Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 28th April 2017
Paperback
Published: 1st November 2019
Paperback
Published: 8th March 2022
Modern Sugar Flowers: Contemporary cake decorating with elegant gumpaste flowers
By (Author) Jacqueline Butler
David & Charles
David & Charles
28th April 2017
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
641.86539
Commended for American Cake Decorating Golden Tier Awards: Literary Category 2017 (United States)
Hardback
160
Width 228mm, Height 283mm, Spine 17mm
850g
Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Petalsweet Cakes founder Jacqueline Butler, who has built a huge international following for her incredible sugar flowers. In her exquisite and long-awaited debut book, you'll learn in step-by-step detail how to create modern and sophisticated, stylized sugar flowers and how to use them to create beautiful flower arrangements on wedding and celebration cakes. Inside you'll find instructions and step-by-step photographs for stunning sugar flowers in various stages of bloom, as well as flower buds and leaves, using a clean and contemporary color palette. Through six diverse projects you'll then learn how to use these foundation flowers in combination with filler flowers to create elegant cake designs, including working directly on single-tier cakes and multi-tiered cakes, as well as making styrofoam cake toppers. AUTHOR: Jacqueline Butler is a wedding cake designer and sugar artist based in San Diego, California, under the business name Petalsweet Cakes. She teaches sugar flowers internationally, including the USA, Australia, Europe and Asia. She was the first cake instructor on Craftsy.com. She's know for her sophisticated flowers in soft pastel shades, modern flower arrangements and the ability to break down the process into achievable steps, leading to beautiful results. SELLING POINTS: . Jacqueline Butler has an international following of over 270,000 engaged fans--her work is of the highest quality and the most desirable style. . Features expert step-by-step instruction on how to create and style modern, sophisticated sugar flowers with stunning photography.
"Jacquelines clean, modern style is represented on every single page. Her thorough, meticulous process is carefully laid out for every single flower, with clear, easy to understandinstructions... I especially enjoyed reading some of the personal notes she shares. Oh, and of course she includes the recipe she uses for sugar paste. One especially noteworthyreason to buy this book is to learn about Jacquelines signature 'formula' for flower design. Its what makes her flowers so recognizable..." Erica OBrien Cake Design
"The images throughout this book are beyond stunning. It is easy to forget you are reading a book about sugar flowers and that they are not actually flowers the skill, detail and photography is simply incredible... This is without a doubt a must-have book in any cake decorators collection and an invaluable resource for creating stunning sugar flowers." Arlene Santillan, Australian Cake Decorating Network
"Jacqueline has broken everything down into easy to follow steps and created some ingenious techniques that make some elements so simple. Everything has detailed supply lists and clear photos matching each step to its instructions... Thank you Jacqueline for an amazing resource..." Rebecca Greenberg, Studio Manager, Faye Cahill Cake Design
Jacqueline Butler is a wedding cake designer and sugar artist based in San Diego, California, under the business name Petalsweet Cakes. She teaches sugar flowers internationally, including the USA, Australia, Europe and Asia. She was the first cake instructor on Craftsy.com. Shes known for her sophisticated flowers in soft pastel shades, modern flower arrangements and the ability to break down the process into achievable steps, leading to beautiful results.