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| Sweet Celebrations: The Art of Decorating Beautiful Cakes | 
 enlarge | Author: Sylvia Weinstock
Creator: Kate Manchester
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $37.00
Buy New: $11.50
You Save: $25.50 (69%)
New (36) Used (27) Collectible (1) from $8.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 197189
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 9.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0684846756
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8653
EAN: 9780684846750
ASIN: 0684846756
Publication Date: October 13, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: brand new, thanks.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not impressed September 13, 2007
I bought this book because I wanted scrumptious cake recipes and in my opinion the food network has better tasting and less tedious cakes. The chocolate cake in my opinion was too blan not rich and decadant as expected and the buttercream frosting was good but I've had others that were just as good and didn't require as much work with the egg whites.
 Outstanding June 8, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Upscale - Gives great ideas for cake suggestions. This book will be a great working tool and assist me in my every day work as Sr. Mgr., Meetings and Special Events, specializing in Weddings, in a 5 star 5 diamond property.
...still glad I have it May 21, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Most of the comments are true...the author is keeping most of her secrets and does not give intructions for most of the cakes pictured. I like the book anyway because the cakes are beautiful, I admire Sylvia Weinstock as a cake decorator. Oh, before I forget...the hazelnut cake recipe is worth the price of the book, it have a very sophisticated flavor and the fillings and buttercream recipes are well detailed and delicious!!!!
Sweet Celebrations May 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I Love this book. I purchased this book along with 4 other cake books;
this is the best book by far.
I recommend this book to everyone... I found the only recipe I'll ever need inside this book for Yellow Cake, White Cake, and the best frosting recipe's ever!!!
 Some pretty photos, poor instruction, disappointing recipes December 26, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a cake decorator of moderate experience - buttercream, fondant, some gumpaste - I have to say this book is not at all helpful. Instruction is either absolutely basic or so poorly illustrated you can't figure it out. All four recipes I tried were failures, though I am a baker of some experience. Dry cakes without flavor, and fillings so rich they were unpalatable. Any of Colette Peters' books are far better for decorating ideas and recipes, and Scott Clark Wooley's "Cakes by Design" has far superior instructions for gumpaste flowers.
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