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| Glamour Cakes | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Lanlard
Creator: Albert Roux
Publisher: Hamlyn
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 177174
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.9 x 1
ISBN: 0600617149
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780600617143
ASIN: 0600617149
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
Add glamour to any occasion with this stunning collection from the cake designer to the stars. Patissier Eric Lanlard, whose clientele includes Madonna, Elton John, Liz Hurley, and the Beckhams, presents 25 amazing cakes, all with top tips to help home bakers produce spectacular effects on the palate and the eye. Each of Lanlard’s masterpieces comes illustrated with step-by-step photography of the cake’s assembly and decoration, plus a full-page photo of the finished creation. These showstoppers range from a towering croquembouche to a glittering symphony of butterflies, a magnificent hand-painted Toile de Jouy wedding cake to a delicious 1920’s-inspired American retro cake. Smaller, but equally delicious, treats include Marie Antoinette Macaroons. A comprehensive introductory section covers the basics, so anyone can make cakes that look beautiful and taste wonderful.
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Glamour Cakes October 17, 2008
This book has great step by step photos and directions for all the cakes featured. Some of the cakes are a bit ambitious but that is why you buy instructional books, to increase your knowledge and to push you to try new things.
 gorgeous book August 7, 2008
This book is the perfect gift or coffee table book...I can not stop reading it and the recipes are unique and different. Not to mention that Eric Lanlard has to be the most handsome pastry genius going today. BUY THIS BOOK.
Very inspirational! August 5, 2008
I was looking for some ideas for my mother's birthday cake when I came across this book. Having not attended any celebrity birthdays, I was unaware of how ornamental cakes had become. While most of the techniques appear intimidating at first, the step by step instructions are very helpful. I believe that with some basic background and a lot of patience, most people should be able to create the cakes in the book. The photographs of the various cakes have opened my eyes to what is possible in the way of cake decorating. I look forward to my first attempt next week.
Lanlard Delights the Tastebuds and the Eyes! August 4, 2008
I must say I disagree with the last review about "imperfect" and "not creative" I find it to be not accurate on many levels.
On my last visit to London, I stopped by the shop of Eric Lanlard, and was thrilled to taste some of his fabulous delectable cakes! Not only is he one of the most talented in today's scene, he is a pleasure in an industry where so often the ego precedes the talent. With that being said, I was thrilled to see a book by such an amazing patissiere and now I too am able to create my own innovative "Lanlard Inspired" delights for my friends and family!! I found difficult techniques easy to follow here also!
I've even started doing some baking for caterers now, which has enhanced my income, during a difficult time in our economy! If he good enough for Madonna, he's good enough for me. Thank you for a book I don't want on the shelf. It's even "perfect" enough to keep out, so I bought 2! (One is for the coffee table)
Cheers Eric! Simply Gorgeous!!!
 Pretty cakes, but not the best choice for inspiration July 21, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Glamour Cakes, although full of "pretty" cakes, doesn't offer any new inspiration. The techniques used by this cake designer are the same as those currently being employed by many of the top designers in the industry. I was disappointed at the lack of innovation. I would still be pleased to have this book on my shelf, except that many of the "details" on the photographed cakes were not executed as cleanly/perfectly as they should have been. I found these imperfections to be very distracting.
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