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The Cake Bible

Rose Levy Beranbaum

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

Book Details

  • Publisher: William Morrow & Company
  • Publish Date: Sep 20th, 1988
  • Pages: 592
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.35in - 7.50in - 1.67in - 2.97lb
  • EAN: 9780688044022
  • Categories: Courses & Dishes - CakesMethods - BakingReference

About the Author

Beranbaum, Rose Levy: -

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.

Praise for this book

"Rose Levy Beranbaum is a kitchen chemist extraordinaire--this, after all, is the woman who wrote her master's thesis on the effects of sifting on the quality of yellow cake. In "The Cake Bible," she explains the science behind types of leavening, the merits (or not) of sifting, melting chocolate, preheating ovens, and more. There are precise and detailed instructions for intricate wedding cakes as well as cakes that can be mixed and in the oven in five minutes. In addition, nutrition information is included with every recipe. Cake scientist Beranbaum doesn't forget the art, either; pencil drawings teach novice bakers how to create a garden full of flowers from royal icing and mushrooms from piped meringue. It's no wonder that the International Association of Culinary Professionals picked "The Cake Bible" as their cookbook of the year for 1988--this book has something to teach bakers at every level." -- Amazon.com