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Cakes and Bakes – Delicious and Easy Cake Recipes

“Cakes and Bakes” is another delicious cake recipe book published by foodlovers.  With over 44 cake recipes to choose from, this recipe book is perfect for every kitchen.

Each recipe includes simple to follow instructions and beautiful coloured pictures to show you what your end product should look like.

The cake recipes in this book include:

Chocolate Plum Cake

Blackberry Slices

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Spiced Raisin Cake

Millionaires Shortbread

Blackberry and Banana Tea Loaf

Blueberry Muffins

Apple Crumble Cake

Cherry Cake and Almond Crumble

Orange Almond Cake

The Mississippi Mud Cake

Orange Poppy Seed Cake

Blackberry Slice

and delicious Banana Cake plus plenty of other favourites.

All of the recipes are given in standard imperial measures followed by the metric equivalent to make it easy to convert.

This book has 94 pages and is soft covered.  Measurements are 215mm x 270mm.

You can purchase this book from Cake Decorating Books and Bits for only $12.95

Jackie


Sugar Flowers Made From Sugarpaste

If you are looking to make sugar flowers yourself, you can’t go past Lisa Slatters’ Sugar Flowers, 20 to Make Book. This little book has 20 different edible flowers to make and has beautiful How to Make Sugar Flowerscoloured pictures which make the instructions really easy to understand and are designed for the beginner in mind.

The sugar flowers included in this book are: Gladioli, Spring Blossom, Viola, Daisy, Hydrangea, Gerbera, Open Rose, Daffodil, Fantasy Floral Cupcake, Blossoms and Buds, Lily of the Valley, Fantasy Flowers, Rose and Ivy Leaves, Freesia, Mini Orchid, Carnation, Rose, Orchid,Lily and Butterflies. This covers most flower shapes and I am sure you should find a sugar flower suitable for your project.

Cake Decorating Supplies Needed To Create Sugar Flowers

There are a few cake decorating supplies needed to make your sugar flowers easily. They are all listed in the book in detail. It goes through what each piece of equipment is used for and gives you an overview of the easy way to do things. The supplies needed are readily available at cake decorating stores online or in your local town.

Sugar flowers on a wedding cakeThe uses for edible sugar flowers are endless. They are very popular on wedding cakes as well as anniversary cakes, birthday cakes, christening cakes or any type of cake you want to add a special touch to.

Sugar flowers do take a little time to create but they are able to be kept as a keepsake and are definitely worth the effort as the results can be magnificent. Have some fun with them and give it a go.

Good Luck

Jackie

 

 

 

 

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