Table of Contents
Introduction: Bonjour! from Jacques Torres 6
Get Ready to Nail It! 8
Book Ingredients 10
Work It! Tips for Working with Our Favorite Ingredients 16
Modeling Chocolate
Fondant
Royal Icing
Rice Cereal Shapes
Buttercream Basics
Baker's Choice 24
Chocolate Emoji Cake 26
Sheep Cake Pops 28
Alien Cupcakes 30
Candy Apple Aliens 32
High-Fashion Doll Cake 34
Classic Maria Doll Cake 36
Rocket Ship Cake 42
Chocolate Animal Mud Bath 46
Late-Night Pancake Art 48
Jungle Toaster Pastries 52
Giant Exotic Pet Cracker Cookie 54
Garden Gnome Mini Pie 56
Nail it or Fail it 58
Volcano Cake 60
Unicorn Cake 66
Sweet Explosion Cake 70
Sylvia Weinstock Wedding Cake 76
Donkey Piñata Cake 84
Princess Tower Cake 90
Toy Robot Cake 96
Sushi Board Cake 102
Grandma Cookie Cake 108
Tuskegee Airmen Cake 114
Loch Ness Monster Cake 120
Jacques' Chocolate Adventure Cake 126
Nailed It! Holiday! 132
Jacques' Legendary Hot Chocolate 134
Wintry Cabin 136
Ski Vacation Flannel Cake 138
Sylvia Weinstock Hanukkah Cake 146
Nicole at the Pole Cake 152
Donut You Dare 158
Flamingo Pool Float Donut 160
Polar Bear Donut and Cub Donut Hole 166
How to Host a Nailed It! Party 170
Credits 174