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Title: Some pretty photos, poor instruction, disappointing recipes
Review: 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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