Book On Wedding Cakes Will Inspire Pros Or Novices

Casual or formal, large or small, almost every wedding has a cake.

Dede Wilson’s beautiful new book, “The Wedding Cake Book” (Macmillan, $35), will inspire you to want to bake one.

Thoughtfully organized, the book takes you through all the steps needed to make a personalized wedding cake, for novices and seasoned pros alike.

The Getting Started chapter will do just that; it gives information on how many servings you will get from a specific cake size as well as the volume of batter needed for each pan size. Another chapter details How to Create a Wedding Cake, with explicit guidelines for the planning stages involved.

The stars of the book are the cakes themselves. The photos and recipe titles are mouthwatering, from Honey Maple Carrot Cake with Pecans and Raisins to Chocolate Almond Torte with Sugared Nuts to Poppyseed Cake with Orange Marmalade and Grand Marnier Buttercream.

Even if you weren’t planning on making a wedding cake this year, inspired by the photos and flavor combinations and armed with this book’s precise instructions, you’ll be looking for an excuse to make one of these cakes.

Isn’t it about time you celebrated your anniversary in grand style?