The Contemporary Buttercream Bible: The Complete Practical Guide to Cake Decorating with Buttercream Icing

I love buttercream frosting and looked at a lot of cake decorating books in the library to see which one I wanted to buy for home use. This is by far the most helpful. The recipes are easy to follow and include mixing techniques, how much to make for different cakes, and how to make different flavors and colors. The decorating instructions include lots of pictures, with specific instructions on how to use icing tips, spatulas, stencils, and other tools and techniques to make all kinds of patterns and flowers. A terrific reference cookbook, I will use it a lot.

I teach Baking and Pastry at a Vocational Technical high school, and I would absolutely love to have this as a deco textbook. I bought this because I wanted some professional development and not only have I been able to use it to great success, but my students LOVE it. Visually stunning, technically detailed and easy to follow through basic to advanced technique. This is the instructional text on buttercream you've been looking for, whether you're a home baker or professional looking to up your game!

I almost didn't purchase this book because one of the reviews was so bad...I'm glad I did...contrary to the comment by a reviewer that the cakes were ugly, I am inspired by the ideas and would say that overall i loved the cake designs...more importantly the instructions and explanations of the techniques are excellent. I would encourage anyone considering the purchase of this book to look at the award winning cakes the authors have produced, on their website, queen of hearts couture cakes... that should help u decide to buy this book. The techniques use very basic tools and ingredients, and with practice, can be mastered. I can't wait to get started. The only reason I gave 4 stars was because there were mistakes in the piping tips...the petal and leaf tips do not correlate with the demonstrated items in the chart.

This is a great book, for beginner or any level. It has a great deal of pictures, as someone who needs video or pics to understand completely. I'm an intermediate and learned quite a bit. Can't wait to give some of these a try. It does have recipes and tips as well. Any decorator should have this on hand to at least give some inspiration.

I LOVE this book. Not only does it have beautiful techniques in it ,it's very inspiring to know that these ladies started from a tiny apartment to world renown cake decorators. I recommend this book to anyone who loves to decorate cakes. I'm just a hobby baker, I do cakes here and there for friends and I honestly can't wait to try out some of these techniques. I love buttercream and it's nice to see that there is so much more you can do with it than you think. I would have gladly paid $30 for this book

I do not like the taste of fondant at all. Fondant seems to be all that anyone uses anymore. I used to decorate cakes when my kids were small. Then do to lack of time and an elbow injury I stopped. Recently I have been taking a go at it again. I have forgotten so much and am so out of practice I was looking for something fun to help get back into it. These ladies are so very talented and are true cake decorators. No rice crispies, no molded chocolate, no fondant All buttercream and cake. Beautiful and delicious. I have only tried a few things and their directions are very easy to follow. There a many little tricks of the trade. I am very impressed, and that is not easy to do. I would recommend this bible for all levels of cake decorators.

After reading this book and studying her pictures I am disappointed in general. The basic buttercream and frosting techniques are good and easy to follow but the actual decorating is okay if you have had some experience. They show several basic tips and then tries to show a step by step in using it for the flower. I don't think there are enough photos for step by step. I don't know how she is going from a practice board to the cake. I see in one photo some scissors used to lift a flower on to the cake. She shows the decorating of the cake while on the final plate but not the turn table she has in the list of tools.I don't see instructions for moving the cake. There are instructions for blending colors, making dark colors, using the pallet knife as a decorating tool.transfers and painting on the cakes. I think I need something more basic and this might be too basic for those with more experience. I don't feel that I know much more about decorating that my old Wilton yearbook. As for the cakes, I don't find any of them inspirational except the cover. The colors used for most of the cakes are harsh.

I have taken their Crafty class and i was mainly trying to have pics of their cakes, however i was pleaseantly surprised by the specific tips you learn! They give you tips about how to properly do your basic buttercream, i loved the chapter about frozen buttercream transfers i have used this technique before and was very happy to see it here, that cake is gorgeous, I have taken classes to do flowers with Miso Bakes these flowers are less defined than Miso's but I still would take notes on their techniques, they also talk about rice paper, so in general they cover multiple topics, I think this is a very good book for an advanced baker and even a very ambitious new baker. This book is gorgeous and very informative

Haven’t used book as of yet, what I was wanting it for, didn’t eventuate as person changed their mind in what they wanted. One day though, it’s well laid out with clear instructions.

Es poco novedoso y algunas de las técnicas se pueden mejorar. No lo recomiendo en absoluto, hay otros mucho mejores

This book is good for beginners

Un très beau livre qui vous permet de devenir des virtuoses de la décoration avec de la crème au beurre. Dommage qu'il existe qu'en anglais. Mais il vous faut beaucoup d'exercices quand même, avant d'atteindre le niveau présenté dedans.

I love this book, and already had another one by the same authors. It absolutely will inspire you to have a go at making those beautiful buttercream flowers. Very good photography, and very clear directions. I haven't had time to actually have a go, but have put time aside to do that. I think it absolutely would be a case of patience and practice makes perfect. It is a gorgeous book and I am thrilled with it,