Alan Dunn's Tropical & Exotic Flowers for Cakes (IMM Lifestyle Books)

A beautiful book and techniques show very clearly, easy to understand with it. It good to have for the collections. How to make gum paste..

alan dunn is very talented in sugercraft. All of his books are great (and I have several). I especially recommend his book Sugar Flower Skills, because of the detailed instruction on how to make sugar flowers look real (very clear and easy instructions, nice images to guide you too). and this one of course! Also love his Sugar Orchids book...hard to choose!

To find this quality of instruction available in book form is a rare treat. I have been creating sugar flowers for about two years and started into this book with a moderate amount of experience. I do not find the instructions lacking for anything at all. Basically the approach is to demonstrate a beautiful arrangement of sugar flowers that may be mounted onto a cake. Then each flower is demonstrated in how to make it, and finally there is a description on how to combine the flower you have made into a finished arrangement that is ready to use. From that point of view each chapter is quite comprehensive in what it has to offer! Alan Dunn is one of the top great sugar artists of our time. It is an honor and a privilege to have a chance to own his teaching in book form. He also teach classes via video on the internet which is wonderful as well. I have mastered flowers in this book that I never imagined would be possible. Thank you Alan Dunn for sharing your love of sugar craft and your skill as an artist! I'm including a photo of an Blue Egyptian Water Lily that I learned from this book on page 77 through 79 and this was my very first attempt. Follow the directions and you too will be creating gorgeous sugar flowers for your cakes!

Alan gives specific details along with useful illustrations enabling the reader to make superior sugar flowers. Some conversions need to be made in relation to cutters, veiners, and petal dusts as Alan purchases his supplies from UK merchants. I have many of Alan's books and find them all to be excellent.

I give this a four mainly because I wish there were a few more explanations in the making of the flowers. There are lots of beautiful pictures of the completed designs. There are some photos of the in-process project. The photo of the in-process are kind of the same through-out the book though. The parts of each project that are different are not specifically included in the photos. I am not an expert at gumpaste making or design, but I am not new to it either. Sometimes its a bit hard to understand. Thats why I think the other photos would help. All in all a beautiful design book. I have page-marked some designs and just plan on making them however I can lol. I also have several of his books. The books differ mainly in the photos of completed designs.

this book is excellent. I recommend it for people who 1st off have patience & as well as fpr people who have prior knowledge of making/dealing with gumpaste flowers. in this book, the outcome of everything is beautiful, but like i said the knowledge of what youre doing will be very beneficial. great work!

I purchased this book for my niece who is learning cake decorating and every year I purchase a book for her. This year I wanted her to expand her knowledge and make some wonderful tropical flowers for her friends & family and this book certainly had that to offer.

I recommend this book for making the "above average" sugar flowers. Alan's instructions are the easiest to understand because of the illustrations that go with each instruction.

beautiful book give lots of ideas

Ich finde dieses Buch ganz einfach toll, weil es zeigt wie viel man an Blumengestecken anfertigen kann. Noch lieber wäre mir das Buch in Deutsch, da ich in englisch nicht so viel verstehen kann. Daher eigentlich immer viel " learning by doing"

Da usare anche come guida per fiori in paste modellabili. Per fiori che non appassiranno mai e abbelliranno la vostra casa.

Un libro de segundo mano. Se parece nuevo! Estoy muy contenta. Lo único esta en inglés (lo sabia).

Another lovely book from the talented Alan Dunn. This beautifully laid out book is a delight to look at - let along use! Following the introduction there are 8 pages detailing equipment, materials, recipes and techniques. Fifteen arrangements are shown together with details of how to make the 38 different flowers and foliage that are used. As always, everything is in full colour. The illustrated descriptions of making these exotic blooms are very easy to follow and very tempting. The book concludes with pages of templates and a list of suppliers. I recommend this book be added to your Alan Dunn collection without delay.