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Yes, you can.

If you love to bake and are willing to plan ahead, you can make a spectacular wedding cake—and you don't have to be a pastry chef to do it! Let prominent wedding cake expert Dede Wilson guide you through every layer of the process—from choosing among flavors and styles to baking, assembling, and decorating your way to a beautiful and delicious cake. This accessible cookbook not only gets you ready for the big event, it helps you lend a truly personal touch to the celebration.

"If you want to make your own wedding cake, Dede Wilson is the perfect guide. She helps you bake with confidence every step of the way to a delicious personalized result."
—Donna Ferrari, BRIDE'S magazine

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This book is worth every penny. The author has such a great sense of humor, and a realistic approach to anyone wanting to make their own wedding cake.

very informative book on the nuts and bolts of making wedding cakes

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A lot of what goes into a successful wedding cake isn't exactly exciting or sexy. Things like buying the right cardboard rounds, putting dowels in your tiers so they are strong, laying down foam in your car to help transport and mixing your batter and buttercreams correctly. Dede explains the ins and outs of every step of cake making in a way that is very clear and concise. I have other books that claim to be more definitive (and weigh in at many more pages) but don't go into the detail that she does. My only gripe is that the styling on some of the cakes is a little off. The tower of cupcakes photo shows three tiers that are off-kilter (not intentionally, I'm pretty sure) and there is another cake with sloppy basketweave piping. Lastly, I wish she would have given a chapter to working with fondant. It's too popular of a look to, um, overlook. Maybe in your next book, Dede? :-)

made my own wedding cake! 2 of them even!

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my husband and i got this book for our wedding. we both picked out a recipe that we wanted to make, i chose the Marzipan and Orange Essensia Cake, and he chose the raspberries and cream cake. we followed her advice and made the buttercream and moistening syrups ahead of time, which helped out a lot. we also chose to do the first layer of both cakes instead of doing tiered cakes, just to simplify things a little. i recommend following everything she says exactly as shes says it, i chose to do a few things a little differently and paid for it (instead of placing the just baked cakes on racks, i placed them directly onto solid cookie sheets, which made them bottoms a little gooey and they stuck to the sheet), but even with that mistake, they both came out wonderfully, everyone at the wedding was amazed that i had made my own wedding cakes and though they turned out wonderfully! it was fun going around and asking everyone which they liked best too! it turned out i liked the one i picked best and my husband liked the one he picked out best too:) the pictures in this book are just lovely and although we decided to decorate our cakes our own way, she gives really great ideas about decorating too. you really can make your own wedding cake with this book!

THE wedding cake book

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I love this book. I bought it because I am planning on making my own wedding cake for my wedding. I started out simple and have moved onto more elaborate cakes and each and everyone has turned out beautifully. She gives decorating tips(though mostly I do my own thing) and storage and transportation advice. This book is spot on and I have become something of a legend among my friends anytime there is a celebration. I am always nominated to bring the cake. This is a great book with a lot of recipes. You can mix and match cakes and frostings and fillings to no end. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to be a cake connoisseur.

Great Beginner Info

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I checked this book out from the library when I was first asked by a family member to make their wedding cake. I LOVE THIS BOOK! Especially for me at the time it was extremely helpful. What it does tell you: ~The basics of baking a cake including tips on pans, mixers and ingredients. ~A basic how to for assembling a stacked cake. ~Basic recipes for cakes (white, yellow, chocolate)and a basic (non powdered sugar) frosting. ~Several flavor combinations that expand on the basic recipes. ~Simple decorating ideas ~Suggestions on schedules for when to make each component of the cake (you don't have to do it all the day before!) ~Charts on serving sizes, pan sizes, pan capacities, amounts of frostings, syrups, fillings needed for each size cake, etc. What it won't tell you: ~How to use frosting tips to make designs. This isn't a cake decorating book in that sense. Most of the designs while pretty are simple and use very basic frosting techniques. The book does instruct you on how to do the ones shown. ~It isn't really a cookbook so don't expect to have many different types of recipes. She has a few basic ones that are expanded on to make many variations (and she has plenty of suggestions) but if you are looking for a bunch of different types of recipes, this isn't the book you want. I bought this book because I like having all the flavor ideas in one handy reference and the photos are beautiful. It was extremely helpful to me when I was doing my first cakes but if you are experienced you likely already have the recipes (or similar ones). For an experienced wedding cake maker this book will probably be far too simplistic. For the novice though, it is an excellent resource that gives you the confidence and tools you need to actually pull off a wedding cake. :)