Sweet And Simple Party Cakes

I love this book. I worked in a bakery while in graduate school and picked up a few things. Have started doing cakes from home and this is the first cake book I have bought. It is easy to understand while I am not quite new at cake making, making cakes by yourself at home is different than in a bakery, but with this book it seemed less intimidating. The pictures are clear and the instructions and variations are also wonderful. I already made a cake from the book and it was a big hit a a party for a group of 14 year old girls!! Would buy other books from this author!

This book is what it says it is: sweet and simple.The techniques are very simple to follow and will help any starter in decorating cakes to feel like a Cake Boss.The ideas are fresh and she repeats it in diferent projects, so you can match cakes and cupcakes nicely.I strongly recomend it for those who wants to achive nice cakes without having to buy hundred of tools or spend millions of hours trying to figure out how to finish a beautiful cake.

I'd recommend this book for beginners or intermediate cake decorators. It also has cupcakes and mini cakes ideas, and very clear instructions, easy to follow.I love all the projects in this book, and get inspired every time I read through it, which is very often. I have yet to try the recipes, but would like to try the carrot cake. I also bought the other book from this author, and would recommend it to every one starting out.

I haven't tried any of these ideas yet but just from reading i get the idea that it will be easy. I do recommend this book if you don't want extravagant designs. The designs are elegant and fun. This book is not for beginners more like intermediate. Get This Book!!

This is a really good book for a beginner like me. Never iced or decorated cakes before but this book makes everything possible. At first glance and the first flip through its wonderfully photographed pages I already felt inspired. They trully ARE easy to follow; the rest is just technique and practice practice practice. I felt confident trying out the designs from the start.

I have purchased quite a number of Cake decorating Books, for ideas and recipes as well as technique ideas.This book is by far my favorite. It has wonderful illustrations and easy to understand instructions.I love the fact that it also gives you ideas for the main cake and then smaller versions with miniature ckes or cupcakes.Totally Worth It!

I love the ideas in this baking book. I have yet to make any of the recipes since I still don't have all the tools I need because I'm just starting out. But, I love just sitting down and reading through everything, it's so interesting! I can't wait to actually make one of the cakes!

This book came to me in the best condition. I thought they had sent me a brand new copy instead of a used one like I had purchased. This book is so inspiring and I appreciate whoever sold it to me for sharing its wonderful recipes, pictures, and decorating techniques. Thank you!

I have just received the book and I am very pleased with it. I bought this book as I have just started to decorate cakes for friends and family and needed some inspiration, and I needed some help with technique. The designs and elegant but simple enough to create and the instructions seem easy enough to follow. I love all the designs, they are beautiful, fresh and not over fussy. I can't wait to make one of these cakes, they will certainly impress. I'm sure people more experienced in cake making will already know many of the techniques used, but the cake designs designs are worth a look.

I did read the other reviews before purchasing this book, and in my opinion it was a good choice. There is information on techniques and equipment, and I love the cake recipe charts which specify the amount of ingredients to use for cake tins of different sizes and shapes with recipes for a basic vanilla sponge, carrot cake, fruit cake, and chocolate fudge cake. There is also info on icings (buttercream, royal, fondant), and assembling a tiered cake. All in all it is a basic, straight-forward text with gorgeous photos, and exactly what I was after, so am very pleased with it.

I'm fairly new to baking and even newer to cake decorating (I've just started taking a course) and I have to say I love this book. Some of the cakes look a bit complicated for me at the moment but I'm sure I'll get there, there are certainly plenty which I will be having a go at even with my limited experience. What's also great about this book is the recipes at the front with charts for different size tins, no more guessing for me when I can't find a recipe to match my tin - or the more costly route of buying tins to fit a recipe, so the book pretty much pays for itself. I followed the sponge cake recipe for an 8" square tin and it was by far the best cake I have ever made, will definately only be using the recipes in this book in future would highly recommend.

I absolutely loved this book. It features elegant simple designs and, for each design there's a matching cupcake or an inspired twist on the original design, and even mini cakes. Whether you're an experienced cake designer or just starting out I believe this book is a great purchase because the designs are classic and beautiful (they certainly won't go out of style and everyone can use a little inspiration), and because it has step-by-step instructions for every design (it explains some techniques used in cake decorating and these are always illustrated).The book is very well organised, the designs are divided into "pastels", "whites" and "brights". There's a chapter on "how to use this book", "techniques" and it even comes with templates so that you can make your own designs! All throughout the book there are extra tips and the recipes chapter is just the best, it features four recipes and I must say that May's chocolate fudge cake is the most wonderful chocolate cake I've ever made (and tasted!). Again, this recipes chapter is incredibly well organised and each recipe has different quantities depending on the size of the cake.Overal this is a pretty straight forward book, with a clean look and lovely designs (the photography alone is beautiful). It most certainly serves it's purpose and more, I recommend it to absolutely everyone!

I really like this book. It has lots of detailed instructions for all the necessary techniques like how to make sure the cake is level and how to apply the icing, and charts for quantities of ingredients needed and numbers of servings per cake, as well as some very pretty and original design ideas. I was tempted into buying a second book by this same writer (Cakes for Romantic Occasions) but was a little disappointed with it as all of the basic technique section repeats what was already published here - I have returned that one and kept this one.