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Bake something beautiful with this incomparable, photo-filled collection of classic and creative cakes.
Simple, easy-to-follow directions, ideas for customizing, decorating tips and techniques, and common baking-mistake solutions will help bakers of every level make the most of this book. Organized by basic, modern, and specialty cakes, and including forty recipes and full-color photography, there’s a cake for every occasion.
You’ll find essential frostings, meringue, and other cake toppers. Discover reinvented classics, such as Champagne and Raspberry Mini Layer Cake, Rose and Vanilla Bean Mini Tea Cakes, Coconut and Lime Curd Layer Cake, Blood Orange Chiffon Cake, Dulce de Leche Crepe Cake, and Brown Butter and Plum Upside Down Cake. And when it comes to celebrations and parties, this book has you covered with recipes like Vanilla and Berry Ombre Layer Cake, Chocolate, Coconut and Caramel Sheet Cake, and 8-Layer Honey Pistachio Cake. This beautiful collection of classic and new favorites, developed by the Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen, is fit for occasions year-round.
Simple, easy-to-follow directions, ideas for customizing, decorating tips and techniques, and common baking-mistake solutions will help bakers of every level make the most of this book. Organized by basic, modern, and specialty cakes, and including forty recipes and full-color photography, there’s a cake for every occasion.
You’ll find essential frostings, meringue, and other cake toppers. Discover reinvented classics, such as Champagne and Raspberry Mini Layer Cake, Rose and Vanilla Bean Mini Tea Cakes, Coconut and Lime Curd Layer Cake, Blood Orange Chiffon Cake, Dulce de Leche Crepe Cake, and Brown Butter and Plum Upside Down Cake. And when it comes to celebrations and parties, this book has you covered with recipes like Vanilla and Berry Ombre Layer Cake, Chocolate, Coconut and Caramel Sheet Cake, and 8-Layer Honey Pistachio Cake. This beautiful collection of classic and new favorites, developed by the Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen, is fit for occasions year-round.
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The Williams-Sonoma Test Kitchen
Since its founding by Chuck Williams in 1956, the Williams Sonoma brand has been bringing people together around food. Williams Sonoma is a leading specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home, providing world-class service and an engaging customer experience. The Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen spearheads the development of culinary content for the brand’s catalog, website, blog, social media programs, cooking schools, and special events.
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