When it comes to wedding cakes, everyone wants roses. In this fabulous new book, the art of floral sugarcraft is revealed by authors with experience in these unique techniques, showing readers virtually every kind of rose decoration that can be applied to a cake, as well as sugar roses in bouquets, sprays, posies, and for table arrangements. Sugar Roses for Cakes includes templates and features collections of all different kinds of roses: wild, climber, rambling, traditional varieties and the various modern roses, from full blown modern blooms to delicate, five-petal wild roses. With nearly 200 full-color photographs, this books offers a wide array of designs and cakes, including cakes for occasions other than weddings. The perfect book for brides and wedding planners, Sugar Roses for Cakes picks up on the latest trends in flower arranging to reveal many innovative ways to display sugar roses.
Some Experience Required This is an absolutely gorgeous book. There are a variety of roses arranged creatively on elegant, simple cakes which serve as props for showcasing the flowers. The focus here are not the cakes, therefore it is assumed that you have already prepared your cake to your liking. The authors strive to teach the art of making a perfect rose. Being an absolute beginner at sugar paste, I can tell you I am not ready for this book yet since I lack the basic sugarcrafting knowledge. So if you are looking for a very basic, beginner's book, this is not it, but this is a book to "grow" into.
The only book you'll need to make sugar roses! I'm a great Alan Dunn and Tombi Peck fan, as their books never disappoint. Not only are they great demonstrators, their books (this one is no exception) provide superb step by step instructions with great illustrations. Whether I'm looking for inspiration on design, or how-to instructions, I turn to one of two authors - Alan Dunn is one of them. I like the way he structures his books logically. This one covers the subject of roses, and it's the logical place to look if you want to know how to construct just about any variety you can think of!
book Fantastic, well explained and easy even without reading can be seen even in the picture, then the flowers seem more real and true than really true
Sugar Roses book The step-by-step photos and instructions are clear and the roses are true to nature (which is not always the case with sugar flowers). It includes instructions for several nice filler flowers, flower parts and leaves. The finished cakes are elegantly decorated, well photographed and inspiring. The book is directed to more advanced sugar artists, and definitely raises the bar. I consider this book to be a valuable tool and have used it often in the short time I've had it.
rose lover's dream This volume deals with just about every rose ever grown as well as other flowers to accompany them in arrangements and on cakes. I like the step-by-step color photos. There's a cake on page 70 that stopped me dead. I always look for the show stopper cakes and this is one of them. Templates are inclueded.
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