Modern Sugar Flowers: Contemporary Cake Decorating with Elegant Gumpaste Flowers by Butler, Jacqueline

Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Petalsweet Cakes founder Jacqueline Butler. In her exquisite and accessible 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 arrangements on wedding and celebration cakes.

Inside you'll find instructions and step-by-step photographs for 18 stunning sugar flowers in various stages of bloom, as well as flower buds and leaves, using the clean and contemporary color palette that Jacqueline's work is known for. 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 working on pre-made styrofoam cake toppers and separators.

Lavishly illustrated with over 600 photos, this inspirational and practical step-by-step cake decorating book will be your go-to reference on sugar flowers for years to come.

Author: Jacqueline Butler
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: 03/08/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781446309339

About the 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 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.