Cakes to Die For!: The Complete Guide for Cake Lovers - Hardcover

Shaffer, Bev

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1589806913 ISBN 13: 9781589806917

Verlag: PELICAN PUB CO, 2010

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This tasted-and-tested collection spans the cake spectrum. The recipes include everything from classics to more adventurous suggestions.

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Bev Shaffer is an author, food writer, and culinary instructor, as well as the director of Mustard Seed Market and Café Cooking Schools in Akron and Solon, Ohio. A regular columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Shaffer is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Chefs Collaborative, and Women Chefs & Restaurateurs.

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Fire up your ovens! With 176 sweet and sumptuous cake recipes within reach, it will be impossible to resist having your cake and eating it too. With her straightforward approach, chef Bev Shaffer walks bakers of all talents and tastes through a crash course in cake creation that results in decadent, gooey, fruity, rich, and remarkable treats.
Such exceptional entries as Macadamia Madness with White Chocolate Frosting, Frosting-on-the-Bottom German Chocolate Cake, and Dried Cherry Streusel Coffeecake with Silky Cherry Butter Sauce represent the tempting versatility of the cakes in this comprehensive volume. From Fresh Banana Cake with Mascarpone Seduction to Marmalade-Topped Sweet Potato Cake with Cinnamon-Infused Whipped Cream, there is something for everyone in this irresistible collection.
An introductory chapter on the basics of baking, simple tips for making great-looking cakes, and advice on everything from filling a pastry bag to freezing a cake will initiate even the most inexperienced baker into the wonderful world of cakes. Organized by type of cake--layer cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, coffeecakes and "flipped over" cakes, fancy cakes, snack cakes, Bundt cakes, and more--the volume goes on to include "slices of advice" throughout to explain useful techniques and tricks.

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Bev Shaffer is a chef, traveling culinary instructor, and author as well as the director of Mustard Seed Market and Caf� Cooking Schools in Akron and Solon, Ohio. She has developed more than nine thousand recipes on a wide variety of subjects, including seafood, desserts (especially chocolate), sides, and grains, and was invited to teach a Winter Comfort Food Workshop at the James Beard House in New York City.
A regular columnist for Northern Ohio Live magazine, Shaffer is the author of the popular weekly "Ask Bev" column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She crafts seasonal recipes with food tips for the Mountain Valley Spring Water Web site under the Red Oval Society section and is a food-community expert on chocolate for the Web site A Million Cooks.
The recipient of many awards and commendations, she was presented with the Outstanding Contribution Award by the Ohio Dietetic Association. A member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Chefs Collaborative, and Women Chefs & Restaurateurs and a founding member of Les Dames d'Escoffier, Northeast Ohio/Cleveland chapter, Shaffer is the author of Brownies to Die For!, Cookies to Die For!, and Mustard Seed Market & Caf� Natural Foods Cookbook, all available from Pelican.

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• Verlag: PELICAN PUB CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1589806913
• ISBN 13: 9781589806917
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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