Posts Tagged ‘marzipan’
Cake Decorating Sugar Craft
Posted by Sweetthea
‘Sugar Craft’ is one of 3 books about cake decoration written by these two authors; the others are ‘Cake Decorating’ and ‘101 Cake Decorating Ideas’. As you can probably guess by those titles, these books are relatively basic in tone and content, and are written with the beginner or mid-level baker in mind.
That said, there [...]
Modelling with Marzipan
Posted by Sweetthea
This is a nice little how-to book for making marzipan figures, with illustrated step-by-step instructions.
Amazon dates it as a 1950 printing; I think it is a bit later but the frontispiece doesn’t say.
All of the work illustrated has a vintage cartoon feel, making these light-hearted, happy little works.
Each component is listed, and assembly is simple [...]
Emily & John’s Hart House Wedding (photos by Barbara Casey)
Posted by Sweetthea
Barbara Casey from “I Do!” Wedding Photography sent us these photos from the wedding of Emily Scott and John Peterson, last summer. The cake is black and white with fresh raspberries, and two layers of marzipan cake. Marzipan and chocolate icing. Yum!
4 Tarts and a Mousse Cake
Posted by Thea Wilgress
Today I created 5 desserts for the Club’s regular dessert tray – this is how they looked in the kitchen, before they were plated. This is my first try at photoing pastries in a commercial kitchen under bad lighting – sorry about the quality, I am sure a little practice will improve my photos!
MAPLE [...]
Marzipan: Figures, Gateaux, Decorations
Posted by Sweetthea
‘Use Results of this Book to Enliven Your Shop Windows and Increase Your Sales’ ends the preface to this very dated book, printed in English, French and German.
There is still lots of valuable information in this, a gift from my mentor George Wagner, which I haven’t really used yet.
One day I am sure I will [...]
Emily Scott marries John Peterson
Posted by SweettheaLocation: The Hart House, Burnaby (where is that?)
guests: 55
photographer: Barbara Casey, “I Do!” Wedding Photography
Black and white with fresh raspberries, and two layers of marzipan cake. Marzipan and chocolate icing.
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