2016-03-19 18:53
My first book, Let Me Eat Cake: A Celebration of Flour, Sugar, Butter, Eggs, Vanilla, Baking Powder, and a Pinch of Salt, was published by Simon & Schuster on April 14th, 2009. Now that… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Today, DecoPac recalled 80,000 bobble head football cake decorations because of lead paint violations. I know I often feel like a box of lead after I've eaten half a sheet cake at a child's… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Baking a cake takes no time at all. And eating it—that's like inhaling. But writing about it sucks up the weeks and months, and next thing you know, it's more than a year since the c… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The best thing about selling a book about cake to Simon & Schuster (read the news here) is that it's like getting a license to investigate all the oddball cake toppers, like this one&mda&hell…Read More
2008-12-12 09:13
Why is a bain-marie so important in cheesecake baking? Recipes without flour or corn starch (and, let's face it, you don't want to interrupt the cheese-y smoothness with powdery thickeners… Read More
2007-12-20 19:05
Maybe I'm exaggerating—a little. But there is no contest in the contest between cake and pie. The other day, while I was doing some chores, a soap opera just happened to be on. In th… Read More
2007-12-02 21:49
See the Operation Fruitcake web site here.(And don't ask me what I was doing at the Bill Me Later web site.) Read More
2007-11-19 20:52
I saw a Land o' Lakes baking magazine at Costco today, and I thought I'd pick it up to see if there were any useful recipes or tips. I found one about pie pans (use glass) and one about coo… Read More
2007-11-19 20:44
Here's an excerpt from Let Me Eat Cake. I added the last two paragraphs today after thinking about it in the woods with my daughter on our morning walk.At the party that night, my fluffy… Read More
2007-11-06 18:42
I called this cake Decadent when I posted the recipe in October of 2005. So what must it be now? Oh-My-God-ish?Once you have the basics of cheesecake—and those would be four bricks… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
In yet another derogatory remark directed at professional women, Comptroller Willie Donny said that he wouldn't debate his opponent, Janet S. Owens, "on how to bake a chocolate cake."It's a… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
Stay tuned, cake lovers. Much to come, including a brand new cake for my girlfriend's fortieth and a woman who wrote a play in which the lead converses with a gateau—a chocolate one Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
Spin the wheel. Take a bite. Spin the wheel. Take a bite. The cake wheel was given to me by the lovely and talented Jamie Williams of SugarBakers. "It's what I give my brides," she said… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
Oh, friends, you know me better. A daily visit to The People's Court and an occasional foray into American Idol (and secret untold, unwitnessed by most people, visits to soap operas) are my… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
If you have nothing to do on a rainy morning or lots of things to try and avoid doing on a rainy morning, do this. Why? I don't exactly know.Thanks to astute reader David Beaudouin for tur… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
This recipe was adapted from an old Martha Stewart Passover favorite. Several things were wrong with the original, including hazelnuts. (Blech!) The problem with MS recipes is that several… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
I admit that I lost my desire—not for cake but for writing about cake. My first semester at school didn't meet my expectations for a combination of reasons in and out of my control… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
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2006-11-11 22:15
cheesecakeCould this cake be made even more decadent? How about substituting dark chocolate for the white? Well, that's an experiment for another lifetime, another budget.You will need… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
Finding a new hobby or interest gives people lots of good ideas for gift giving. It's fortunate that I chose to write about cake rather than, say, defecation (Everybody Poops) or colon poly… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
Perhaps I was a bit smug when I began cake decorating classes. I'm no stranger, after all, to world of art making. I can wield a mighty glass cutter and know my way around a power tool.But… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
If I had a day job, don't worry: I wouldn't quit it for cake decorating.Tomorrow night, our class will be frosting a cake, transferring a pattern, and filling it in. Since I will be out of… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
I arrived early to my last cake class in order to have a heart to heart with the instructor. "I know this is supposed to be stress-free and fun. It's cake decorating, after all. But I suc… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
A few short hours after the previous post, the author lost all willpower. When faced with a choice between bad cake with pretty white frosting and no cake at all, she found she will still c… Read More
2006-11-11 22:15
Second PlaceWriting about cake would be a good idea for just about anyone. It's not, however, for a low-carber. Yes, I'm a low-carb eater. This means I don't eat bread or pasta; I esch… Read More
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