Thank you, Natasha, for this thoughtfully crafted book. I admire each recipe and the stories that inspired them! Your desserts truly are responsible for "symbolizing celebrating, decadence, romance, pampering.." As a born and raised Californian, the California influence in your dishes feel like home to me.
So far I have made the passion fruit, coconut, tequila layer cake and sour glaze maple gingerbread cookies. I plan to make dishes from the "baking with vegetables" section next but I am enthralled by every recipe in the book and will inevitably make them all.
The passion fruit, coconut, tequila layer cake was unlike anything I have baked before and I am still astonished I made something with so many complex flavors. This cake is perfectly boozy and everything I could want in cake. Layers in the cake included tequila and coconut soaked vanilla sponge cake, passion fruit and olive oil curd, coconut streusel, and whipped cream. The cake is covered in a passion fruit vanilla bean swiss buttercream. I topped my cake with gladiolus, a summer flower. To me, the tequila and coconut soak and coconut streusel are what distinguishes this dessert. The soak makes the cake moist and the coconut streusel provides the most perfect crunch.
This book is teaching me to enjoy the pleasure that is baking. Before, I felt too impatient to follow a recipe so carefully but I am learning that a little discipline makes the most special desserts. Sharing my dishes with my friends and family has been the best part of it all...
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From the Publisher
"Baking made me a better leader and critical thinker. Baking asks me to work with compassion, kindness, and thrift. Baking brings me closer to my parents, my friends, and my neighbors. Baking is more than cake."
—Natasha Pickowicz, from her introduction
Delicious, inspired recipes—both whimsical and approachable—created to delight and honor the people in your life
Chamomile Puff Crown
Cheesecake and Plum Syrup
Still Life Tart
Mushroom, Cheddar, and Apple Tart
Shoyu Peanut Butter Cookie
Flaky Poppy Seed Crackers with Whipped Feta
Modern Layer Cakes
The cakes, soaks, fillings, and buttercream recipes in the chapter on layer cakes are meant to be mixed and matched to create the cake of your dreams. You’ll find five tried-and-true combinations—my most victorious layer cake triumphs—and you can use those as a guideline or a place to start. Those recipe sets are also helpful to understand how I build layer cakes, and those methods can be applied to a unique layer cake of your own devising. I’ve made you a map, but which path you choose is up to you. Let’s go!
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Thank you, Natasha, for this thoughtfully crafted book. I admire each recipe and the stories that inspired them! Your desserts truly are responsible for "symbolizing celebrating, decadence, romance, pampering.." As a born and raised Californian, the California influence in your dishes feel like home to me. So far I have made the passion fruit, coconut, tequila layer cake and sour glaze maple gingerbread cookies. I plan to make dishes from the "baking with vegetables" section next but I am enthralled by every recipe in the book and will inevitably make them all. The passion fruit, coconut, tequila layer cake was unlike anything I have baked before and I am still astonished I made something with so many complex flavors. This cake is perfectly boozy and everything I could want in cake. Layers in the cake included tequila and coconut soaked vanilla sponge cake, passion fruit and olive oil curd, coconut streusel, and whipped cream. The cake is covered in a passion fruit vanilla bean swiss buttercream. I topped my cake with gladiolus, a summer flower. To me, the tequila and coconut soak and coconut streusel are what distinguishes this dessert. The soak makes the cake moist and the coconut streusel provides the most perfect crunch. This book is teaching me to enjoy the pleasure that is baking. Before, I felt too impatient to follow a recipe so carefully but I am learning that a little discipline makes the most special desserts. Sharing my dishes with my friends and family has been the best part of it all...
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2023
Thank you, Natasha, for this thoughtfully crafted book. I admire each recipe and the stories that inspired them! Your desserts truly are responsible for "symbolizing celebrating, decadence, romance, pampering.." As a born and raised Californian, the California influence in your dishes feel like home to me.
So far I have made the passion fruit, coconut, tequila layer cake and sour glaze maple gingerbread cookies. I plan to make dishes from the "baking with vegetables" section next but I am enthralled by every recipe in the book and will inevitably make them all.
The passion fruit, coconut, tequila layer cake was unlike anything I have baked before and I am still astonished I made something with so many complex flavors. This cake is perfectly boozy and everything I could want in cake. Layers in the cake included tequila and coconut soaked vanilla sponge cake, passion fruit and olive oil curd, coconut streusel, and whipped cream. The cake is covered in a passion fruit vanilla bean swiss buttercream. I topped my cake with gladiolus, a summer flower. To me, the tequila and coconut soak and coconut streusel are what distinguishes this dessert. The soak makes the cake moist and the coconut streusel provides the most perfect crunch.
This book is teaching me to enjoy the pleasure that is baking. Before, I felt too impatient to follow a recipe so carefully but I am learning that a little discipline makes the most special desserts. Sharing my dishes with my friends and family has been the best part of it all...
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2023
This is an innovative cookbook with approachable techniques. I’m one component away from finishing and assembling my black sesame, cream cheese, and pineapple layer cake and everything has turned out beautifully so far. There are plenty of amazing flavor combinations in this book, but the layer cake section is my favorite for its mix-and-match style and options for a number of tried and true combinations.
The other thing I love is that there are solid directions regarding portions of the recipe you can make ahead, allowing for a relatively low-stress project on the whole. I’m looking forward to getting this cake ready for birthday celebrations and I already know I’ll be making the espresso, chocolate, and hazelnut cake (in advance) for the holidays.
Edited to show the finished product! ♥️
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- clara c.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2023
Definitely one on the best books I bought all year!
- DudeReviewed in India on November 13, 2023
Good book but lacks images and expensive
- Jenna BurkeReviewed in Belgium on August 28, 2023
Accessible recipes for memorable desserts
This book gives all the right details to execute each recipe to perfection. I love that the recipes are provided sort of as building blocks that you can combine in your own different ways. The recipes themselves are inspiring and taste like flavor combinations you would find in a high-end restaurant. But Natasha makes it possible to have that experience in your own kitchen. I’ve baked her black sesame cake and each component is delicious all on its own. I think I will try more recipes from this book than any other recipes I’ve owned. 🌟Jenna BurkeAccessible recipes for memorable desserts
Reviewed in Belgium on August 28, 2023
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