Frostings [Kindle Edition] Author: Courtney Dial Whitmore | Language: English | ISBN:
B00F5MSBDG | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Whipped into a fluffy texture, drizzled for glazing, or creamed into a thick and sinful delight, frostings are an ideal finishing touch for cakes, s’mores, doughnuts and more! Author Courtney Dial Whitmore shares 40 recipes for traditional frosting favorites as well as exciting flavor combinations such as Salted Caramel, Chai Vanilla Bean, and Champagne Buttercream. Get out your mixer, piping bags and frosting tips and whip up your own flavored frostings to add that perfect topping or filling to your favorite desserts.
Courtney Dial Whitmore is the editor and founder of the popular party-planning website pizzazzerie. com. She works with brands including Michaels Stores, Tostitos, Pepperidge Farm, and ConAgra to develop recipes and style products in an entertaining setting. She is also the author of Push-Up Pops and Candy Making for Kids. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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- File Size: 1821 KB
- Print Length: 96 pages
- Publisher: Gibbs Smith (September 12, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00F5MSBDG
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,747 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Meals > Sweets - #40
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Cakes - #62
in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Desserts > Confectionary
- #10
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Meals > Sweets - #40
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in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Desserts > Confectionary
I bought this book because of the gorgeous cover and the promise of lots of frosting recipes and styling tips. The photos inside are gorgeous, without a doubt, but otherwise the book is lacking. The recipes are very generic and simple (could be found online in a hundred other places) and the styling tips are almost non-existent.
However. the most serious problem is the quantities listed for how much each recipe yields. Did anyone really make these recipes and check the amounts? I can't be sure for every recipe, but there are some that are absolutely wrong. For the "Zesty Lemon" glaze, the ingredients are 1 cup of powdered sugar and 4 tbsp. of lemon juice. Then the next line is "Makes 4 1/2 cups". I don't even have to make the recipe to know that that is not possible!! The problem is repeated for the Peanut Butter Glaze, the Pupcake Frosting, the Vanilla Bean glaze, the Rich Chocolate... and who knows how many others!? This is very disappointing for a nearly $18 frosting recipe book.
By TheBounce
I admit, I was so excited when I saw this book pop up for pre-order on Amazon. I do love Courtney's website. Unfortunately, the end result sort of underwhelms me.
When I read a post concerning this book on the author's website, she specifically said that this book was just as much about creative ways to style and serve food as it was about frostings. And indeed, the photos are absolutely GORGEOUS. However, if you're planning on actually learning the tips and tricks she used to make the beautiful desserts in this book, you will be disappointed. There are none. All you truly get are the frosting recipes....and a tiny box called "Garnish It!', which has some extremely basic ideas, like "add chopped nuts."
Perhaps this is my own fault for assuming, but when I read the comments for this book, I expected to have frosting recipes, as well as tips for how to incorporate them into desserts and how to style them to look like the photos. It seems an awful tease to have a photo of a luscious cupcake piled high with hot pink frosting and chocolate glaze, in a beautiful wrapper, but the recipe is ONLY for the glaze!
Maybe we will get lucky and the author will include some real step-by-step instructions on her site. Until then, I will use the frostings on my own desserts (the ones I've tried have been tasty, so at least there's that) and sigh longingly over the photos.
If real food styling instructions had been included, with recipes for desserts to use the frostings on, this would have easily been five stars from me.
By Sara Myriad
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