The Gilded Cake: The Golden Rules of Cake Decorating for Metallic Cakes

A beautiful book with wonderful illustrations and instructions of many gilding techniques.

Lovely techniques in this book. I will be implementing these into my cake designs!!

Todo es hermoso. Muchas técnicas para aprender.

Excelente libro

Loved the cake designs, she is a fabuluos and meticuluos cake artist.

When I selected "The Gilded Cake: The Golden Rules of Cake Decorating for Metallic Cakes" by Faye Cahill, I was hoping to find some recommendations on how to 'upcycle' my basic level baking. But when I received it and started flipping through the pages, I immediately thought, "Whoa, this gilded cake is serious business." I mean that in half-jest but honestly, this book was intimidating. That said, I have a friend who lit up when I showed her the book so we tackled a couple of the projects listed. There are a lot of materials listed so I think getting through 2 projects was pretty good. The directions are good and I appreciated the first few chapters that cover some of the applications. Still, the list of materials was intimidating to me so my friend suggested staying with the one layer projects. I liked that there was those options. I learned how to make meringue 'kisses' and that was fun. My friend had a blast but I was sweating it. She knew how to scale back and honestly, I think that brings me back to a previous point. As pretty as the pictures were, this book is a true craft book. It is meant for people who love this craft. Again, I was half-jesting that this book is 'serious business' but I'm also half-not-jesting because it is a craft. A beautiful craft too. So while for me, I think this book is way over my head and skill set; for my friend, who loves making beautiful cakes and actually is a good baker, this would be a book that is more appropriate. She loved it and more importantly, it is useful to her.

Love it!

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