Presents recipes for over 150 cakes, each of which starts with a cake mix that is then modified with extra ingredients for a homemade taste.

The birthday child's animal friends bring ingredients and help him make a birthday cake.

With his fine cat Tabby at his side, Mr. Putter bakes a Christmas cake for his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry.

"Gathering together years of baking knowledge in their first-ever cake book, America's Test Kitchen offers a comprehensive collection of recipes for any cake you can imagine--from better-than-the-rest yellow cake layers for birthday parties to fanciful creations and elegant holiday desserts"--

A collection of updated recipes for classic and forgotten cakes features such options as jam cake with caramel chocolate ganache, lemon icebox cake with white chocolate cream, and eggnog bundt cake with brandy butter glaze

The cupcake is America's darling. It's celebrated in upscale bakeries, on Sex in the City, on the cover of Gourmet, and in thou-sands of classrooms-where every day, it seems, a parent has sent in a batch for the kids to share. The very word conjures up whimsy, coziness, pleasure, nostalgia. Not to mention the fact that their diminutive size means you can eat a lot of them. Once upon a time, a family had only two recipes for cupcakes-chocolate and...

A James Beard-winning writer and dessert columnist for The Wall Street Journal shares the secrets of Parisian home baking and provides recipes for simple yogurt cakes, bûches de Noël, nut tortes, yuzu madeleines, and rum-soaked babas.

Gorgeous recipes, simple techniques-- this book contains everything you need to know to make delicious homemade cakes and bakes.