Colette's Cakes : the art of cake decorating / Colette Peters.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Peters, Colette.

Contributor:

• Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)
• Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cake decorating.

Penn Provenance:

• Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

ix, [1], 163, [3] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Edition:

First Edition

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1991.

Contents:

• Part I. Getting Started. 1. Tools of the trade; 2. Recipes; 3. Basic decorating techniques; 4. Royal icing decorations; 5. Gum paste decorations; 6. Constructing your cake
• Part II. Beginner Cakes. Scallop shell cake; Joanne's birthday cake; Dessert cactus cake; Christmas wreath; Fish cake; Halloween witch's hat; Popcorn bowl; Father's day sweater; Peach chapeau; Peach purse cake; Fabergé jewelry box; Indian beaded cake
• Part III. Intermediate Cakes. The baby's bib; Irish lace; Chinese dragon; Spring bouquet; Blue Hawaii; Holly cake; Christmas tree centerpiece; New Year's Eve cake; Black and white cake
• Part IV. Advanced Cakes. Easy chair; Sweet heart; Chocolate teddy bear; 4th of July cake mobile; Multicolored bow cake; Golden jubilee; Autumn leaves cascade; Chintz cake; Precious wedding gifts; Lilac garden cake; Gothic cathedral; The lace cake; Antique wedding cake.

Notes:

• Photographs by Deborah Klesenski and Bob Ward, with additional photographs by Lynne Reynolds. Illustrated by Colette Peters and Anne Russinof.
• Includes bibliographical references (page 159) and index.

Local Notes:

• Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
• Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
• Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

• 0316702056 (cloth) :
• 9780316702058

OCLC:

22860626

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