Wedding Cakes You Can Make or Justin Wilson Looking Back

Wedding Cakes You Can Make: Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake

Author: Dede Wilson

Make the cake?

Yes, you can.

If you love to bake and are willing to plan ahead, you can make a spectacular wedding cake—and you don't have to be a pastry chef to do it! Let prominent wedding cake expert Dede Wilson guide you through every layer of the process—from choosing among flavors and styles to baking, assembling, and decorating your way to a beautiful and delicious cake. This accessible cookbook not only gets you ready for the big event, it helps you lend a truly personal touch to the celebration.

"If you want to make your own wedding cake, Dede Wilson is the perfect guide. She helps you bake with confidence every step of the way to a delicious personalized result."

—Donna Ferrari, BRIDE'S magazine

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	vi
	Preface	vii
	Everything You Need to Know About Making a Wedding Cake	1
	Dreaming and Planning Your Cake	2
	Baking, Frosting, Assembling, and Decorating Your Cake	20
	Get It There on Time and Intact: Storing and Transporting Your Cake-Safely!	51
	Add a Little Pizzazz! Presenting Your Cake	54
	The Essential Recipes	59
	Essential Cakes	60
	Essential Moistening Syrup	68
	Essential Buttercream	69
	The Wedding Cakes	73
	Essential Vanilla Wedding Cake	75
	Lemon Blackberry Cake	79
	Swirled Marble Cake with Sour Cream Fudge Frosting	85
	Raspberries and Cream Cake	89
	Lemon Coconut Cupcake Tower	95
	Strawberry Shortcake and Meringue Cake	101
	Marzipan and Orange Essensia Cake	107
	Nutella Cake	111
	Orange Mocha Cake	115
	Hazelnut Praline and Apricot Cake	119
	Chocolate-Covered Caramel Cake	125
	Valentine's Day Cake	131
	Italian Rum Cream and Fruit Cake	135
	Brown Sugar, Pecan, and Peaches Cake	143
	Gilded Mocha Cake	149
	Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cake	155
	Sources	162
	Index	166

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Justin Wilson Looking Back: A Cajun Cookbook

Author: Justin Wilson

Following more than two decades of producing cookbooks, Justin Wilson has decided that it is time to take a look back. The culinary trend-setter collects here some of his favorite recipes from his previous cookbooks. The recipes serve to illustrate not just the development of his personal cooking style, but also that of the Cajun cuisine that he helped to pioneer.

Wilson's commentaries and rememberances complement his recipes with a prosaic style that is as well known, and as unique, as the recipes themselves. Pictures of Wilson's friends and others who played integral roles in the development of his culinary techniques accompany the text.

Justin Wilson is internationally known as a Cajun cook and humorist. He is a veteran of both writing cookbooks and preparing his dishes on his public broadcasting television programs for people across the country to enjoy. The companion television series to Justin Wilson Looking Back: A Cajun Cookbook is currently under production for the Public Broadcasting System.