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Great Cakes: Over 250 Recipes to Bake, Share, and Enjoy [Hardcover]

Carole Walter
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)


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Book Description

November 1, 2005
Carole Walter has had a love affair with baking since she was a child. That passion has flowered into a professional career that has taken Walter around the world to study baking and the culinary arts with renowned chefs in Austria, Denmark, France, and Italy, as well as in the United States. For twenty years she has been sharing this wealth of expertise with her own students, and now she shares it with you.
With Carole Walter at your side, you will be able to achieve professional results every time. Her clear instructions and invaluable tips will help you avoid the common pitfalls that every baker, no matter how experienced, faces from time to time.
Many of the cake recipes in Great Cakes can be baked in under an hour and don't require frosting or filling, yet they are attractive enough to serve to company. Here are recipes for Old-Fashioned Pound Cake and Streusel Lemon Torte, Chocolate Marble Cheesecake and Italian Purple Plum Cake, and more -- over 250 recipes in all.
You'll also find an array of basic butter cakes, jelly roll cakes, coffee cakes and cheese cakes, as well as cakes that have fruit, nuts, and vegetables as their main ingredients. Once you've mastered the basics, you can go on to fillings, frostings, glazes, and toppings for glorious results.
A complete compendium of cake recipes, this is the only cake baking book you'll ever need, the one you'll use again and again to make simple yet utterly delicious cakes for your family and friends. Great Cakes is more than a "cookbook" -- it's a baking course between two covers.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Gramercy (November 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0517225360
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517225363
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 1.6 x 9.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,063,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of great recipes September 7, 2006
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
My favorite recipe in this book is the Carrot Pineapple Cake. What I also like is that the recipes respond well to tweeking, therefore you can make a recipe your own. The cakes have that homemade taste to them. There is also some useful info in the front about the different ingredients, which is a must for any serious baker. There are directions for decorating cakes and recipes for sauces, frosting and glazes in the back. Every recipe end with instructions on how to store the finished cake, and contains variations of the original recipe. I am a recent graduate of a professional baking and pastry program, and I can tell you that I use this book for cakes more so than my textbook. I took away one star for the lack of photos. There are some in the middle of the book as well as some illustrations in the decorating section, but I usually like more photos in my books. But don't let that stop you from buying this book. This is my bible for cakes.

NOTE: Taste the batter before you bake, I find that I have to add a little sugar to the recipes.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not for me January 13, 2009
Format:Hardcover
Sorry to contradict the other positive reviews, but I am not a fan of this book. The instructional information I did find interesting and I did take notes before going to the recipes as I know it's important to understand the authors philosophy and how it translates into the recipes. However, despite my own personal baking experience, I did not have good luck with many of the recipes and believe there are much better options out there. I also believe many of the recipes are unnecessarily enhanced with odd ingredients just to make them original. Don't buy this book expecting to find great rock solid recipes for common cakes. The few it includes are not great in my opinion. Same with the frostings. My personal opinion is the book falls way short on several fronts. My advice would be to try some of the recipes found on the recipe websites. Base your choice on only the highest user ratings for each and make the tweaks to the recipes that people suggest. You will be much happier. Book wise, I would look elsewhere.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Reliable April 6, 2010
By S. Ray
Format:Hardcover
Every recipe in this book is exceptional, or at least every one I have tried so far. Each recipe has very thorough instructions, so that even the more elaborate recipes end up being simple and easy to follow.
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