Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2014 | Page 168

What's on z ACDN Bookshelf Written by Marianna Saran For The Love Of Cake By Louise Vansleve & Adam Cremona If you’re tired of making the same boring old cake flavours, then boy do we have the book for you! “For The Love Of Cake” is an eBook that has been put together by the team from Learn Cake Decorating Online, and it’s full of sweet morsels that are bound to get your tastebuds tingling. You will find and array of different cakes including flavours from around the world, mud cakes and decedent dessert cakes. There are recipes for divine jams, jellies and syrups- perfect to flavour cakes or to use in your fillings. For The Love Of Cake even has recipes for an array of different buttercreams, ganaches and toppings. If you need a pick me up while waiting for your cakes to bake, Louise and Adam have you covered with a few of their favourite cocktails. The ACDN team loves this book, and if you have wanted to venture out of your comfort zone to try new fancy cake, filling and topping flavours that are guaranteed to satisfy- this is for you too. You can pick up a copy here: http://bit.ly/lcdo2014 Sweet & Unique Cupcake Toppers: Over 80 Creative Fondant Tutorials, Tips, and Tricks (Paperback) By Lynlee North Beckett Cupcakes are becoming an increasingly popular choice with customers for their special event, and let’s face it the good old swirl of icing and sprinkles just doesn’t cut it anymore. People want to wow their guests with amazing cupcakes… but coming up with ideas on how to decorate them can be tricky. Sweet & Unique Cupcake Toppers has more than 80 cupcake projects and for just about every theme you can imagine! There are construction cupcakes, sporting cupcakes, cupcakes to celebrate the sand and the sun, cupcakes to celebrate music and cupcakes to celebrate love bugs! The list doesn’t end there but we simply can’t list them all. What our team loves most about this book is that all the projects have detailed instructions and step by step photos. We also loved that the majority of the projects don’t require fancy tools, they are just tools you’re likely to have at home already. The ACDN believes this book would be perfect for any cake decorator’s book shelf. You can pick up a copy here; www.amazon.com/Sweet-Unique-Cupcake-Toppers-Tutorials/dp/1462113664/ ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=140 3639499&sr=1-1&keywords=sweet+and +unique+cupcake+toppers+over+80+c reative+fondant+tutorials+tips+and+tric ks Contemporary Cake Designs: Book One By Jackie Thompson Jackie Thompson of Contemporary Cake Designs has been teaching cake decorating for many years and now she has compiled her knowledge to bring us Contemporary Cake Designs: Book One. This book focuses on the basics of cake decorating, so if you want to know the ins and outs, this book will teach you everything you need to know. Throughout Contemporary Cake Designs Jackie shares an array of fabulous tips and tricks and demonstrates with in-depth detail and step by step photos, how to recreate some of her stunning projects such as her Sand Castle Cake and Feather Cake. This book would be a fabulous investment if you want to get a good grounding in the basics of cake decorating. You can pick up a copy here; www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Cake-Designs-