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Perfect Cakes
Overview
For weddings and birthdays, special dinners, or simple afternoon teas, nothing marks an occasion better than a freshly baked cake. Malgieri offers over 200 impressive yet easy-to-follow recipes for flawless cakes of every kind, from layer cakes to cheesecakes, molded cakes to meringues. 45 color photos.
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- ISBN-13: 9780060198794
- ISBN-10: 0060198796
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company
- Publish Date: October 2002
- Dimensions: 9.45 x 8.31 x 0.97 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.73 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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Round, rectangular, loaf-shaped or layered, cakes are wonderful concoctions that play a deliciously important part in our lives. They're comforting, festive and celebratoryjust imagine a birthday or a wedding without one. Whatever the occasion, whatever the form, making cakes should be fun and foolproof, and every cake you bake should be perfect. To do that, all you need is a good oven and Nick Malgieri, James Beard Award-winning cookbook author. I don't know about your oven, but I do know that you'll find Nick's clear, methodical guidance and hand-holding reassurance in his latest book, Perfect Cakes. There are fabulous full-color photographs and more than 200 recipes for all kinds of cakesno-fuss coffee cakes; moist, buttery pound cakes; light, delicate angel food cakes; fruit cakes that folks will actually eat; chocolate cakes to die for; cheesecakes to diet for; elaborate layer cakes filled and frosted with the fluffy white icing of childhood dreams or gilded with a rich ganache. More, yes indeed, a Buche De Noel, the ultimate Christmas cake, a tantalizing Tiramisu, and elegant, individual cakes that give finger food new meaning. Nick explains all the steps and all the techniques; he's at your side whenever you crave a cake or need to bake. Practice makes perfect, as we all know, so why not get a head start with the aid of a preeminent practitioner.
A piece of cake
Round, rectangular, loaf-shaped or layered, cakes are wonderful concoctions that play a deliciously important part in our lives. They're comforting, festive and celebratoryjust imagine a birthday or a wedding without one. Whatever the occasion, whatever the form, making cakes should be fun and foolproof, and every cake you bake should be perfect. To do that, all you need is a good oven and Nick Malgieri, James Beard Award-winning cookbook author. I don't know about your oven, but I do know that you'll find Nick's clear, methodical guidance and hand-holding reassurance in his latest book, Perfect Cakes. There are fabulous full-color photographs and more than 200 recipes for all kinds of cakesno-fuss coffee cakes; moist, buttery pound cakes; light, delicate angel food cakes; fruit cakes that folks will actually eat; chocolate cakes to die for; cheesecakes to diet for; elaborate layer cakes filled and frosted with the fluffy white icing of childhood dreams or gilded with a rich ganache. More, yes indeed, a Buche De Noel, the ultimate Christmas cake, a tantalizing Tiramisu, and elegant, individual cakes that give finger food new meaning. Nick explains all the steps and all the techniques; he's at your side whenever you crave a cake or need to bake. Practice makes perfect, as we all know, so why not get a head start with the aid of a preeminent practitioner.