Alan Dunn's Tropical & Exotic Flowers for Cakes - Hardcover

Dunn, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847738680 ISBN 13: 9781847738684

Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

In this stunning new book renowned sugarcrafter Alan Dunn turns his attention to tropical and exotic flowers. Bolder, more stunning and more fantastic, these beautiful flowers are guaranteed to create a real impact whether used on a cake or as a decorative arrangement. The designs include many species of orchid, rhizomes, gingers, heliconias, bird of paradise, anthurium, bougainvillea and many more. This title gives a comprehensive introduction covering all the essential information on materials, tools, techniques and basic recipes that is followed by a section taking each featured cake in turn. For each cake, easy-to-follow instructions are given on how to construct and build-up individual flowers, foliage and fruit and then how to arrange these individual elements into an arrangement that can be used either to decorate a cake or on its own as a table centrepiece, for example. Finally, instructions are given on how to make each cake and secure the arrangement, if you choose to use it in this way. If you're looking for the ultimate guide to making exotic and tropical sugar flowers, this book won't fail to impress.

About this title

Review:

"Sugarcrafter superstar Dunn shares his secrets for crafting tropical and exotic flowers from sugar. An invaluable guide for ambitious cake decorators and designers." --"Library Journal"

About the Author:

Alan started cake decorating at an early age. He has become one of the sugarcraft world's leading authors and is hugely respected for his artistic approach in creating lifelike sugar and cold porcelain flowers. Alan is an accredited demonstrator for The British Sugarcraft Guild. He teaches and demonstrates across Europe, as well as the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Japan and South Africa. He lives in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847738680
• ISBN 13: 9781847738684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144