The Cake Bible

by Rose Levy Beranbaum, Dean G Bornstein

Overview

An IACP Culinary Classics Hall of Fame book • Winner of the James Beard award 

"If you ever bake a cake, this book will become your partner in the kitchen." —Maida Heatter 

This is the classic cake cookbook that enables anyone to make delicious, exquisite cakes. As a writer for food magazines, women's magazines, and newspapers, including The New York Times, Rose Levy Beranbaum's trademark is her ability to reduce the most complex techniques to easy-to-follow recipes. Rose makes baking a joy. This is the definitive work on cakes by the country's top cake baker.

The Cake Bible shows how to:

• Mix a buttery, tender layer cake in under five minutes with perfect results every time
• Make the most fabulous chocolate cake you ever imagined with just three ingredients
• Find recipes for every major type of cake, from pancakes to four-tiered wedding cakes
• Make cakes with less sugar but maximum flavor and texture
• Make many low- to no- cholesterol, low-saturated-fat recipes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780688044022
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/20/1988
Pages:	592
Sales rank:	51,204
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 10.25(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Rose Levy Beranbaum is an internationally known food and baking expert whose books have been translated into Mandarin Chinese, Czech, Russian, and Spanish. She has been called the “diva of desserts,” “the most meticulous cook who ever lived,” and a “legendary baker.” She has published thirteen books, many of them award winners, including The Cake Bible (IACP’s Cookbook of the Year and an IACP Cookbook Hall of Fame book), Rose’s Heavenly Cakes (IACP’s Cookbook of the Year), and Rose’s Christmas Cookies (winner of the James Beard Award). Rose has mentored many aspiring bakers, has written for all the major food magazines, and had a long-running PBS Show called Baking Magic with Rose. She is also a designer of equipment for baking and cooking. Her popular blog, Real Baking with Rose, has created an international community of bakers. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, Woody Wolston.

Editorial Reviews

Beranbaum, a talented baker and former owner of a New York cooking school, has produced a definitive work that will excite accomplished cooks and beginners alike. She covers basic, ``foolproof'' cakes as well as showcase cakes, accompanying these with pages and pages of adornments of all types; her instructions are impressively precise but unintimidating. She also includes lengthy discussions on ingredients and equipment and concludes with a special section on the chemistry of cake baking and on making a professional wedding cakes. An essential purchase. JS

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