Romantic Wedding and Celebration Cakes: A Full-Color, Step-By-Step Guide (Merehurst Cake Decorating)

Romantic Wedding Cakes is the beloved—and classic—wedding cake book from the inimitable master sugar artist and Food Network Challenge Judge Kerry Vincent.

A collection of breathtaking wedding and celebration cakes from an internationally acclaimed cake stylist, Romantic Wedding Cakes includes stunning cakes for all kinds of weddings. From classic to contemporary and simple to elaborate, including engagement and groom cakes, professional cake decorator Kerry Vincent's timeless sugarcraft designs make this the ideal wedding cake source book for brides-to-be and cake decorators alike.

Her stunning romantic cakes, in the prettiest of colors, feature various fabric styles such as folds, ribbons, embroidery and lace effects. The spectacular gold cake based on the Marquise de Pompadour's fabulous gold dress and jewels is a beautiful example.

Vincent works with popular and more unusual flowers for dramatic visual impact, using large full-blown roses, pansies, mini hydrangeas, lisianthus and some native US flowers, such as the dogwood and balloon flower.

In addition, there are two chocolate groom's cakes, a Valentine or engagement heart cake and miniature wedding cakes for the bride and groom. There are also special decorative projects, such as elaborate cake top decorations, wedding favors and table decor.

Each cake is beautifully photographed in full color and includes step-by-step photographs and dazzling close ups of all the main cake design details to ensure perfect results. In Romantic Wedding Cakes, Vincent offers an exciting design source, with international appeal, for wedding cakes for brides and sugarcrafters alike.

Cakes include:

• Mosaic Magic
• Romancing the Dome
• Tiers in a Teacup
• Affair with Blue and White
• And the Bride Chose Dogwood
• Invitation to a Summer Wedding
• Fabulous Faux Faberge Eggs

Kerry Vincent is one of the stars of the cake decorating world. Her timeless book, the best-selling Romantic Wedding Cakes is considered a classic in its niche. Kerry was co-founder of the nonprofit Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show and served for several years as the International Publicity Director for the annual ICES show (the main cake decorating exhibition in the US). Kerry was instrumental in the creation of The Grand National Wedding Cake Competition, founded in 1996, and its subsequent collaboration with Food Network TV where the event is aired in the United States and 150 nations worldwide. In 2004, Kerry was inducted into the International Cake and Sugarcraft Hall of Fame in Washington, DC. She was nominated and elected by her peers from 27 countries around the world for her service to the community at large and for the invention of two sugar-craft techniques.

Since 2003, Kerry has adjudicated 154 reality television competitions that have aired around the world, including 'Last Cake Standing.' Kerry was selected as one of two judges for the 'Great Australia Bake Off'.