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Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies

June 3, 2011 by Sarah Trivuncic 9 Comments

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Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies book cover

Peggy’s Favourite Cakes & Cookies is a paperback compilation of Peggy’s favourite designs previously featured in her first two hardback books, Pretty Party Cakes and Romantic Cakes.

This isn’t therefore new material but for those readers who first discovered Peggy through her popular book, Cake Chic, Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies is an opportunity to see the best of her work from the earlier books without needing to buy both of them.

Although cakes and cookies are mentioned in the title, the book also features more specifically a lot of cupcakes and fondant fancies, all decorated in Peggy’s distinctive feminine style.

Review: Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies

The first chapter of Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies covers cookies. The flower basket design opening the book with six colours of icing and detailed piping work is probably the most difficult cookie featured. Further on in the chapter are designs that beginners could manage without feeling intimidated; the mini heart cookies for wedding favours are very simple as are the butterflies. In between there are “brides” and “grooms” and heart shaped place cards to mark your guest’s seat at the dinner table with a cookie showing their name.

Peggy Porschen icing cookies - from Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies

The core part of Peggy’s business is wedding related and that is reflected in the contents of this book. Alongside a dozen or so large cakes suitable for weddings, there are also towers of miniature cakes and various cookie designs themed for wedding favours or hen parties.

Most of the cupcakes and fancies feature quite ornate flowers and piping, the easiest to replicate at home would be the dipped cupcakes with sugar paste roses although most others are at a medium to advanced level.

The mini cakes chapter of Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies is my favourite. From miniature candy striped cakes to little hearts that look like they’ve come out of a chocolate box. White spring posies cake in this chapter is simple but creative looking like a small bouquet of snowdrops. Peggy admits they are time consuming to make in proportion to their size but they look less tricky than others.

My personal show stoppers in the large cakes chapter are the black and white striped “My Fair Lady Cake” and chintz flowered “Homage to Cath Kidston” which was inspired by the fabric and home ware designer’s fabrics and wallpapers.

Peggy’s speciality is highly realistic looking flowers; from the lilac blossoms with piped swags seen on the cover above to pansies in little sugar pots, delicate fondant daisies, snowdrops, hand piped daffodils and of course, the show stopping roses that adorn so many of her larger wedding cakes.

Birthday and Celebration cakes from Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies book

Also unique to Peggy’s piping work is are her signature designs used to edge cakes, cookies and fondant shapes on larger cakes. Like handwriting, perfectly spaced little swags and dots punctuate her work. Pink and brown are a favourite colour scheme seen through her range from monogrammed cookies, the Neapolitan cake (similar to those above) and also merchandise in her shop.

Probably only the most experienced of cake decorators will attempt to replicate much of what is seen here. Although techniques are broken down and depicted with detailed how to guides, designs are labour intensive and not the sort of thing you knock up on a Sunday afternoon at home.

The real pleasure from Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies comes from admiring Peggy’s designs and technique, in the way one might with haute couture dresses in Vogue. We can all get a needle and thread out but few of us can make it look like Dior. This is not a book for complete beginners but there is a huge amount of inspiration to be had.

If you’d like to read more about Peggy Porschen and her work, see my other posts earlier this week on the Peggy Porschen Parlour and how I got on learning how to make sugar roses and covering a two tier wedding cake at the Peggy Porschen Academy.

Peggy’s Favourite Cakes & Cookies by Peggy Porschen is published by Quadrille from June 6th 2011.

Fondant Fancies from Peggy Porschen Favourite Cakes and Cookies book

 

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Sarah Trivuncic has published recipes, restaurant and travel reviews on Maison Cupcake since 2009. She lives in Walthamstow, East London with her husband and teenager.
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Comments

  1. Priscila says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    I love-love-love-LOVE these fondant fancies with the butterflies!! Sooooo cute! And I’m sure they are delicious, too!

    Reply
  2. Sanjeeta kk says

    June 3, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    What dexterity in baking! Love the bakes and the clicks, Sarah.

    Reply
  3. Barbara Bakes says

    June 3, 2011 at 11:46 pm

    Amazing! Just too pretty to eat!

    Reply
  4. thelittleloaf says

    June 5, 2011 at 10:34 am

    This book looks incredible. I’m sure a lot of it would be too tricky to master but I’d love to give it a go – there’s nothing more satisfying than producing a beautiful hand decorated cake.

    Reply
  5. Shilpa says

    June 6, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    How beautiful! Absolutely amazing…would love to have these skills in decorating…maybe one fine day….

    -Shilpa

    Reply
  6. working london mummy says

    June 6, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    Stunning pictures, what a lovely book, and what a food artist she is. Did you find it helped your already considerable baking skills spending time there?

    Reply
  7. Gourmet Chick says

    June 7, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Wow I think I would find this book quite intimidating but you are right – it is also very inspirational!

    Reply
  8. Miss Cupacake says

    June 15, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Yummy yummy,
    It look delicious!!!!!!!!!

    xxxx

    http://www.la-credelacreme.blogspot.com

    Reply
  9. Helen at Casa Costello says

    June 21, 2011 at 11:01 am

    This book looks wonderful – Peggy can do no wrong in my mind. Fab review!

    Reply

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