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The Cake Bible Hardcover – September 20, 1988

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"If you ever bake a cake, this book will become your partner in the kitchen."
-- from the foreword by 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. (2017 inductee into the Int'l Assoc. of Culinary Professionals Culinary Classics Hall of Fame)

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

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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.

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Beranbaum, a talented baker and former owner of a New York cooking school, has produced a definitive work that will excite accomplished cooks and beginners alike. She covers basic, "foolproof" cakes as well as showcase cakes, accompanying these with pages and pages of adornments of all types; her instructions are impressively precise but unintimidating. She also includes lengthy discussions on ingredients and equipment and concludes with a special section on the chemistry of cake baking and on making a professional wedding cakes. An essential purchase. JS
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Hardcover: 592 pages
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks; 8th edition (September 20, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0688044026
ISBN-13: 978-0688044022
Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.7 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 457 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Cakes
- #29 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Desserts
- #29 in Books > Reference > Encyclopedias & Subject Guides > Cooking

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Shar Gray

I always get such great feedback. The recipes are clear

April 21, 2016

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I lost the copy I had of this in the 90s and I just HAD to get it again. The recipes in here are now a huge part of my family's holiday celebrations. I always get such great feedback. The recipes are clear, to the point, and provide helpful tips and directions. I wouldn't say this is for the inexperienced baker. If you are just getting started in baking, you may want to try a different book with simpler cakes just to begin with and then come back to this book. The recipes in here can be pretty complex and very easy to mess up on.

Although the recipes in this book are great as is, a great thing about the popularity of this book is that you can go online and find many different variations and add-ons that you can make to the recipes to make them more to your liking.

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J. B. Dian

A bit flowery but good information

June 26, 2015

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I'd purchased this book many years ago and ended up not using it very much. I gave my copy to a daughter who bakes quite a bit. Of course, a few months later, I realized that I would need to make some presentable cakes in the near future, so purchased The Cake Bible again. It does give a thorough grounding in the cake baking process. Personally I think it would be better if someone edited out 90% of the uses of the word "exquisite", but the advice and recipes are solid.

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Jeff and Joan

Excellent

February 25, 2017

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Excellent cookbook. Tips on how to make the best cakes ever! I never had pound cake before I made the one in this book. Melt in your mouth, buttery and addictive. Sent some cakes to deer hunting camp with my husband. His parents said they never had such great cakes before. There are cakes and breakfast cakes in this book. I weighed the ingredients instead of measuring them.

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RefScots

I bought the book because I love to bake for others

March 20, 2018

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Oh gosh. The Cake Bible was everything everyone said it was. When it arrived, I think I spent the rest of the afternoon perusing its fabulous pages. From pictures to instructions, it is a true baker's gem. While I can't eat cake (low-carb), I bought the book because I love to bake for others. What makes The Cake Bible so amazing are the diet-related sections: "Recipes Using all Egg Yolks"; "Recipes Using all Egg Whites"; "Recipes with No Cholesterol and Low Saturated Fat"; "Recipes with Low Cholesterol and Saturated Fat"; and even a section for me, "Cakes for Passover (without flour!). The final section may be the most helpful for our busy lives today: "Quick-To-Mix Cakes that are Great Without Frosting or Adornment". And there's not just a punky few recipes in that section either. There are (if I counted correctly), 31 options! For my edition, I chose a clean, used copy that did not have a dust cover, as I really desired the unmarked pages. But the pristine white hardback with gold spine lettering is charming.

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binn

She thought this book would be a good additional to her skills

December 28, 2016

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My cake artist in the family wanted this book for Christmas - she hasn't been baking that long, but has been decorating cakes for several years. She thought this book would be a good additional to her skills.

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Bonnie

Love the All Occasion Downy Yellow Butter Cake

November 12, 2011

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I am not a professional chef, I'm an accountant so for years have been cooking from boxed recipes. Never again. I received this book this week and tried the yellow butter cake recipe last night. It was amazing. There is such a difference in the taste of the boxed cakes compared to a cake baked from scratch.

This cake is also very easy to make - 5 to 10 minutes prep time and ready for the oven. I've read through the entire book and am looking forward to finding more I'm going to make again recipes. I made mini cupcakes so popped one in the mouth within a 1/2 hour of first ingredient in the bowl. It was so good.

we haven't tried any of the frostings yet but will. I am looking for a frosting that stands up to normal temps but doesn't taste like a spoonful of sugar.

Enjoy

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Shelley

Great classic book

August 26, 2017

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Great classic book. Of course I wish there were more pictures, maybe in the next addition. For anyone who wants to make cakes, this is for you. Clear directions.

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chad

next level cake making

February 22, 2017

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my wife is getting serious about making cakes so we saw this on kindle and it has some really good information on it and how to take a ordinary cake to extraordinary. i would highy recommend this book to anyone who wonts to take there cake making skills to next level very very helpful and so easy to use

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Gigi

Four Stars

I was disappointed to not have pictures.

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Marlyn R. Hoksbergen

It has excellent ideas for making cakes

Already have been making recipes from this book. It has excellent ideas for making cakes.

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Linda PF Myers

Five Stars

I love this baker's book.

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Tina glenn

I like the fact that it was very detailed what I ...

I like the fact that it was very detailed what I didn't like is there's not a lot of pictures

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Dana Hufford

Not very happy with these recipes

Not very happy with these recipes. Was planning on making the rose wedding cake. There was nothing rose about it other than the decorations.Read more

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grabczak

Fantastic baking bible

Very good cookbook. Written very clearly and results are fabulous.

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Mary C

the one cake book

love this book for it's variety and ease of use

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Shoshana Mabine

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Five Stars

A must have book for anyone who is very serious about cake baking from scratch.

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