Valeri Valeriano
Список книг автора Valeri ValerianoButtercream Flowers for All Seasons
A stunning collection of floral buttercream cake decorating projects for all seasons, from the world's leading instructors of buttercream techniques, Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes. Presented in four chapters–Spring, Summer, Autum and, Winter, with four cake projects in each–Buttercream Flowers for All Seasons gives readers all the inspiration and know-how they need to create floral amazing cakes all year round. Each of the 16 design concepts is presented as a spectacular tiered cake, a more accessible single tier version and a beginner-friendly batch of cupcakes, making over 48 projects in total.
Brilliant Buttercream Recipes
This short book features the tried and tested 'crusting' buttercream recipe from best-selling authors Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes, along with seven unique alternatives, including vegan and sugar-free versions. Learn how to make Italian meringue, Swiss meringue, French meringue, German, Ermine, bean paste and cashew nut varieties to use for your buttercream cake creations.
Buttercream One-Tier Wonders
Never serve a boring looking cake again! This stunning collection of buttercream cake decorating projects will transform your regular bakes into works of art, using simple techniques and nothing but 100% delicious buttercream. With 30 step-by-step single-tier cake decorating projects on a wide variety of themes, you'll find cakes for all occasions that will lift your baking to a new creative level. The cakes range in size from 4 to 8 inches high, and come in a host of shapes and sizes–round and square but also simple carved shapes including a wreath, a log and a birdcage. The ideal book for buttercream beginners, this colourful cake decorating book will show you how to create simple yet sensational cakes every day that will wow all who see and eat them! With expert instruction from the best buttercream teachers in the world, you'll learn step-by-step a wide range of innovative buttercream techniques using piping tips, palette knives and more.
100 Buttercream Flowers
Learn to pipe 100 different buttercream flowers to showcase on your cakes with this complete visual reference to piping flowers–each flower is demonstrated on a cupcake, with five full scale projects to show you how to combine your flowers into a masterpiece cake. Chef Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes described the book as «hugely aspirational yet completely approachable,» the authors demonstrate how to build up each flower using simple piping techniques that even the novice cake decorator will be able to achieve! All the basics are covered to get you started–how to make stable buttercream icing, advice on coloring and flavor as well as essentials such as how to fill a piping bag and the basic techniques you need. Valerie & Christina then demonstrate in step-by-step photographic detail how to create each flower and how to use your new found skills to create stunning cake designs. The flowers are presented through the color spectrum so when you look through the book you'll see the lovely rainbow effect. Written by the world's leading lights in buttercream art with an international following and over 60,000 Facebook fans!
The Contemporary Buttercream Bible
Buttercream icing is the most delicious cake decorating medium, is very accessible and needs very little specialist equipment. This essential guide demonstrates more than 50 innovative techniques via easy to follow step-by-step photographic tutorials and includes over 40 stunning cake designs to create at home, from simple cupcakes to three-tiered wonders. Valeri & Christina start by showing you how to perfect a basic buttercream recipe and then how to pipe simple textures and patterns, and an array of flowers. They then demonstrate how to create a myriad of creative effects using diverse techniques such as stamping, stencilling, palette knife painting and much more. " The Contemporary Buttercream Bible is an absolute game changer in the industry of cake art. I've never seen techniques and talent presented in such a way as to be concurrently hugely aspirational yet completely approachable. I look forward to learning all the skills that I, as an artist in rolled fondant, have only the most rudimentary grasp of. Not since Cakewalk by Margaret Braun have I been this excited about a cake book. Bravo!" –Chef Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes "The authors' examples are inspirational and a demonstration of what is possible if you 'put your whole heart into it.' Overall, Valeriano and Ong have created a book full of inspiration and encouragement that re-energizes the use of buttercream in modern cake design." –Sonya Hong of Americancakedecorating.com. Internationally renowned Valeri Valeriano & Christina Ong have over 60k online followers. www.queenofheartscouturecakes.com
