Boutique Wedding Cakes {Book Review & Giveaway}

A beautiful cake is the quintessential sweet ending to any wedding celebration. Expert baker and sugar-crafter Victoria Glass demonstrates how to create custom wedding cakes at home in her new book Boutique Wedding Cakes. Victoria provides all the guidance needed to create a cake that offers a true reflection of a couple’s unique style and personality. I’m delighted to review this book and to give it away to one reader!

{Giveaway Details}

Simply leave a comment on this post before midnight CST on Sunday, March 31st for your chance to win. Enter as often as you like, and be sure to check back on Monday, April 1st to see if you were chosen! {Open to US shipping addresses only)

From practical advice for choosing a cake style, transporting the finished product, and troubleshooting potential mishaps, to essential recipes and techniques, Boutique Wedding Cakes has everything you need to be successful at making your own wedding cake. Detailed recipes for a variety of cakes, royal icing, marzipan, and modelling chocolate make sure that your confection will taste as delicious as it looks! A handy quantity chart in the back provides all the information needed to create each cake in a variety of sizes. Four sections filled with photos of 19 stunning cake designs make it easy to choose a cake for your theme.

The book is divided into four themes:

Chapter 1, Classic Elegance features romantic, traditional cakes inspired by icons of the past, whether it’s the understated elegance of Grace Kelly, or the graceful charm of Marie Antoinette.

Chapter 2, Chic and Sophisticated, focuses on glamorous cakes with contemporary style and a dash of drama.

The pretty pastels and lighthearted details of the cakes in chapter 3, A Splash of Color, bring to mind a casual garden wedding filled with charming motifs like love birds, gilded birdcages, and vibrant blossoms.

Chapter 4, Changing Seasons, celebrates the beauty of each time of year with cakes tailored for each of the four seasons.

Boutique Wedding Cakes will help you create an unforgettable cake regardless of your budget or ability as a baker. The book is available from Ryland Peters & Small for $24.95. Many thanks to author Victoria Glass, and to Ryland Peters & Small for sponsoring this post. Be sure to leave your comment for your chance to win a copy!

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Which makes sense because they are fun and fast to knit, and seeing them go from this giant thing to something that actually fits a foot feels a little magical.

I have always loved felting (in fact my first book was about felting knitting) and it’s always fun for me to see people rediscover this technique.

If you’ve knit enough plain slippers to fit all the feet you know, maybe it’s time to stitch up some tabi style slippers instead.

Maymade Knits has designed these cute tabi ballerina slippers, made with bulky yarn and felted. They’re worked flat at first and then in rounds, and are available in 10 EU sizes (the Internet tells me add 31 to your American shoe size to get your EU size). The designer says the slippers are meant to have a close fit and you should choose a size a little smaller than your foot for the ideal fit.

The pattern includes a video tutorial along with the written pattern.

You can grab this pattern on Ravelry. The same designer has her own version of the striped felted slipper as well, called Sarah’s Striped Slippers. These are worked in super bulky yarn and have a contrasting foot and a striped body. These are knit flat and seamed and there are 7 size options available. Check that pattern out here if you’re looking for a more traditional slipper shape. They also look roomier so you can wear them with socks if you like.

[Photo: Maymade Knits]

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