The #1 New York Times BestsellerA decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th centuryFriends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear.Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as Dylan shows you how to bake vintage forgotten greats. With a big pinch of fun and a full cup of humor, you’ll be baking everything from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s.Dylan has baked hundreds of recipes from countless antique cookbooks and selected only the best for this bakebook, sharing the shining stars from each decade. And because some of the recipes Dylan shares on his wildly popular social media channels are spectacular failures, he’s thrown in a few of the most disastrously strange recipes for you to try if you dare.A few of Dylan’s favorites that are going to have you licking your lips and begging for more include:● 1900s Cornflake Macaroons● 1910s ANZAC Biscuits● 1930s Peanut Butter Bread● 1940s Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake● 1950s Tomato Soup Cake● 1970s Potato Chip CookiesBaking Yesteryear contains 101 expertly curated recipes that will take you on a delicious journey through the past. With a larger-than-life personality and comedic puns galore, baking with Dylan never gets old. We’ll leave that to the recipes. Read more

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Life is sweet. Celebrate it! Taste of Home Bakeshop Classics makes it easy. Discover the best recipes and the step-by-step techniques every home cook needs to treat the coffee klatsch, fill the cookie jar, bake up golden breads and master holiday-worthy pies … all with recipes approved by the pros at the Taste of Home Test Kitchen. Whip up sumptuous layer cakes, insanely decadent brownies, bakery-level Danish and cute cake pops almost too special to eat. They’re all at your fingertips with Bakeshop Classics. 240+ Beloved Sweets. Discover the ultimate round-up of craveable treats, from macarons and smash cakes to vintage long johns and upside-down cakes.300 Gorgeous Color Photos. Find full-color photos and helpful step-by step preparation images throughout.Short & Sweet Icon. Dozens of shortcut dishes made easier with store-bought ingredients are highlighted with this at-a-glance icon.Best Birthday Ever. This bonus chapter is brimming with dozens of sweet sensations for anyone’s big day! Ice cream cakes, birthday cake shooters, and even adorable children’s treats.Nostalgic Seasonal Sweets. Create new memories with your children as you revisit vintage Christmas candies, autumn’s best caramel apples in the fall and the fruity summer classics everyone adores.Café Beverages. Pumpkin Spice Latte, Chai Tea and Creamy Irish Coffee are just some of the coffeehouse specialties you’ll find here. Saving money and dazzling friends has never been easier!QR Codes. Simply scan the codes to watch the Taste of Home Test Kitchen staff put together some of the country’s most popular dishes. Bake with confidence as you follow their lead.Nutrition Facts with Every Recipe. Because it’s important to know what you’re serving family and friends, we’ve included a complete set of nutrition facts with every recipe, plus diabetic exchanges where applicable. CHAPTERS Cookies, Brownies & Bars Cakes & Cupcakes Pies & Tarts Pastries Cheesecakes & Custards Daily Breads Muffins & Scones Coffee Cakes & Sweet Rolls Cafe Beverages BONUS: Best Birthday Ever Nostalgic Seasonal Sweets Read more

Becoming the baker of your dreams is easy—all it takes is a healthy appetite for learning and pinch of persistence!You don’t need a pantry full of specialty ingredients and equipment to become a great baker. You’ll quickly learn in Dessert Course that mastering a few foundational skills and understanding the whys and hows of baking science is all you need.Benjamin Delwiche, AKA Benjamin the Baker, is a math teacher by day and renegade social media baking scientist by night. His approach to baking is inspired by his approach to teaching—he’s committed to breaking down the mystery of baking success so his audience, like his students, can become stronger and more knowledgeable.First, you’ll learn how to break down a recipe, the essential mixing methods, and even how to re-formulate any recipe to make it work to your advantage. Let’s say you want to make chocolate chip cookies but you only have a few tablespoons of flour left—using Ben’s Baker’s Percentages technique, you’ll be able to figure out how many cookies you can make. The second half of the book showcases over 30 core recipes with variations—each one includes a flow chart so you can bake your own adventure. You’ll be able to visually understand what makes a chewy chocolate chip cookie vs a crispy one and what it will take to get to your desired destination. Above all else, this book is a celebration of the art and science of baking: the ingredients, the recipes, and the concepts that make a baked good both technically successful and undeniably delicious. Read more

Decorate dazzling cakes with this step-by-step guide for beginners!Decorating cakes at home is easy and fun, thanks to Rose Atwater's clear and detailed cake decorating guide. Rose started her "accidental cake business" in late 2009 with more than 20 practice cakes she made for her brother's wedding. By the following year, her prototypes had caught the attention of friends and family and turned into a steady stream of orders.Since then, she has turned her talents into a thriving business, decorating more than 1,500 cakes for her blog, Rose Bakes. Now, with Cake Decorating for Beginners, she turns her years of knowledge and experience into a comprehensive cake cookbook for any aspiring cake decorator!Get the ultimate cake decorating book for beginners:Getting started ― Begin with basic recipes for baking the cakes you'll decorate and get an overview of the decorating tools and ingredients you'll need.Essential techniques ― Learn how to decorate with frosting, piping, fondant, and chocolate so you can create cakes for any occasion, from baby showers to birthdays.Instructional cakes ― Find 10 complete cake tutorials to help you put your new skills into practice, like a Shades of Blue Hexagon Cake, a Sweet Flowers Wedding Cake, and a Bright & Happy Sprinkles Cake.This cake decorating book for beginners contains everything you need to create your own gorgeous, photo-worthy confections! Read more

Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2022IACP Award finalist in Baking Sweet & Savory, Confections and DessertsThe only gluten-free baking book you'll ever need, with delicious recipes that work perfectly every time.From proper crusty bread, pillowy soft cinnamon rolls and glorious layered cakes to fudgy brownies, incredibly flaky rough puff pastry and delicate patisserie – everything that once seemed impossible to make gluten-free can now be baked by you.Baked to Perfection begins with a thorough look at the gluten-free baking basics: how different gluten-free flours behave, which store-bought blends work best, and how to mix your own to suit your needs. Covering cakes, brownies, cookies, pastry and bread in turn, Katarina shares the best techniques for the recipes in that chapter, and each recipe is accompanied by expert tips, useful scientific explanations and occasional step-by-step photography to help you achieve gluten-free perfection.Recipes include classic bakes like super-moist chocolate cake, caramel apple pie and chocolate chip cookies, the softest, chewiest bread, including crusty artisan loaves, baguettes, brioche burger buns and soda bread, and mouth-watering showstoppers like toasted marshmallow brownies, coffee cream puffs and strawberries + cream tart. Read more

Experience mouthwatering Southern baking—from humble home kitchens to innovative new Southern chefs. One of the world's richest culinary traditions comes to life through this essential cookbook from bestselling author Anne Byrn. With 200 recipes from 14 states and more than 150 photos, Baking in the American South has the biscuits, cornbread, cakes, and rolls that will help you bake like a Southerner, even if you aren't.Recipes can tell you volumes if you pay attention—the crops raised, languages spoken, family customs, old world flavors, and, often, religion. Did you know that where a mill was located affected the recipes handed down from that area? Or that baking and selling pound cakes directly impacted the Civil Rights Movement? These stories and recipes, developed from good times and bad, have been collected and perfected over years and are now accessible to us all. Anne's expertise in assessing, modernizing, and developing well-written recipes makes this the definitive guide for bakers of all levels.From-scratch, Southern classic recipes include:Thomasville Cheese BiscuitsOuita Michel's Sweet Potato Streusel MuffinsNina Cain's Batty Cakes with Lacy EdgesThe Best Lemon Meringue PieGeorgia Gilmore's Pound CakeThis fascinating dive into the history of 14 Southern states—Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and more—features stories and beautifully photographed recipes from pre-Civil War times to today's Southern kitchens. It's about the places, the people, the products and the culture of the moment that influenced what people baked. It's about African-American women and the monumental contributions they have made to the art of Southern baking, about home cooks and how they've kept traditions alive wherever they settle by baking family recipes each year for holidays and celebrations, and about the pastry chefs who have thoughtfully reimagined how the South bakes.Experience the recipes and the stories behind them that showcase the substantial contributions Southern baking has made to American baking at large. Food historians, bakers, foodies, and cookbook collectors from every corner of the country will want this cookbook in their collections. Read more

One of Good Housekeeping's Best Cookbooks to Gift This YearThe legendary IACP Culinary Classic The Cake Bible—found in the kitchen of every serious baker and beloved for decades—with classic recipes thoroughly updated and including about 30% new recipes and methods and the latest ingredient and equipment informationThe original Cake Bible is a guiding light in the world’s baking literature, with Rose Levy Beranbaum’s deep knowledge and respect for craft to be found on every page. It’s for home and professional bakers who want to make glorious, technically perfect cakes and understand why the ingredients in cakes work the way they do.The book was hugely influential from the moment it first came out in 1988, selling hundreds of thousands of copies and going through sixty printings. It introduced the reverse creaming method, incorporating flour and butter first instead of butter and sugar. This makes mixing faster and easier, helps cakes rise more evenly, and results in a finer and more tender cake texture. And it’s among the first United States cookbooks to offer measurements in weights, highlighting the superiority of the metric system, which has become the gold standard in baking books.But a lot has changed in thirty-five years—and The Cake Bible has changed with it! This striking new edition—with new color photographs of virtually every cake in an expanded center section—contains recipes for classic and innovative cakes and complementary adornments of all types, instructions for making stunning decorations, and flavor variations for every craving and occasion, with foundational recipes like All-Occasion Downy Yellow Butter Cake and Angel Food Cake and showstoppers like the Strawberry Maria, which brings together Génoise au Chocolat, Grand Marnier-flavored syrup, and Strawberry Cloud Cream. Rose also provides instructions for baking for special occasions, such as weddings, with recipes to serve 150 people as well as formulas to scale the recipes for any number of desired servings.This new addition has: 150 additional pages, 30% more recipes, updated formatting, and even black and white photographs of Rose's kitchen.For thirty-five years, Rose has been tweaking and reworking her methods based on reader feedback and constant conversations with other bakers and food and equipment professionals. Rose’s fans, professional and amateur alike, will love this perfect distillation of her decades of experience and the pure joy of creation. Read more

Find sweet satisfaction with 50 easy, everyday cake recipes made with simple ingredients, one bowl, and no fuss.IACP AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Bon Appétit • The New York Times Book Review • Epicurious • Town & Country“[Snacking Cakes] hits the sweet spot. . . . Cake for breakfast? Yes, please!”—Martha Stewart LivingIn Snacking Cakes, the indulgent, treat-yourself concept of cake becomes an anytime, easy-to-make treat. Expert baker Yossy Arefi’s collection of no-fuss recipes is perfect for anyone who craves near-instant cake satisfaction.With little time and effort, these single-layered cakes are made using only one bowl (no electric mixers needed) and utilize ingredients likely sitting in your cupboard. They’re baked in the basic pans you already own and shine with only the most modest adornments: a dusting of powdered sugar, a drizzle of glaze, a dollop of whipped cream. From Nectarine and Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake and Gingery Sweet Potato Cake to Salty Caramel Peanut Butter Cake and Milk Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Cake, these humble, comforting treats couldn’t be simpler to create. Yossy’s rustic, elegant style combines accessible, diverse flavors in intriguing ways that make them easy for kids to join in on the baking, but special enough to serve company or bring to potlucks. Whether enjoyed in a quiet moment alone with a cup of morning coffee or with friends hungrily gathered around the pan, these ever-pleasing, undemanding cakes will become part of your daily ritual. Read more

Ready, set, BAKE!From the star of Netflix's Great British Baking Show, a delicious, easy-to-follow cookbook for every home chef who wants to master the Victorian sponge, avoid soggy pie bottoms, and win star baker. "Despite the temptation of icing-splattered pains aux raisins, crisp Cypriot almond biscuits, and a carrot and almond cheesecake, I went straight for the flatbread recipe and it worked like a dream." -Nigel Slater, The GuardianPaul Hollywood was the son of a baker long before he became a household name as a judge on The Great British Baking Show. Raised to make perfect breads, scones, and sponges, he advanced from his father's kitchen to become head baker at hotels around the world. As he worked, Hollywood became passionate about busting the myths that surround baking, sharing his finely honed skills, and showing that with the right guidance, anybody can achieve success time after time. Now, in How to Bake, Hollywood introduces readers to his tried and true techniques. He has filled this book with easy-to-follow, clearly explained, utterly delicious recipes for an abundance of breads, pastries, cakes and biscuits from ciabatta to focaccia and fresh croissants to a classic Victoria sponge.As they say on Great British Baking Show: "Ready, Set, BAKE!" Read more

Baking is a piece of cake with this fundamental beginner's cookbook.Here's a little culinary secret. You can become a fantastic baker even if your cooking experience is limited to cracking a few eggs. All you need is The Beginner's Baking Bible.Baking becomes truly accessible thanks to this cookbook, which features:Breakdowns of baking basics―Learn how to utilize critical baking techniques such as mixing, folding, creaming, and kneading. Discover steps that will help you perfect your process.Tons of insider tricks―From ingredient substitutions to marshaling batter run amok, most recipes are paired with important tips designed to simplify and troubleshoot life in the kitchen.130+ scrumptious recipes―Enjoy making a wide variety of sweet and savory goodies including decadent spiced hot chocolate cookies, zesty lemon bars, or fresh and flaky summer vegetable tarts. No matter what you bake, these recipes will have family and friends reaching for seconds.Blossom into a confident baker with The Beginner's Baking Bible. Read more

A comprehensive beginner's guide to making macarons Learn how you can make the kinds of beautiful and delicious macarons you'd expect to find in a Parisian patisserie in the comfort of your own kitchen. French Macarons for Beginners provides foolproof instructions for mastering these notoriously finicky confections. From whipping up the meringue to properly folding and piping the batter, this macaron guide takes you through the process in detail, step-by-step, to help ensure success—starting with your very first batch. This French pastry cookbook includes: Macaron basics—Bake up picture-perfect macarons with the assistance of complete, easy-to-follow directions.A range of flavors—Mix and match 30 shell recipes and 30 filling recipes to satisfy your personal taste.Cookie troubleshooting—Solve problems like cracked shells, grainy ganache, curdled buttercream, and more. With this macaron cookbook, you'll learn how easy it is to create incredible, colorful sweets in any flavor you can imagine. Read more

Published in celebration of Magnolia Bakery's twenty-fifth anniversary, this beautifully photographed handbook offers nearly 150 scrumptious recipes and tips, tools, and techniques accompanied by 250 photographs and illustrations—the perfect gift for home bakers and destined to be their go-to, favorite resource.When it opened its doors in 1996, Magnolia Bakery quickly became a landmark and destination in New York City. Fans lined up around the block to get a taste of the shop’s freshly-baked cupcakes, cakes, banana pudding, cheesecakes and much more. Today, Magnolia Bakery can be found in shops in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dubai, Manila, and Bangalore. Bobbie Lloyd, Magnolia Bakery’s Chief Baking Officer, has played a critical role in maintaining the company’s reputation for handmade baked goods, and its authenticity and excellence throughout its growth. Bobbie has worked to update its classic treats, introduced new temptations, and carefully expanded the business both online and in new locations across New York and the world.The Magnolia Bakery Handbook is the first book Magnolia Bakery has published since the business was sold by the founders in 2007. Gorgeously designed, filled with irresistible creations, it is sure to become an essential staple for home bakers. Along with almost 150 recipes, all beautifully photographed, Bobbie shares hundreds of tips, tricks, techniques, and must-have tools for successful baking. Inside you’ll find everything you need to make the classic desserts of Magnolia Bakery at home. Chapters include: Invaluable Tips and Techniques for the Home BakerThe Ingredients Used in My Kitchen and at Magnolia BakeryTools of the TradeCakes CupcakesFrom the Cookie JarBrownies and BarsPies and CrispsMuffinsScones and Coffee CakesIce Box DessertsBanana PuddingBase Recipes: Buttercreams and Icings, Crumbs and Crusts, Fillings and Sauces, AdornmentsSourcesWhether you have a craving for Magnolia Bakery’s popular banana pudding, classic icebox cake, or their rich double fudge brownie, The Magnolia Bakery Handbook shows you how to make it and bake it right. Read more

Discover real comfort food with these authentic country recipes!294 delicious, easy-to-follow recipes gathered from real Amish cooks across the United States and CanadaLies flat for easy countertop use, with a sturdy hardback hidden-spiral binding100 beautiful color photos of finished recipes and Amish lifeArray of traditional dishes includes appetizers, soups, salads, mains, casseroles, breads, and dessertsIncludes a brief history of Amish, Mennonites, and AnabaptismThis attractive kitchen-friendly cookbook is filled with 294 favorite authentic country recipes gathered from Amish kitchens across the United States and Canada. Bound in a sturdy hardback hidden-spiral binding that lies flat for easy countertop use, Amish Community Cookbook will have you preparing delicious, down-to-earth dishes your family will request again and again!The Amish people are renowned for their rich agricultural heritage, strong community spirit, and good old-fashioned, stick-to-your-ribs comfort food. This treasury of beloved recipes expresses their close connection to the land and reliance on fresh, natural ingredients.Amish Community Cookbook offers an endless array of traditional appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, casseroles, breads, and desserts. Beyond the delicious, hearty taste, this is food that offers something to nourish the soul. One taste and you'll see why these recipes have been bringing families and communities together at the table for generations.Here is a sampling of the Amish favorites you'll find in Amish Community Cookbook:Apple DumplingsBaked CornBarn Raising DinnerBread and Butter PicklesBrown Butter NoodlesChicken Pot PieCorn Soup With RivelsHam and Bean SoupPork and SauerkrautRed Beet EggsRed Velvet CakeWet Bottom ShooFly PieAmish Community Cookbook is the updated and improved edition of Treasured Amish & Mennonite Recipes (ISBN 9781565235991), with a bright new layout and beautiful new photography. Read more

Featured by QVC, Hallmark Home & Family, Tasting Table, and the Washington Post.Cakes are the all-occasion dessert--the center of attention at birthdays, holiday celebrations, and dinner parties, and the most welcome brunch, after-school, or teatime snack. America's Test Kitchen's first all-cake book is the definitive guide to any cake you crave from Classic Pound Cake to enjoy anytime to a stunning and impressive Blueberry Jam Cake with brilliant jam stripes and ombré frosting. In addition to foolproof recipes are features that make towering 24-layer Hazelnut- Chocolate Crêpe Cake as approachable as Applesauce Snack Cake. Sidebars include step-by-step photography for cakes with more advanced techniques like piping the ribbons of frosting that help give beautiful Rhubarb Ribbon Cake its name. Our years of test kitchen knowledge on the art and science of baking cakes provide all the tips and tricks you need for executing perfect cakes every time. Read more

Learn how to create exquisite, lifelike sugar flowers and arrange them with fresh blooms in the floral arrangements of your dreams—regardless of season or availability.“A Sweet Floral Life is pure magic.”—Ariella Chezar, author of The Flower Workshop and Seasonal Flower ArrangingRising Instagram star Natasja Sadi’s floral arrangements have a sumptuous, old-world look straight out of a classical painting. But among the glorious profusion of fresh flowers, there is often a surprise twist: handmade sugar flowers (traditionally used in cake decorating) that are indistinguishable from real ones and last forever.In A Sweet Floral Life, Natasja guides you through her creative process of flower arranging and developing your personal style, along with tutorials for seasonal arrangements, living and entertaining with flowers, and how to photograph flowers. A former fashion designer, Natasja began making flowers out of sugar to honor her African and Indonesian ancestors who worked in the sugarcane fields of Suriname. In A Sweet Floral Life, Natasja provides steps for sculpting sugar flowers, a versatile medium with limitless possibilities—they can be used in fresh floral arrangements, displayed on their own as unique home décor, or used to adorn cakes. And whether it’s the middle of summer or the dead of winter, sugar flowers are always in season and always in perfect full bloom.Capture the romance, set the mood, and be swept away by gorgeous and inspiring floral art with A Sweet Floral Life. Read more

For nearly a decade, Bake from Scratch has been a source of inspiration for bakers, offering a blend of fresh and timeless recipes. We’re excited to present our largest annual volume yet, featuring every recipe from our 2024 magazine issues alongside a baker’s dozen of exclusive new recipes. Each entry is accompanied by stunning full-color photography and detailed step-by-step tutorials.This cookbook goes beyond just recipes; it’s a treasure trove of baking resources. You’ll find helpful tips, insightful sidebars, and make-ahead suggestions to enhance your baking experience. With comprehensive ingredient and equipment information, along with adaptable recipe options, this volume caters to bakers of all levels—from seasoned home cooks to those just starting their culinary journey.Baking brings instant joy, fosters deep connections, and creates lasting memories. This collection is dedicated to the simple pleasures of life. Each time you bake, you’re not just making something delicious; you’re infusing a bit of magic into your day, crafting moments that resonate long after the last crumb has disappeared. Read more

Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories is the debut cookbook from sensational food writer, Jocelyn Delk Adams. Since founding her popular recipe blog Grandbaby Cakes in 2012, Adams has been putting fresh twists on old favorites. Adams has earned praise from critics and the adoration of bakers both young and old for her easygoing advice, rich photography, and the heartwarming memories she shares of her family’s generations-old love of baking. As a child, Adams and her family would routinely embark on the ten-hour journey from their home in Chicago to Winona, Mississippi. There, she would watch her grandmother, affectionately nicknamed Big Mama, bake and develop delicious, melt-in-your-mouth desserts. From blooming tree-picked fruit to farm-raised eggs and fresh-churned butter, Big Mama used what was readily available to invent completely original treats. Adams treasured the moments when her mother, aunt, and Big Mama would bring her into the kitchen to let her dabble in the process as a rite of passage. Big Mama’s recipes became the fabric of their family heritage. Grandbaby Cakes is Adams’s love note to her family, thanking those who came before and passing on this touching tradition with 50 brilliant cakes.Grandbaby Cakes pairs charming stories of Big Mama’s kitchen with recipes ranging from classic standbys to exciting adventures—helpfully marked by degree of difficulty—that will inspire your own family for years to come. Adams creates sophisticated flavor combinations based on Big Mama’s gorgeous centerpiece cakes, giving each recipe something familiar mixed with something new. From pound cakes and layer cakes to sheet cakes and "baby" cakes (cupcakes and cakelettes), Grandbaby Cakes delivers fun, hip recipes perfect for any celebration.Readers will love this cookbook for its eclectic and bold recipes steeped in equal parts warm Southern charm and fresh Midwestern flavors. Not only will home bakers be able to make staples like yellow cake and icebox cake exactly how their grandmothers did, but they’ll also be preparing impressive innovations, like the Pineapple Upside-Down Hummingbird Pound Cake and the Fig-Brown Sugar Cake. Grandbaby Cakes is a collection for both new-aged and traditional bakers, but mostly it’s for anyone who wants a fresh, modern take on classic recipes as well as cakes full of heart and soul. Read more

“Whitney is one of those bakers who can turn any cake into a masterpiece! She’s an inspiration to any self-taught baker.” ― Duff Goldman, Ace of Cakes and owner of Charm City CakesEverything You Need to Know to Create Pretty Cakes with Confidence Anyone Can Cake brings beautiful, artisan cakes within reach of every home baker. Many professional cake artists appear to have a magical touch where every cake they make looks equally perfect and effortless, so it can be intimidating to home bakers. Whitney DePaoli is here to help. As a self-taught cake artist who has been baking cakes from her home kitchen for over a decade, Whitney shares her best tips and hard-won knowledge to answer all of your cake baking questions, help you avoid common mistakes and master the building blocks that make a great cake. Discover the pride and joy of achieving the perfect consistency buttercream, the right way to crumb coat your cake and beginnerfriendly methods for popular decorating techniques. The book is overflowing with full-page photography, foolproof recipes, handy graphics, reference charts and stepby- step instructions to lead you to complete cake confidence. Whether you are looking for simple classics or creative flavors such as Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake, Double Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cake and Raspberry-Almond Impressionist Cake, the sky is the limit with what you can do. Allow Whitney to guide your cake journey and prove that everyone can create a stunning layer cake to be proud of. Learn how to: • Bake, build and decorate layer cakes, along with all the techniques and tools you’ll need • Master buttercream frosting, from mixing gorgeous colors to achieving a perfectly smooth finish • Create ombrés, stripes, Lambeth piping and more with beginner-friendly decorating tutorials • Level-up your design with in-depth guides for ganache drips, sprinkle placement and perfect piping Featured resources include: • Foolproof base recipes such as Favorite Vanilla Cake, One-Bowl Chocolate Cake and Vanilla Buttercream • Creative recipes for showstopper cakes like Rainbow Striped Milk & Cereal Cake, Chocolate- Covered Strawberry Cake and Snickerdoodle Cake • Troubleshooting tips and step-by-step instructions for preventing common mishaps every step of the way • Luscious full-spread photography and visual reference charts Read more

“Filled to the brim with recipes for the most splendidly beautiful cakes, cookies, breads, and tarts I think I’ve ever seen . . . a triumph!” —Ree Drummond, “The Pioneer Woman” Incredible desserts with layers and swirls of flavor that are beautiful and delicious—inside and out When you marble, layer, and swirl doughs, batters, toppings, or frostings, good looks and good taste come together in one total package. Irvin Lin, creator of the popular blog Eat the Love, shows how these techniques open the door to inventive flavor combinations that look as fantastic as they taste.    Bakers of all levels will enjoy recipes ranging from easy brownies and bars to brunch-worthy muffins and morning buns to show-stopping cakes and tarts: cinnamon spiral icebox cookies, pistachio-swirl brownies, triple-chocolate pie, multicolored “Neapolitan” layer cake, and more. Lin offers variations to suit any taste (more than 150 recipes total) plus baking and decorating tips throughout on topics like making your own all-natural food coloring, rolling up jelly roll–style cakes, and discovering the magic of browned butter. Readers (and eaters) are sure to ooh and ahh over every dazzling dessert at first glance—and then again at first bite.   “Irvin Lin gives home-baked treats a twist, ramping them up with a range of contemporary flavors that are sure to surprise and delight.”—David Lebovitz, New York Times bestselling author of Drinking French   “Leave it to Irvin to hit it out of the park with Marbled, Swirled, and Layered. Every recipe is an inspiration! I want to make, and eat, every. single. one.”—Elise Bauer, founder of Simply Recipes Read more