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The Cake Bible
by Rose Levy Beranbaum
ISBN-10: 0688044026
ISBN-13: 9780688044022
ISBN-13: 9780688044022
Region: USA
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Publication Date: September, 1988
Publishers Information
About The Cake Bible
Publisher Web Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/
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.
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
Author Information
About Rose Levy Beranbaum
Author Web Link: http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/
Rose has been called the “Diva of Desserts” and “the most meticulous cook who ever lived.” And add this recent accolade – “If ever there was a cookbook author who could place her hands on top of yours, putting you through the proper motions, helping you arrive at just the right touch, Beranbaum is the one.”
Rose’s first book, The Cake Bible, was the 1988 winner of the IACP/Seagram Book of the Year and the NASFT Showcase Award for the cookbook that has contributed most to educating the consumer about specialty foods. A culinary best-seller, The Cake Bible is currently in its 45nd printing.
Rose’s Christmas Cookies, was the 1990 winner of the James Beard Best Book in the Dessert and Baking Category. The Pie and Pastry Bible, published in 1998, received many kudos including: Food & Wine Books “Best of the Best: The Best Recipes from the Best Cookbooks of the Year” and Coffee & Cuisine “Best Cookbook” award.
Rose’s comprehensive book, The Bread Bible, was the 2003 winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the Best Bread Book Category. It was listed by Publisher’s Weekly and Food & Wine as one of the top ten books of 2003, and by Fine Cooking as one of the top 12. From quick breads, such as muffins, biscuits, and scones, to yeast breads, such as seeded wheat breads, Jewish rye, baguette, and brioche, this is a collection of her favorites, with innovative techniques that will guarantee making a successful bread baker of anyone who so desires.
Rose’s newest book, Rose’s Heavenly Cakes, is a return to cakes with a comprehensive four color book for Pam Chirls, Senior Editor at Wiley. She also has a product line, Rose Levy Bakeware, and has produced Rose’s Heavenly Cake Strip, a silicone halo that produces more even layer cakes, both distributed by Harold Imports.
A luminary in the world of food writing, Rose is a Contributing Editor to Food Arts Magazine where “Rose’s Sugar Bible” (April 2000) received two prestigious awards: The Association of Food Journalists Award for the Best Food Feature in a Magazine and The Jacob’s Creek World Food Award for Best Food Article. She is also a contributor to The Washington Post, Fine Cooking, Bride’s, Reader’s Digest, and Hemispheres. Rose has been inducted into the James Beard Foundation/D’Artagnon Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America.
An internationally known food expert, Rose also has been a featured presenter in the highly regarded Melbourne Food & Wine Festival and the Oxford Food Symposium.
Rose is a popular guest on major television shows (The Today Show, The Early Show, Martha Stewart, Charlie Rose, The Food Network, and PBS: Master Classes of Johnson & Wales, and Seasonings with Dede Wilson). Rose has taped 13 episodes for a public television cooking series called Baking Magic with Rose Levy Beranbaum. The series started in 2004 on PBS stations across the country and continued for three years. (realbakingwithrose.com)
Cookbooks by Rose Levy Beranbaum
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