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Modern Sugar Flowers: Contemporary cake decorating with elegant gumpaste flowers Paperback – March 8, 2022

by Jacqueline Butler (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 543 ratings
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Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Petalsweet Cakes founder Jacqueline Butler. In her exquisite and accessible book, you'll learn in step-by-step detail how to create modern and sophisticated, stylized sugar flowers, and how to use them to create beautiful arrangements on wedding and celebration cakes.

Inside you'll find instructions and step-by-step photographs for 18 stunning sugar flowers in various stages of bloom, as well as flower buds and leaves, using the clean and contemporary color palette that Jacqueline's work is known for. Through six diverse projects you'll then learn how to use these foundation flowers in combination with filler flowers to create elegant cake designs, including working directly on single-tier cakes and multi-tiered cakes, as well as working on pre-made styrofoam cake toppers and separators.

Lavishly illustrated with over 600 photos, this inspirational and practical step-by-step cake decorating book will be your go-to reference on sugar flowers for years to come.

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  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    David & Charles
  4. Publication date
    March 8, 2022
  5. Dimensions
    8.25 x 0.5 x 11 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1446309339
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1446309339
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Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Modern Sugar Flowers

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Create sophisticated sugar flowers step-by-step

Learn professional techniques for lifelike results

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"Jacqueline has broken everything down into easy to follow steps and created some ingenious techniques that make some elements so simple. Everything has detailed supply lists and clear photos matching each step to its instructions... Thank you Jacqueline for an amazing resource..." Rebecca Greenberg, Studio Manager, Faye Cahill Cake Design

"Jacqueline’s clean, modern style is represented on every single page. Her thorough, meticulous process is carefully laid out for every single flower, with clear, easy to understand instructions... I especially enjoyed reading some of the personal notes she shares. Oh, and of course she includes the recipe she uses for sugar paste. One especially noteworthy reason to buy this book is to learn about Jacqueline’s signature 'formula' for flower design. It’s what makes her flowers so recognizable..." Erica OBrien Cake Design


"The images throughout this book are beyond stunning. It is easy to forget you are reading a book about sugar flowers and that they are not actually flowers – the skill, detail and photography is simply incredible... This is without a doubt a must-have book in any cake decorator’s collection and an invaluable resource for creating stunning sugar flowers." Arlene Santillan, Australian Cake Decorating Network

About the Author

Jacqueline Butler is a wedding cake designer and sugar artist based in San Diego, California, under the business name Petalsweet Cakes. She teaches sugar flowers internationally, including the USA, Australia, Europe and Asia. She’s known for her sophisticated flowers in soft pastel shades, modern flower arrangements and the ability to break down the flower-making process into achievable steps, leading to beautiful results. She has over 215,000 followers on Facebook.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ David & Charles (March 8, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1446309339
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1446309339
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.5 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 543 ratings

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JACQUELINE BUTLER is the owner, artist and Creative Director behind Petalsweet Cakes, based in San Diego, California. She is an award winning cake designer and sugar artist known for her wedding and celebration cakes featuring lush arrangements of modern, stylized sugar flowers created in a soft pastel color palette.

After a first career teaching and training in the non-profit sector, Jacqueline turned the creative hobby of baking into a business, and discovered the art of making sugar flowers. After studying with some of the best sugar flower makers in the industry, and years of meticulous practice, Jacqueline eventually created her own signature style of sugar flowers and also began teaching classes for colleagues who were interested in learning the art form. Over time she developed easy to follow teaching methods, which have helped her students replicate beautiful flowers with great success. Today, Jacqueline dedicates most of her time teaching the delicate craft of flower-making in the States and in cities all over the world.

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Lots of beautiful flowers!
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Lots of beautiful flowers!
I have taken live classes with Jacqueline Butler before and was very happy when she published her book as it would be reinforcing what I had learned before and to my surprise this book has many beautiful flowers and the steps are clearly detailed, I would recommend it to anyone whatever level since it's very useful and the instructions are easy to follow
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justin giordano
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2017
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I started making sugar flowers just this year and had been using YouTube tutorials to teach myself. However, YouTube can only take one so far, so when I found out about Jacqueline's book, I was thrilled.
Modern Sugar Flowers is beautifully photographed and thoughtfully written, making it easy to follow. She starts at the basics and ends with fully realized, multi tiered and decorated cakes. Even when I'm not currently making anything, I find myself leafing through it just because it's so pretty to look at!
I couldn't recommend it highly enough!
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upwardglances
5.0 out of 5 stars This is perfection
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2018
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Jaqueline Butler demonstrates in an easy-to-follow, step by step guide, how to make exquisite sugar flowers. From basic skills like wiring petals and leaves to advanced flower arrangement, she covers it all. She will make you feel like a pro if you follow her steps. I practically worship her now. Her style is fresh, modern, and attentive to detail, producing lifelike flowers like none other.
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M. Rieth
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for making beautiful gumpaste flowers.
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019
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I've been making gumpaste flowers for years but needed some ideas for more flowers. This book provided step by step directions on making simple to complex flowers. Mine didn't look exactly like hers but the book provided some excellent techniques.
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Esmeralda Jonsson
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of beautiful flowers!
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2017
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I have taken live classes with Jacqueline Butler before and was very happy when she published her book as it would be reinforcing what I had learned before and to my surprise this book has many beautiful flowers and the steps are clearly detailed, I would recommend it to anyone whatever level since it's very useful and the instructions are easy to follow
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Esmeralda Jonsson
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of beautiful flowers!
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2017
I have taken live classes with Jacqueline Butler before and was very happy when she published her book as it would be reinforcing what I had learned before and to my surprise this book has many beautiful flowers and the steps are clearly detailed, I would recommend it to anyone whatever level since it's very useful and the instructions are easy to follow
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Fabiana2073
5.0 out of 5 stars Más que flores básicas
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2022
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Es un libro muy claro, si alguien quiere explorar más acerca del arte de azúcar lo recomiendo, este tipo de libro es más que un video tutorial gratuito, vale la pena invertir en él.
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R. Johnstone
5.0 out of 5 stars If I could only have one, this would be the one.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017
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Beautiful pictures. Great photo breakdown of the steps. Great list and pictures of tools. A good selection of filler flowers, leaves and focal point flowers. A great section on arranging the flowers on multiple tiers. This book will give you the basics you need to be able to use some of the other books that don't have the detailed directions.
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yu song
4.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2018
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All what I need, love it
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5.0 out of 5 stars Was on a two week waiting list then It took a week to arrive But I have been reading this book like a bedtime story everynight before bed
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017
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I adore Jacqueline work and this book was worth the wait...Was on a two week waiting list then It took a week to arrive
But I have been reading this book like a bedtime story everynight before bed...
It is a labour of love...one of the most detailed books in sugar I have come across....and being a cake designer I have alot alot of books in sugar and this is detailed down to the last details...llol

Love it
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Anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, inspirational.
Reviewed in Canada on May 6, 2022
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Hands on, great ideas.
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Marmel
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bonito
Reviewed in Mexico on August 18, 2021
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Fotos muy gráficas. Solo se me dificulta entender las instrucciones pq no se Inglés. Pero por lo demás excelente manual!
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Matt Rahman
5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Sugar Flower Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2023
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So helpfull and amezing Book. Really easy to follow and i love it.
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Gabriella S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fiori in pasta di zucchero
Reviewed in Italy on December 21, 2022
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Libro bellissimo anche solo da sfogliare!
Ogni decorazione è descritta passo passo e all’inizio del libro c’è una sezione che descrive gli attrezzi utilizzati che risulta molto utile.
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Helena Fumagalli
5.0 out of 5 stars Arte em Açúcar
Reviewed in Brazil on January 4, 2021
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Adoro seu estilo!
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