The Great British Bake Off finalist serves up a cookbook with "a cake for everyone and every occasion. Exploding with delicious recipes" (Wild & Hungry). Ruth Clemens shows through clear step-by-step photography how to create nearly thirty unforgettable, taste-tempting cakes. Using three technique sections—creaming method, whisking method, and melting method—Clemens guides you through baking impressive celebration centerpieces, party cakes, birthday treats, and delicious desserts for your family.Each recipe is detailed with techniques, hints, timings, shortcuts, and cheats, plus all the essential information needed to help you to maximize your creativity and prove that baking is achievable and fun."Aimed primarily at the novice or unconfident baker . . . [it] leads the reader gently but smartly through the art of making cakes . . . Ruth has come up with a diversity of types and flavors and there are bakes here to interest the more experienced cook as well as the beginner." —Tin and Thyme "With the pictures acting as a guide and Clemens walking you through everything with simple and easy to follow instructions, each and every recipe is foolproof . . . This cookbook has the complete package and may very well be the only cake making book you''ll ever need to create impressive cakes that''ll please everyone—most of all you." —Wild & Hungry
