Wedding Cake Art and Design: A Professional Approach

291 Pages·2010·15.12 MB·English

by  Toba M. Garrett

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wedding cake
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wedding cake
art and design
A PROFESSIONAL APPROACH
Toba Garrett
Photography by Lucy Schaeffer
Illustrations by Christine Mathews
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Garrett, Toba.
Wedding cake art and design : a professional approach / Toba Garrett.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-470-38133-5 (cloth)
1. Cake decorating. 2. Wedding cakes. I. Title.
TX771.2.G3634 2010
641.8’6539--dc22
2009052124
Printed in China
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contents
CHAPTER ONE
designing the cake
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CHAPTER TWO
creative designs
15
CHAPTER THREE
romantic designs
35
CHAPTER FOUR
textured designs
59
CHAPTER FIVE
modern designs
79
CHAPTER SIX
wedgwood-inspired designs
91
CHAPTER SEVEN
chocolate designs
111
CHAPTER EIGHT
seasonal designs
121
CHAPTER NINE
fashion-inspired designs
139
CHAPTER TEN
fl oral designs
153
CHAPTER ELEVEN
textile-inspired designs
171
CHAPTER TWELVE
setting up a cake design business
183
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
recipes and fl avor combinations
193
APPENDIX
templates and cake-cutting guides
239
for Chicquetta and Estelle
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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
Without the generous help and support of the following people, this book could not have
been written. I owe them all a great deal of thanks and sincere gratitude. They are: Christine
McKnight, Jorge Amaral, Jacqueline Beach, Michael Olivo, and Jeff Faust of John Wiley & Sons,
copyeditor Chris Benton, and Alison Lew and Gary Philo of Vertigo Design. I also want to thank
Rachel Livsey, who was my fi rst editor and who greatly guided the inception of this book.
I would also like to thank Lucy Schaeffer, my photographer, Christine Mathews, my illustrator,
Shane Walsh, Lucy’s assistant, Scott Horne, prop stylist, and Ashley Norton, his assistant. I would
also like to thank the reviewers of this book, Vincent Donatelli and Condra Easley.
Special thanks for the support from my husband and partner, James Garrett and all my
family members who have shaped and guided me throughout the many years. To our beloved
son Phoenix, we love and miss you. To my beloved sister Chicquetta and Aunt Estelle – you
will always be in my heart. To my brother Kartrell, his wife Tess, my niece Kathleen, my sister
Valerie, and my beloved parents – you are my source of inspiration.
And last, but not least, I would like to thank my good friend and agent Wendy Lipkind.