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Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake is America’s favorite dessert, from fudgy brownies to mile-high layer cakes. Now, virtually every rendition of this best-loved dessert is presented in one tempting volume–more than 150 cakes for every occasion.
Bestselling cookbook author and pastry chef Michele Urvater has collected and reinterpreted the finest recipes from American and European baking traditions. Here are easy homemade classics such as old-fashioned Devil’s Food Cake and Buttermilk Chocolate Cake as well as more challenging pastry-shop fare such as Sacher Torte, Hungarian Dobos Torte, and a festive Double Chocolate Christmas Log. There are heirloom cakes that date to the beginning of the last century and desserts as up-to-the-minute as individual warm chocolate cakes.
Urvater guides bakers of all skill levels through a wealth of original and tempting variations on the standards, such as Pecan Bourbon Chocolate Cake or Hawaiian Coconut Cake with White Chocolate Ganache. And a plethora of fillings, icings, buttercreams, and glazes allows for nearly endless mixing and matching of layers and frostings.
Each recipe has a designated level of difficulty, so even the novice baker will be able to achieve instant success–and chocolate gratification. Meticulous recipes along with advice on advance preparation, serving, decoration, and storage all make this comprehensive tribute to the ultimate dessert a book that belongs in every baker’s library.
Bestselling cookbook author and pastry chef Michele Urvater has collected and reinterpreted the finest recipes from American and European baking traditions. Here are easy homemade classics such as old-fashioned Devil’s Food Cake and Buttermilk Chocolate Cake as well as more challenging pastry-shop fare such as Sacher Torte, Hungarian Dobos Torte, and a festive Double Chocolate Christmas Log. There are heirloom cakes that date to the beginning of the last century and desserts as up-to-the-minute as individual warm chocolate cakes.
Urvater guides bakers of all skill levels through a wealth of original and tempting variations on the standards, such as Pecan Bourbon Chocolate Cake or Hawaiian Coconut Cake with White Chocolate Ganache. And a plethora of fillings, icings, buttercreams, and glazes allows for nearly endless mixing and matching of layers and frostings.
Each recipe has a designated level of difficulty, so even the novice baker will be able to achieve instant success–and chocolate gratification. Meticulous recipes along with advice on advance preparation, serving, decoration, and storage all make this comprehensive tribute to the ultimate dessert a book that belongs in every baker’s library.
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416 pages, Hardcover
First published October 9, 2001
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April 27, 2020
Once upon a time, I belonged to a "Cookbook of the Month" club. I amassed quite a collection of cookbooks during that time, including Chocolate Cake by Michele Urvater.
This is one of those books I bought and then never really used. However, I pulled it out this month and made the Fudge Cake with a chocolate sauce to go over it. The recipe was fussier than I'm used to, but the result was divine. Plus, this book has just about everything you could want to know about cake-making -- from what equipment and ingredients to use in the kitchen to how to plate your creation. The only downside is a lack of photos and illustrations.
While I don't have the patience for a lot of baking, this would be a great book for anyone who does.
This is one of those books I bought and then never really used. However, I pulled it out this month and made the Fudge Cake with a chocolate sauce to go over it. The recipe was fussier than I'm used to, but the result was divine. Plus, this book has just about everything you could want to know about cake-making -- from what equipment and ingredients to use in the kitchen to how to plate your creation. The only downside is a lack of photos and illustrations.
While I don't have the patience for a lot of baking, this would be a great book for anyone who does.
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