My favorite thing about this book was I learned how to make fondant. If you ever watch the show, “Cake Boss” fondant is that first thick icing like covering that goes on top of the cake to give the decorater a smooth surface to work on. No bumpy little crumbs sticking up but a flawless flat surface upon which to build your design. Also, I think it is funny that the author was originally a successful DENTIST but loved to bake so much she decided to make her real passion, baking, her career. I just keep getting that mental picture of her in a white dentist coat and her patient digging into a plateful of fantasy goodness of cake with shards of sugar on top from the cover of her book. It looks so sweet it almost makes my teeth hurt thinking about it. She does do a great job of walking you through step by step with photos and easy to understand instructions. Some of her ingredients are new to me. Edible glue? Edible metallic paint? Guess you find those at a shop that sells cake making supplies or perhaps a gourmet grocer. She has some really cute designs and they are inspiring for us would be bakers to come up with our own twists on the stories. Her creations would make a Disney princess go, “Wow!” Loved the book, better still love that she makes such ornate looking designs doable in plain English. She even offers 3 projects per fairytale. Sort of for the novice, the baker and the overachiever. A good book. If you are looking for great ideas to bring stories to life or celebrate this is a good place to start. It’s like taking a cake baking class and the intricate icing designs she teaches you how to make you will amaze your family and friends with.
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