Cakes in Bloom: Exquisite Sugarcraft Flowers for All Occasions: The Art of Exquisite Sugarcraft Flowers - Hardcover

Peggy Porschen

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9781849493734: Cakes in Bloom: Exquisite Sugarcraft Flowers for All Occasions: The Art of Exquisite Sugarcraft Flowers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849493731 ISBN 13: 9781849493734

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2014

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Cakes in Bloom is a celebration of Peggy Porschen's skill, style and experience and the first time that she has shared her repertoire of incomparable sugar blooms with her legions of fans.

Peggy reveals the secrets to making more than 30 gorgeous life-like flowers, from roses, peonies and pansies to cherry blossom, orchids and poppies. The range of 24 cakes includes miniature cakes, large cakes and tiered cakes, demonstrating the simplest use of a single flower as well as inspired combinations of blooms. The wealth of ideas and variations will suit a wide range of occasions from birthdays, anniversaries and weddings to simple but special tea parties.

Peggy demonstrates a broad range of techniques with clear step by step photography — moulding, balling, veining, frilling and dusting — embracing all the basics as well the particular skills needed to make each individual flower. As with all her creations, Peggy's cakes are as good to eat as they are to look at, so she has included a number of signature recipes for delicious cakes and fail-safe fillings, as well as her tried and tested flower paste recipe and basic layering and icing techniques.

This book reflects Peggy's mastery and creativity of a breath-taking array of flowers and is the ultimate reference and inspiration for sugarcrafters.

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Review:

'It's such a beautiful book you may just want to show it off on the coffee table.'--Independent i, Friday 18 April 2014

'Cakes in Bloom is a celebration of Peggy Porschen's skill, style and experience and the first time she has shared her repertoire of incomparable sugar blooms with her legions of fans.'--Staffordshire Living, Thursday 1 May 2014

'Learn how to craft sugar cherry blossoms and sweet peas which look even more beautiful than the real thing. Your teacher? None other than the cake supremo Peggy Porschen.' --Wedding Flowers, 1 March 2014

'If The Great British Bake Off reignited your love of baking but you think your icing is, well, a little on the boring side, you need Peggy Porschen's delectable book Cakes in Bloom. She gives inspiring advice on crafting realistic floral decorations - from peonies to poppies. If it's good enough for Kate Moss's wedding cake, it's good enough for us.' --Sunday Express, 18th May 2014

'If your dream is to create exquisite flowers made entirely from sugar, look no further than Cakes in Bloom by celebrated cake designer Peggy Porschen. This beautifully photographed book has an extensive list of tools, tips and guides for all of your decorating needs. There are 30 easy-to-follow projects and illustrated templates, demonstrating Peggy's perfect mastery of her craft, that are suitable for a range of skill levels.' --Crafts Beautiful, July

About the Author:

Peggy Porschen moved from her native Germany to London in 1998 to study at Le Cordon Bleu cookery school. Quickly developing an individual style, Peggy established her own business in 2003, Peggy Porschen Cakes, a bespoke design company that not only reflects her life-long love of baking but also celebrates beautiful craftsmanship, inspired by romance, femininity and fashion. Autumn 2010 saw the opening of the Peggy Porschen Parlour in London's Belgravia, then in January 2011 she opened her Academy, London's first cookery school dedicated entirely to baking, cake decorating and sugarcraft. Peggy has appeared on BBC's Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds, The Great British Wedding Cake, The Apprentice, Channel 4's Heston's Great British Food & ITV's Lorraine as an authority on sugar flowers. She is also part of a specialist panel of judges for The Wedding Industry Awards. Peggy and her cakes are flown around the world to exclusive events and weddings, most recently to St Petersbury, Venice, Paris, Abu Dhabi, New Zealand and Cape Town.

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