Posts Tagged ‘sugar’
The Ultimate Candy Book
Posted by Sweetthea
When you see ‘Ultimate’ in the title, you can usually infer is American, and probably part of a series. Yep, at the bottom of this cover it says that Weinstein is also the author of ‘The Ultimate Ice Cream Book’ and ‘The Ultimate Party Drink Book’.
I am trying to think of a nice way to [...]
Finishing Touches: The Art of Cake Decorating
Posted by Sweetthea
Not just limiting itself to cake decoration, ‘Finishing Touches’ also delves into marzipan, working with chocolate, using figurines and other such embellishments. It has some great pictures, some stencils and recipes, and gives instructions without really discussing overall technique. In other words, it describes how to do things, without telling you why you want to [...]
Molasses Ginger Cake with Caramelized Apple
Posted by Sweetthea
Molasses ginger cake with warm pineapple sage caramelized apples, Late Harvest Riesling and lemon thyme sabayon, toasted pumpkin seed crème anglais, and a sugar twist.
Served at Sooke Harbour house Friday September 26 2003.
Sugar Flowers (The Art Of Sugarcraft)
Posted by Sweetthea
This slim volume by Nicholas Lodge was loaned to me quite a while ago; at the time I wasn’t impressed, its 70’s appearance fuelling my judgement that it was passe, outdated techniques by old-fashioned pastry artists.
It is easy to be dismissive of things when you don’t understand them, I guess; now -as I get more [...]
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 [...]
Sugar Pulling and Sugar Blowing by Ewald Notter
Posted by Sweetthea
Any book by Ewald Notter, Swiss Master Confectioner, is the top of the craft – he is one of the world’s greatest sugar artists, with awe-inspiring technique and imagination.
This was a gift from my mentor, George Wagner, who taught me some of these techniques using poured sugar. Written in German, English, and French, the book [...]
Cakewalk: Adventures In Sugar With Margaret Braun
Posted by Sweetthea
The minute I opened this book, I felt a great affinity for Margaret Braun. It is like we have the same kind of brain, our relationship with the cakes we create is artistic, personal; it is amazing that we sometimes get paid for what we love to do!
A Step-By-step Guide to Cake Decorating for Australia
Posted by Sweetthea
This book could be subtitled ‘Cake Decoration 101′, as it takes a very straightforward approach to teaching the basics of cake decorating. As such, it seems fairly well laid out, with precise instructions and detailed illustrations, covering all the fundamentals and some more-advanced techniques. It’s Australian pedigree only shows in some of the design elements; [...]
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