100 Buttercream Flowers

The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Piping Flowers in Buttercream Icing

Christina Ong, Valerie Valeriano (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2015
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-1-4463-0574-4 (ISBN)

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Learn to pipe 100 buttercream blooms to adorn your cakes and cupcakes with this complete visual reference from the world’s leading buttercream artists. This stunning book includes a stable buttercream recipe and the basic techniques you need, along with step-by-step photos of each flower, plus five cake decorating projects to test your new skills.

Learn to pipe 100 different buttercream blooms to adorn your cakes and cupcakes with this complete visual reference guide from the world's most talented buttercream artists.

Described by Chef Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes as "hugely aspirational yet completely approachable," the authors demonstrate how to build up each flower using simple piping techniques that even the novice cake decorator will be able to achieve.

Learn how to make stable buttercream icing, get advice on colouring and flavouring, and all the basic cake decorating techniques you need, then discover 100 diverse buttercream flowers in step-by-step photographic detail. You will also find five full cake decorating projects demonstrating how you can use your newfound flower piping skills to create stunning cake designs.

With expert instruction from the best buttercream teachers in the world, and a huge range of flowers to try, this book is the ultimate reference to piping flowers in buttercream and will be a cake decorating classic for years to come.

WINNER OF BEST BOOK AWARD, Cake Masters Awards 2017

Masters of buttercream art Valeri Valeriano and Christina Ong left the Philippines in 2008 to work in the UK in the medical field. After learning how to make cupcake bouquets in 2011 they launched their business, Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes, and have since won numerous top international awards for their amazing buttercream designs. They teach classes in Europe, Asia and the US and headline at cake events around the world. Their first book, The Contemporary Buttercream Bible, charted at No.1 in cake decorating on Amazon just days after its release, and has already been translated into German and Spanish. They live in London. www.queenofheartscouturecakes.com

Introduction

Buttercream Basics

Basic buttercream recipe

Equipment

Nozzles

Colouring

Covering cakes

Filling a piping bag

Piping Advice

Basic Petal Strokes

FLOWERS

White

Pink

Magenta

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Purple

Violet

Leaves

PROJECTS

Contemporary Cake

Opulent Cake

Ombre Cake

Rustic Cake

Vintage Cake

Suppliers

Acknowledgments

About the authors

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.4.2015
Verlagsort	Newton Abbot
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 276 mm
Gewicht	615 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Backen
ISBN-10	1-4463-0574-0 / 1446305740
ISBN-13	978-1-4463-0574-4 / 9781446305744
Zustand	Neuware