One Cake, One Hundred Desserts: Learn One Foolproof Cake Recipe and Make One Hundred Desserts [Hardcover]

Greg Case (Author), Keri Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 2006

With One Cake, One Hundred Desserts master just one basic cake recipe and you'll be able to turn out one hundred other desserts simply by adding a pinch of this or a dash of that.

The basic cake is easy. While the rich golden vanilla flavor is scrumptious on its own with nothing more than a sprinkle of powdered sugar, why stop there? The same recipe can be transformed into gooey, guilty-pleasure favorites such as Peanut Butter and Jelly Upside-Down Cake, Root Beer Float Ice Cream Cake, or Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake.

The basic recipe can also be turned into other show-stopping desserts, from cookies and brownies to pies, puddings, and petits fours. Whip up delectable treats like Banana Cream Roulade, Orange Vanilla Baked Alaska, Double Chocolate Mousse Bombe, and Butterscotch Madeleines.

One Cake, One Hundred Desserts has the perfect recipe for every occasion. In addition, there are color photographs of the desserts. Baking is now a piece of cake!

Editorial Reviews

Review

“You’ll never go back to boxed cake mixes.” (Philadelphia Inquirer )

“An excellent addition to all dessert cookbooks; recommended for all compulsive bakers.” (Library Journal )

“One Cake, which includes step-by-step photos of the master recipe, should give timid bakers plenty of confidence.” (Boston Globe )

About the Author

Greg Case began his culinary career at Dean & Deluca in New York before moving to Boston, where he worked as a pastry chef at Hamersley's Bistro. In 1999, he left to open G. Case Baking Company, which now supplies cakes, pastries, and other sweets to numerous shops, restaurants, and businesses. He is the coauthor of A Feast of the Heart and assisted former White House chef Henry Haller on the PBS series The Presidential Palate.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks (October 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060765356
• ISBN-13: 978-0060765354
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dessertlover, January 15, 2007

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This review is from: One Cake, One Hundred Desserts: Learn One Foolproof Cake Recipe and Make One Hundred Desserts (Hardcover)

I am already familiar with Greg Case's delectable pastry desserts in the Boston area. His new cake recipe book gives a vast range of ways to take a familiar pound cake and make it into something that can satisfy nearly everyone's dessert tastes and need for something special. My wife and I will be trying out these recipes for years to come. This dessert book is definitely different and a welcome addition to our kitchen.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Cake 100 Desserts, September 22, 2008

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This review is from: One Cake, One Hundred Desserts: Learn One Foolproof Cake Recipe and Make One Hundred Desserts (Hardcover)

This book is very well conceived , well written and easy to follow. I would recommend it for anyone who is interested in baking cakes. This book supplies you with the information you will need to satisfy your sweet tooth, impress guest or simply enjoy the success of baking a beautiful cake, Enjoy!

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Destined to be my dessert cookbook cornerstone., October 27, 2006

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L. Hirsch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Cake, One Hundred Desserts: Learn One Foolproof Cake Recipe and Make One Hundred Desserts (Hardcover)

Who knew I was famous? But there I am, right there in the introduction. I'm the one always bringing the same dessert when I go out because that's the recipe I know by heart. But no more! I feel like I'm learning how to bake like a pro. This cookbook gives me the tools to be creative and infinitely adaptable just by mastering one simple but elegant recipe.

The directions are simple and straightforward, accompanied by warm stories and good bit of humor. Each new recipe flows naturally from the last, and I'm already coming up with creative new twists.

I highly recommend this cookbook for anyone who wants to increase his or her dessert repertoire painlessly.