The Perfect Cake: Your Ultimate Guide to Classic, Modern, and Whimsical Cakes

by America's Test Kitchen (Editor)

Overview

Featured by QVC, Hallmark Home & Family, Tasting Table, and the Washington Post.

Cakes are the all-occasion dessert--the center of attention at birthdays, holiday celebrations, and dinner parties, and the most welcome brunch, after-school, or teatime snack. America's Test Kitchen's first all-cake book is the definitive guide to any cake you crave from Classic Pound Cake to enjoy anytime to a stunning and impressive Blueberry Jam Cake with brilliant jam stripes and ombré frosting.

In addition to foolproof recipes are features that make towering 24-layer Hazelnut- Chocolate Crêpe Cake as approachable as Applesauce Snack Cake. Sidebars include step-by-step photography for cakes with more advanced techniques like piping the ribbons of frosting that help give beautiful Rhubarb Ribbon Cake its name. Our years of test kitchen knowledge on the art and science of baking cakes provide all the tips and tricks you need for executing perfect cakes every time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945256271
Publisher:	America's Test Kitchen
Publication date:	03/27/2018
Series:	Perfect Baking Cookbooks
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	392,227
File size:	118 MB
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About the Author

About America’s Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen, based in a brand new state-of-the-art 60,000 sq. ft. facility with over 15,000 sq. ft. of test kitchens and studio space, in Boston's Seaport District, is dedicated to finding the very best recipes for home cooks. Over 50 full-time (admittedly obsessive) test cooks spend their days testing recipes 30, 40, up to 100 times, tweaking every variable until they understand how and why recipes work. They also test cookware and supermarket ingredients so viewers can bypass marketing hype and buy the best quality products. As the home of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and publisher of more than one dozen cookbooks each year, America's Test Kitchen has earned the respect of the publishing industry, the culinary world, and millions of home cooks. America's Test Kitchen the television show launched in 2001, and the company added a second television program, Cook's Country, in 2008. 

Discover, learn, and expand your cooking repertoire with Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Jack Bishop, Dan Souza, Lisa McManus, Tucker Shaw, Bryan Roof, and our fabulous team of test cooks!

Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Editorial Reviews

★ 02/15/2018
Having already crafted The Perfect Cookie, the editors at America's Test Kitchen now turn their attention to cakes. The ten chapters here cover cakes of all kinds, from classic layer cakes to chocolate-coated cake pops. Among the more than 200 recipes (including some vegan and gluten-free), there are such stunners as triple chocolate mousse cake, spiced pumpkin cheesecake, petit fours, and pear-walnut, upside-down cake. Thanks to meticulous instructions (the authors go so far as to specify the ideal temperature for softened butter) and photos of key techniques, even novices will be able to achieve a perfect result on the first try. VERDICT A one-stop shop for foolproof cakes, this comprehensive collection will delight all bakers.

Library Journal

★ 02/19/2018
This cookbook from the staff at America’s Test Kitchen deserves a place on the bookshelf of every cake baker. More than 200 recipes, all written in the confident voice of the Test Kitchen, will inspire home cooks and offer a master class in baking and decorating. Every manner of cake, including microwave mug cakes, cake pops, and ice cream cakes, is included. All-American layer cakes include Wellesley fudge cake, peanut butter and jam cake, and Blum’s Coffee Crunch Cake (a blend of lemony cake, coffee whipped cream, and crunchy coffee candy). There are recipes for basic cakes, such as pound cake and a foolproof New York cheesecake, but the Test Kitchen offers up more unusual takes as well, including a saffron-orange Bundt cake and a tahini-banana snack cake. Layer cakes range from the kid-popular, sprinkle-studded confetti cake to a Bananas Foster Cake with rum, caramel and banana filling. Sheet cake flavors get an upgrade with recipes for lemon buttermilk sheet cake, pumpkin, and buttermilk caramel. Recipes for elegant tortes include a pomegranate walnut cake, and a chocolate-espresso dacquoise made with layers of hazelnut and almond meringue. With a recipe for every taste and occasion, bakers could happily cook their way through this book, assured that each recipe will be a delicious success. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"The book offers an impressive education for curious cake makers, new and experienced alike. A summation of 25 years of cake making at ATK, there are cakes for every taste." — Wall Street Journal

"This cookbook has been around for a few years now, but it’s still my go-to when I want to bake a cake or cupcakes. The carrot cake cupcakes are ridiculously good, I’ve made them for my colleagues in the office multiple times, and it’s always a good day when I bring them in. There are cakes for every skill level and occasion (even if that’s just a day when you want cake!) and my copy is dog-eared and splattered—the true sign of a much-used, well-loved cookbook." —Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor

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