Romantic Cakes - Peggy Porschen

Who is Peggy Porschen? In the world of cake decorating, Peggy Porschen is very well known, and she has produced cakes for celebrities and Royals. Her focus is on romantic cakes rather than bright colourful novelty cakes, and she also makes beautiful mini cakes and biscuits which could be used as wedding favours. She has her own website www.peggyporschen.com which is worth a look for anyone taking up cake decorating as a hobby, as it's a wonderful source of inspiration and advice. The Book I bought this book during the lead up to my wedding, when I was considering making some shaped cookies as ... more

If you think of cake decorating you might not automatically associate the words 'contemporary' and 'stylish' - you may be thinking (like I used to a few years ago!) of your grandmas fruit cake and rock hard icing at Christmas! If that is the case, this book will definitely change your mind. I can't remember how I initially got into the cake decorating world but my views soon changed through reading books similar to 'Romantic Cakes'. Peggy's first book 'Pretty Party Cakes' was equally as stunning and featured cakes and cookies for different occasions whereas her current book focuses purely on ... more