Botanical Baking

Juliet Sear is a baking expert, cook, food stylist, TV presenter and best selling author. She is the go-to expert for out of the ordinary food challenges and creative food projects. Recently, she worked on the edible animation TV trailer for the new Channel 4 Great British Bake Off series and a number of TV commercials. She is the author of The Cake Decorating Bible, Cakeology and Kawaii Cakes. She lives in London.

Introduction
How to Use This Book
About Edible Flowers – includes suggestions for flower substitutions and advice on sourcing flowers 
Storing & Preserving – instructions for drying, pressing, suspending and crystallising flowers
Baking Basics – basic recipes and techniques


SWEET TREATS 


Lavender Biscuits – delicate round biscuits rolled in lavender sugar and topped with edible flowers 
Iced Rings – pretty iced ring biscuits decorated with edible flowers
Macarons – decadent chocolate and blackcurrant macarons topped with edible flowers 
Meringue Lollies – piped meringue circles attached to lollipop sticks 
Sugar Lollies – edible flowers suspended in melted boiled sweets and attached to lollipop sticks 
Dried Flowers Chocolate Bark – chocolate bark with edible flowers through it 
Cupcake Wreath – decorated cupcakes arranged in a large ring shape 
Ganache Trio – a delicious collection of chocolate cupcakes, tartlets and truffles
Chouxnuts – filled with Chantilly cream, coated with white icing and topped with edible flowers 
Floral Krispie Cake Topper – large Rice Krispie number coated in edible flowers





JUST DESSERTS 


Spring Flowers Bundt Cake – tall ring-shaped cake, drizzled with icing and decorated with edible flowers 
Gin & Tonic Caketails – jelly, sponge, mascarpone and curd layered in a cocktail glass 
Pistachio, Mint & Yoghurt Cake – fresh and light sponge cake decorated with fresh fruit and edible flowers 
Jelly & Cream Sponge Cake – layered sponge cake and jelly with suspended edible flowers 
Rose & Lychee Cake – delicious sponge cake with ombre, layered rose petal decoration 
Apple Blossom Loaf Cake – teatime loaf cake drizzled with icing and decorated with apple blossoms 
Ultimate Vegan Chocolate Cake – dairy-free chocolate cake with frosting and crystallised flowers 





CELEBRATION CAKES 


Flowerfetti Inside Out Cake – 2-tiered cake with flowers through the sponge and as decoration 
Faux Flowerpot Illusion Cakes – individual plant pot cakes topped with edible flowers
Orange & Almond 'Touch of Frosting' Cake – 3-tiered scraped cake decorated with edible flowers
Buttercream Cactus Garden Cake – Rice Krispie cacti covered with piped frosting and topped with edible flowers 
Butterfly Wildflower Meadow Cake – 4-tiered cake decorated with butterflies and pressed edible flowers 
Lemon Cookie Monogram Cake – layers of large, shaped cookies filled with cream and topped with fruit, flowers and meringues
Bold Botanical Leaf Cake – 2-tiered cake covered with edible leaves
Brushstrokes & Blooms Cake – sponge cake decorated with candy melt strips and edible flowers 
Pressed Flower Faux Frames – chocolate cake 'frames' filled with edible flowers 
Blousy Blooms Bunting Cake – 3-tiered cake with large edible flowers arranged in swags around the top edge of each tier
Dried Flowers Watercolour Cake – 2-tiered cake with watercolour-effect frosting topped with edible flowers
Electro-pop Drip Cake – 4-tiered cake with drip-effect icing, decorated with various elements from the book




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