Spectacular Cakes by Mich Turner
A stunning guide to designing and decorating cakes for all occasions, with a unique portfolio of classic and contemporary designs of the finest detail. The special occasion cake takes centre stage when family, friends and colleagues come together in celebration, whatever the event, so the basic principles for choosing and designing your cake are essentially the same whether the cake is for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or christening. The design should be influenced by personalities and preferences, the venue, time of year, number of guests, colours and flowers. This book is a versatile guide to making all manner of occasion cake designs, that can be adapted for formal or informal events and that will add that all essential wow factor to any celebration. From tiered wedding cakes to the more unusual patisserie dessert cakes, Spectacular Cakes shows how to make them. The reader is guided through the many layers of decision making, from establishing the celebration theme to what shape cake he or she would like and the type of icing that is most suitable to use, and from the choice of flavours to the specific decorative techniques and designs.
Mich Turner trained as a food scientist and after enrolling on a cake design course, found she had a flair for decorating cakes in her own unique style. Mich worked as a buyer at Harvey Nichols prior to founding Little Venice Cake Company in 1999, and together with her team has designed and produced numerous special cakes for private and corporate occasions, including BAFTA and Madam Tussauds, and her designs have been in great demand with celebrities such as Madonna, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Emma Thompson, Elvis Costello and international royalty. LVCC acts as a consultant to M&S and supply some of the UK's most prestigious hotels with special occasion cakes, including The Ritz, The Dorchester and Claridges, and she designs an annual collection of wedding cakes exclusively for Harrods. Mich's cake designs are regularly featured on TV and in Vogue, Harpers and Queens, You and Your Wedding, Brides, the Sunday Times and BBC Good Food magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781903221396 |
| ISBN 10 | 1903221390 |
| Title | Spectacular Cakes |
| Author | Mich Turner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2005-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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