When you see ‘Ultimate’ in the title, you can usually infer is American, and probably part of a series. Yep, at the bottom of this cover it says that Weinstein is also the author of ‘The Ultimate Ice Cream Book’ … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged candy, caramel, fudge, pecan, sugar, taffy | Leave a commentNot just limiting itself to cake decoration, ‘Finishing Touches’ also delves into marzipan, working with chocolate, using figurines and other such embellishments. It has some great pictures, some stencils and recipes, and gives instructions without really discussing overall technique. In … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cookbook, recipes, sugar, Wedding Cake | Leave a commentMolasses ginger cake with warm pineapple sage caramelized apples, Late Harvest Riesling and lemon thyme sabayon, toasted pumpkin seed crème anglais, and a sugar twist. Served at Sooke Harbour house Friday September 26 2003.
Posted in Pastry & Desserts | Tagged apple, cake, creme anglais, Ginger, lemon thyme, molasses, pastry, pineapple, pumpkin, riseling, sabayon, sage, Sooke Harbour House, sugar | Leave a commentThis slim volume by Nicholas Lodge was loaned to me quite a while ago; at the time I wasn’t impressed, its 70′s appearance fuelling my judgement that it was passe, outdated techniques by old-fashioned pastry artists. It is easy to … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged sugar, sugar flowers, Wedding Cake | Leave a comment‘Sugar Craft’ is one of 3 books about cake decoration written by these two authors; the others are ‘Cake Decorating’ and ’101 Cake Decorating Ideas’. As you can probably guess by those titles, these books are relatively basic in tone … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake, cookbook, marzipan, recipes, sugar, Wedding Cake | 1 CommentAny book by Ewald Notter, Swiss Master Confectioner, is the top of the craft – he is one of the world’s greatest sugar artists, with awe-inspiring technique and imagination. This was a gift from my mentor, George Wagner, who taught … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged ewald notter, sugar | 1 CommentThe minute I opened this book, I felt a great affinity for Margaret Braun. It is like we have the same kind of brain, our relationship with the cakes we create is artistic, personal; it is amazing that we sometimes … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake decoration, recipes, sugar, Wedding Cake | Leave a commentThis book could be subtitled ‘Cake Decoration 101′, as it takes a very straightforward approach to teaching the basics of cake decorating. As such, it seems fairly well laid out, with precise instructions and detailed illustrations, covering all the fundamentals … Read More
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