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Book & Tutorial Reviews

Cakemoji

Jenni Powell

£10

Quadrille

‘As well as speaking emoji, let’s start eating

emoji too’ is a brilliant line from Jenni’s book,

Cakemoji. Inside is a collection of over 30

original cake, cupcake and cookie designs

based on the most iconic emojis – fun, novel

ideas that make great celebration cakes for

the modern day. Filled with basic recipes and

techniques, the book guides you through the

steps of each project with clear instructions

and images. There’s even difficulty ratings to

help decide which cakes to try. So whether

you’d like to share a Smiley Face Cake or some

Poop Cupcakes, your cakes will speak the

universal language of emoji!

Twist

Martha Collison

£16.99

HarperCollins

Martha amazed the judges and viewers alike

as the youngest ever contestant in the 2014

series of The Great British Bake Off. Her first

book is all about adding ‘twists’ to reliable

recipes to create some exciting, contemporary

bakes that everyone will love. Martha shows

you how to transform her Never-Fail Vanilla

Cupcakes into Lemon Cheesecake Cupcakes,

and her Pink Grapefruit Drizzle Cake is a

twist on the usual lemon. Her fresh ideas are

complemented with cute illustrations and

tempting photography. Divided into types of

bakes, from cakes to pastry, this book is full of

inventive creations.

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100 Desserts to Die For

Trish Deseine

£18.99

Murdoch Books

100 Desserts to Die For has a decadent recipe

for every occasion. Trish Deseine is the author

of 15 cookbooks in English and French, having

been born in Northern Ireland, moving to

Paris after university and now living in the

South of France. Well versed in recipe writing

as cookery writer for French Elle, you are in

great hands with this book from Trish. She

has packed each recipe with tips, shortcuts

and good advice. Recipes include classics,

such as Crème Caramel, Pavlova and Tarte au

Citron, and new ideas, for example, Guinness

Brownies and Popcorn Ice Cream with

Smoked Chocolate Sauce – delicious!

Sugar Cymbidium Orchid Tutorial

Robert Haynes, Sugar Flower Studio

£14.95

Sugarflowerstudio.co.uk/tutorials

Learn from a master with this step-by-step video tutorial on how

to recreate these incredibly realistic and vibrant red cymbidium

orchids. It is a fantastic showy flower that would look stunning

on its own in a vase or as part of an arrangement on a cake.

Aimed at intermediate/advanced students, but as it’s a video,

even a beginner could follow the steps at their own pace. Robert’s

thorough and clear instructions make it easy to create each part of

this delicate flower, from shaping, veining and colouring the petals

to taping them together in an arrangement.

Rose Gold Cake Design Tutorial

Tanya Halas, Cake Heart

$10

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cupcakes

In this comprehensive PDF

tutorial, Tanya takes you through

all the steps of how to make this

elegant cake. The key techniques

shown cover creating and painting

an elegant diamond pattern for

the side of your cake in a warm

rose gold colour, the wafer texture

tier, and a stylised peony flower

and complementary foliage. With

good images, detailed instructions

and a clear layout, this tutorial

is really easy to follow. Tanya

gives lots of expert advice as she

guides you through the different

methods, and demonstrates lots of

skills that would be transferrable

to cake creations of your own

design.