Buttercream Flowers for all Seasons - A Year of Floral Cake Decorating Projects from the World's

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher --- Blooming marvellous cake decorating ideas for spring, summer, autumn and winter... all made with delicious buttercream! This stunning collection of floral buttercream cake decorating projects for all seasons is brought to you by the world's leading instructors of buttercream techniques, Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes, bestselling authors of The Contemporary Buttercream Bible, 100 Buttercream Flowers and Buttercream One-Tier Wonders. Bursting at the seams with beautiful buttercream blooms, this bumper cake decorating book gives you all the inspiration and know-how you need to create sensational floral cakes all year round. Each of the 16 design concepts is presented as a spectacular tiered cake, a more accessible single tier cake and a beginner-friendly batch of cupcakes, making over 48 projects in total! From piping buttercream flowers on cupcakes to creating jaw-dropping buttercream wedding cakes--this is the ultimate guide to cake decorating with buttercream flowers.

I received this ARC this morning and proceeded to read it through and make a million notes as I have to make a birthday cake tomorrow ... this was SO inspiring. I have dozens of Wilton tips AND a full set of the oh-so-trendy Russian icing tips so this wonderful buttercream recipe made me quite confident that I could do a bang-up job! Their instructions are clear and concise and their creations gorgeous --- that Violet Springtime Spiral looks AMAZING!!! will the one I make tomorrow look like theirs? Probably not but in time I can see my skills improving and being able to teach this to our clients who keep asking for "neat birthday cake ideas and recipes"! Great book!

FULL DISCLOSURE --- I OWN ALL OF VALERIE VALERIANOS'S BOOKS as I lend them out along with my equipment to our clientele ... they love them all as well!!