Description
Book SynopsisThis mad-cap collection of edible Australiana will win over anyone with a love for the land of the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House and Big Banana. Style maven Katherine Sabbath's deliciously witty cakes range from kitsch and cute, to stylish and sophisticated.
Start at Chapter One, Easy As, for beginner baking heaven. Enter stage left: the giant Fairy Bread Cake, Flamin' Galah Cupcakes and Opal Cookies.
Progress to Chapter Two, She'll Be Right, to create a Jaw-some man-eater from a dark chocolate sea salt cake. Engineer your own Sydney Opera House Pavlova or decorate a Dame Edna Koala.
Chapter Three, Advanced Australian Fare, is where you bust out a Mining Magnate (it's rich!), build your own Great Aussie Dream Home or knock everyone's socks off with Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert.
Sydney cake queen Katherine Sabbath is one of the coolest creatives around, loved for her cutting-edge cake designs and quirky personal style. This baking legend will teach you the tips and techniques to create maximum effect with every cake. Go ahead: bake her day.
Table of ContentsGo ahead: Bake my day!
Keeping your cool in the kitchen: my tips and tricks
1. Easy As
Surf's Up Cookies
Fairy Bread Cake
Fantales Fudge Cookies
Raspberries Party Pops
Flamin' Galah Cupcakes
Watermelon Jelly
Opal Cookies
Koala Crunch Pops
Bedazzled Ice Cream Sambos
Fancy Flip-Flop Cookies
Gold Rush Honeycomb
Fruit Tingles Cake
Redback Spider Cupcakes
Toasty Anzac Slice
Budgie Smugglers
Goonbag Jelly
2. She'll Be Right
Edible Outback Terrarium
Chock Freckle Pops Cake
Tropi-Cool Party
Byron Bay Kombi Cake
Wombat Cake
Pick 'n' Mix Cake
Jaw-Some Cake
The Big Pineapple
Dame Edna Koala
The Glamington
Rainbow Serpent Cake
Iced Vovo Trifle
Golden Syrup Stack
The Cutest Koala Cake
Slice of Choc-Mint Heaven
Sydney Opera Pav
The Anti-Valentine's Cake
Australian Christmas Trifle
The Big Banana
The Bondi Hipster (Raw Vegan) Cake
Marvellous Milo Fudge Cake
Honey Ant Tart
Kookaburra Cake
Mozzie Bite Biscuits
The Tim Tam Triple
You Beaut BBQ
3. Advanced Australian Fare
The Mining Magnate
Muriel's Wedding Cake
Great Barrier Reef Cake
Showgirl Kylie Cake
The Black Opal
'I Still Call Australia Home' Wedding Cake
Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert
Great Aussie Dream Home
Mad Max Road Warrior Cake
The Botanic Gardens of Cake
4. Basics
Tools of the trade
Cutting, filling and frosting
How to stack a tiered cake
A word on chocolate
Make it yourself ...
Storage tips
Index
Acknowledgements
