{"id":1088,"date":"2013-09-22T22:35:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T23:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2022-05-16T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T15:34:14","slug":"story-book-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/story-book-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"All Of The Best Book Cakes For Book Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-by-Rose-Sen-Cakes.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1089\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-by-Rose-Sen-Cakes.jpg\" alt=\"story book cake by Rose Sen Cakes\" width=\"552\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A story book cake is one of the most enchanting cakes you can make for a book lover whether it&#8217;s for a little one, a teenager or an adult of any age.<\/p>\n<p>We have some of the best book cake designs from around the world to inspire your own creation plus some tutorials to show you how to make a book cake.<\/p>\n<p>The very stylish cake design above was designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/rosesen.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rose Sen Cakes<\/a> as a\u00a0fabulous 30th birthday cake for an avid\u00a0book lover.<\/p>\n<p>To create an open book cake, you can either buy\u00a0a book-shaped cake pan\/tin or you can create one from two rectangular cakes with just a little bit of clever shaping as the example below, by the very talented <a href=\"http:\/\/verusca.deviantart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verusca Walker<\/a>, shows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-with-dinosaur-by-Verusca-Walker-on-Deviant-Art.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1091\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-with-dinosaur-by-Verusca-Walker-on-Deviant-Art.jpg\" alt=\"story book cake with dinosaur by Verusca Walker\" width=\"546\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-with-dinosaur-by-Verusca-Walker-on-Deviant-Art.jpg 557w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-with-dinosaur-by-Verusca-Walker-on-Deviant-Art-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a>To help you create your own story book cakes, you will find tutorials here :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hpVnPIGDCTI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book cake tutorial by Veena&#8217;s Art of Cake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jessicakesblog.blogspot.ie\/2013\/03\/how-to-make-open-book-cake.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book cake tutorial by Jessicakes<\/a>\u00a0(a bit more technical)<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll also find a tutorial for a &#8220;stack of books&#8221; cake from Alan Tetreault here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsugarart.com\/tutorial.php?sheetid=78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stack of Books Cake Tutorial.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4c895f9d7f3bdc97d6cdf3438b772f6d1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1094\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4c895f9d7f3bdc97d6cdf3438b772f6d1.jpg\" alt=\"how to make a story book cake tutorial\" width=\"307\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a>Cake Geek&#8217;s favourite method for creating story book cakes is very cleverly illustrated, in the picture on the right, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FancyTopcake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fancy Top Cakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This genius technique simply involves making and filling four small round cakes, halving them down the middle and laying them flat in the shape of an open book. Then trimming the outer page edges flat (as in the picture on the bottom left).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a terrific method that saves an awful lot of time on shaping!<\/p>\n<p>Once you have made and iced your basic book shape you can add as much detail as you like, with either 3-D figures as in the cakes above, or 2-D models such as the Disney cake below by <a href=\"http:\/\/cakecentral.com\/g\/i\/1160562\/this-cake-was-for-a-3-yr-old-girl-who-could-not-make-up-her-mind-if-she-wanted-lion-king-or-nemo-so-her-mother-asked-me-to-put-both-on-a-cake-and-i-came-up-with-the-storybook-idea-i-think-it-turned-out-fine-used-a-book-pan-all-mmf-credits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cake Central <\/a>contributor, Dods.\u00a0 This cake was a brilliant idea for a little girl who couldn&#8217;t decide whether she wanted a Lion King birthday cake or a Nemo birthday cake.\u00a0 So the cake designer decided to make her a story book cake featuring both stories, with\u00a0one on each page!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-by-Cake-Central-contributor-Dods-featuring-the-Lion-King-and-Finding-Nemo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-by-Cake-Central-contributor-Dods-featuring-the-Lion-King-and-Finding-Nemo.jpg\" alt=\"story book cake by Cake Central contributor Dods featuring the Lion King and Finding Nemo\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-by-Cake-Central-contributor-Dods-featuring-the-Lion-King-and-Finding-Nemo.jpg 540w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/book-cake-by-Cake-Central-contributor-Dods-featuring-the-Lion-King-and-Finding-Nemo-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below, we have two very cleverly designed book cakes for book lovers and book worms by two fabulous UK cake companies,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biscuiteers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biscuiteers<\/a> (left) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biscuiteers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laura Jane Cake Design<\/a> (right).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/book-cakes-for-book-lovers-and-book-worms-by-Biscuiteers-left-and-by-Laura-Jane-Cake-Design-via-CakesDecor-right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2313\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/book-cakes-for-book-lovers-and-book-worms-by-Biscuiteers-left-and-by-Laura-Jane-Cake-Design-via-CakesDecor-right.jpg\" alt=\"book cakes for book lovers and book worms by Biscuiteers (left) and by Laura Jane Cake Design via CakesDecor (right)\" width=\"530\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/book-cakes-for-book-lovers-and-book-worms-by-Biscuiteers-left-and-by-Laura-Jane-Cake-Design-via-CakesDecor-right.jpg 530w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/book-cakes-for-book-lovers-and-book-worms-by-Biscuiteers-left-and-by-Laura-Jane-Cake-Design-via-CakesDecor-right-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/rosebudcakes.com\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosebud Cakes<\/a> of Beverly Hills have created the magical fairytale book cake below that is simply awe-inspiring in it&#8217;s detail and imagination, fit for any princess aged 3 to 30!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fairytale-book-cake-by-Rosebud-Cakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1090 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fairytale-book-cake-by-Rosebud-Cakes.jpg\" alt=\"fairytale story book cake by Rosebud Cakes\" width=\"410\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fairytale-book-cake-by-Rosebud-Cakes.jpg 410w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fairytale-book-cake-by-Rosebud-Cakes-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow on to <a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/book-cakes-part-2\/\">The Best Book Cakes Part 2<\/a> here for even more beautiful book cake designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A story book cake is one of the most enchanting cakes you can make for a book lover whether it&#8217;s for a little one, a teenager or an adult of any age. 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