wedding Cake Book is a nice addition if you're looking for more complex recipes and flavors.
Great book!!!Jul 17, 2010
I am making my friend's wedding cake in the fall. I took a cake decorating course where I learned to make and decorate with frosting that is made of crisco and powdered sugar. It looks great, but tastes blah. Same with fondant. The cakes and frostings in this book are soooo delicious. I made the lemon and blackberry cake for a friend's birthday and it got rave reviews.
What I like most about this book is that it gives specific, step-by-step instructions on making a wedding cake, how far in advance to prepare parts of the cake, and lots of 'troubleshooting' help. The taste of the frosting is pure heaven and it is nice to pipe with as well. I can't wait to finish making every recipe in the book! This is a must buy.
 Helpful, beautiful pictures, but...Jul 05, 2010
While the content is generally helpful and the finished product is a beautiful cake, the recipes for the cakes were not very good. They smelled good, but basically that was it. The layers tasted almost cornmeally and were very, very dry. Even after brushing on the syrup flavoring, they still had a cornbread texture in the mouth. If you're looking for ideas for a wedding cake, this is a good read. If you're looking for recipes, please pass.
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Excellent ConditionJun 01, 2010
I ordered this book as a gift to a family member and it arrived in excellent conditions.
 Great photos and ideasMay 06, 2010
I am finding out cake decorating is one of my things an what better way to learn than with great pics and instructions.
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