Cake Decorating Product Reviews

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This book is my day by day Cake decorating book! Any doubt that I have I can find the answer inside. I totally recommend....

To be fair, I am not the target audience for this book, ie. a cake pro. I am an experienced home cake baker and avid reader of cookbooks on baking and decorating. I give this book a two star rating for originality and lots of pictures. Unfortunately, to me the visual style of these cakes is just off-putting in its (very American) garishness. They do not look like something one would wish to eat, in fact to me they are mostly amazing, can't-believe-this-is-a-cake eyesores. I'm sure they do impress a lot of people though which would make them ideal for corporate events, tacky weddings and such. This is not a fair review to be sure - I'm sure that people who would want a cake that looks just like the (hideous) thing on the cover will be pleased. However, the book won't tell them - or anyone else - HOW to make such a cake. It seems that the whole idea behind the book is to promote this "author's" cake-making business.

This book is amazing! So many great ideas. I love the included recipes. I highly recommend this book.

This book is absolutely amazing... the pictures, descriptions, recipes... everything about it is great! So nice to read (and see) Highly recommended! Kudos to Colette Peters :)

Collete's instructions are very thorough. I followed her directions and I was very satisfied with my cakes. Beautiful pictures, too. Just a word of warning - these cakes are advanced and they take a while to construct. Also, she uses a lot of airbrushing, for which you need special equipment.