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| Sylvia Weinstock's Sensational Cakes | 
 enlarge | Author: Sylvia Weinstock
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
Buy New: $22.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 1584797185
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.86
EAN: 9781584797180
Publication Date: November 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New. 100% money back guarantee. All books shipped from Strand Bookstore, New York City, USA.
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Product Description
Sylvia Weinstock makes cakes that astonish the palate, dazzle the eye, and reward the spirit. Her spellbinding cakes have graced the tables—and grabbed the attention—at society weddings, celebrity birthday parties, and inaugural balls. Whether it’s a tower of white roses whose thousands of blossoms have all been painstakingly hand-crafted or an entirely faithful—and entirely edible—facsimile of a treasured heirloom tea set, every Weinstock cake is a work of art. “Never say never” is Weinstock’s response when clients dare her to achieve the impossible: an array of miniature cakes shaped and decorated like Faberge eggs; cakes that look like cars, cravats, and circus clowns; or a menagerie of fantastic creatures (bunnies, bugs, tigers, terriers, and even an armadillo), all concocted from butter, flour, and sugar. In Sylvia Weinstock’s Sensational Cakes, America’s most famous cake designer gives you an insider’s tour of her world: the fabulous fetes where her cakes set the scene and the artisanal workshop where she and her assistants bake and embellish the confectionary masterpieces that have made her signature—including her trademark eyeglass logo—so sought after. Best of all, she reveals some of her secrets: recipes for cakes, frostings, and fillings that will make your own guests stand up and applaud.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
Quite Disappointing November 23, 2008
This is a gorgeous book, however I was expecting MUCH more instruction like her first book. It does come with a few recipes, but again, if you have her first book, you've probably got all of these recipes already. Gorgeous pictures and photography, but disappointing otherwise.
 Superb photography but zero substance............ November 17, 2008
I'll keep it short and to the point. This is a large and lovely book of superb cake photography but little else. If you are searching for instruction and/or education in the field of cake baking, look elsewhere.
As with her other cake book, it is a testimony for herself at how good she is at her craft. For the type of beautiful cake work that she and her staff create time after time, she most surely deserves some credit. The book has lavish photography with clear visual detail of many of her spectacular cakes, along with accompanying stories. But at the end of the book, she gives a beggars handful of cake batters; there was no point to this decision because it is obvious throughout this project, that there would be no cake instruction given. It would have served her well to have just left it as self-serving project.
I would recommend this book for the visual effects of her cakes only. But for learning how to make these cakes, there are other industry masters who take great joy in imparting their knowledge and sharing it with you.
Not really for cake decorators November 16, 2008
This is a beautiful book! Beautiful pictures, beautiful flowers, beautiful cakes, BUT it doesn't show you how to decorate the cakes shown, that's why I gave it a 2 star rating. Her first book is better with lots of details.
 Sylvia Weinstock's New Cake Book October 31, 2008
This book is great; it has great pictures and great recipes. This is the second book I've purchased by Sylvia W. The first book has more decorating ideas and how to steps. The new book has updated recipes from the first book. I've use the butter cake recipe since I've purchased the first book 2 years ago, it really is the only cake recipe you'll ever need (as stated in the book). I recommend this book, it has more ideas for sugar flowers, etc. not quite as many how to steps.
Thanks
J. Pratt
Sylvia Weinstock's Sensational Cakes October 15, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I also pre-ordered this book. I was really looking forward for it to arrive. However, I got disappointed when it arrived. I was expecting much more from it. There is not doubt that the book has beautiful pictures and it is well edited but there are no instructions or explanations.It is not a hands-on book or how to do it reference. The book is just a book with nice pictures.
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