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Layer Up!: The Ultimate Glow Up Guide for Cakes from How to Cake It
Layer it on. Layer it in. Level it up!
In her newest book, beloved celebrity cake master Yolanda Gampp teaches you how to level UP your cakes by layering IN explosive flavors and delicious desserts.
In this ultimate glow-up guide for cakes, How to Cake It and Crime Scene Kitchen star Yolanda Gampp plays with flavor profiles and shares twenty-one “stuffed-cake” recipes (plus seventy-two delicious stand-alone desserts, toppings, and buttercreams) to help you level up your cake game and prove that it really is what’s inside that counts.
Talk About a Surprise Inside. Sprinkles spilling out of cakes? That’s great but your fave ooey gooey desserts, bursting out of cakes? YES!! You can expect an explosion of flavor (and actual desserts!) in every stuffed-cake recipe thoughtfully developed and rigorously tested by Yo herself.
Layers on Layers of Flavor. Modern caking is all about layering! Each stuffed, “dessert-inside” cake recipe will also include recipes for other stand-alone desserts, such as key lime pie or cheesecake, that get sandwiched between or placed on top of delicious classic cake layers.
Stylish Cakes, Flavor First. The outside of these mouth-watering, fondant-free layered cakes are aesthetically aspirational and insta-worthy; however, the primary focus of these recipes is indulgent flavor profiles.
Big on Baking, Short on Time? Don’t have time to make a layered cake? No problem! The stand-alone dessert and cake recipes included in each stuffed cake recipe can be used on their own.
In her newest book, beloved celebrity cake master Yolanda Gampp teaches you how to level UP your cakes by layering IN explosive flavors and delicious desserts.
In this ultimate glow-up guide for cakes, How to Cake It and Crime Scene Kitchen star Yolanda Gampp plays with flavor profiles and shares twenty-one “stuffed-cake” recipes (plus seventy-two delicious stand-alone desserts, toppings, and buttercreams) to help you level up your cake game and prove that it really is what’s inside that counts.
Talk About a Surprise Inside. Sprinkles spilling out of cakes? That’s great but your fave ooey gooey desserts, bursting out of cakes? YES!! You can expect an explosion of flavor (and actual desserts!) in every stuffed-cake recipe thoughtfully developed and rigorously tested by Yo herself.
Layers on Layers of Flavor. Modern caking is all about layering! Each stuffed, “dessert-inside” cake recipe will also include recipes for other stand-alone desserts, such as key lime pie or cheesecake, that get sandwiched between or placed on top of delicious classic cake layers.
Stylish Cakes, Flavor First. The outside of these mouth-watering, fondant-free layered cakes are aesthetically aspirational and insta-worthy; however, the primary focus of these recipes is indulgent flavor profiles.
Big on Baking, Short on Time? Don’t have time to make a layered cake? No problem! The stand-alone dessert and cake recipes included in each stuffed cake recipe can be used on their own.
288 pages, Hardcover
Published May 3, 2022
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About the author
Yolanda Gampp
5 books14 followersWith over 4.5 million YouTube subscribers and 2.8 million Instagram followers, the star of How To Cake It, Yolanda, is completely self-taught with over twenty years of experience and has been featured on the Today show, Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Netflix’s Nailed It, Best Baker in America, Cake Wars, and Crime Scene Kitchen to name a few.
While turning cake into pretty much anything, Yolanda, a bestselling author known as the “Beyoncé of Cakes,” entertains with her irresistible personality, laughs at her own mistakes, and is one of the most respected and celebrated celebrity cake artists in the world.
While turning cake into pretty much anything, Yolanda, a bestselling author known as the “Beyoncé of Cakes,” entertains with her irresistible personality, laughs at her own mistakes, and is one of the most respected and celebrated celebrity cake artists in the world.
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July 16, 2022
I can finally layer a cake without it going all lopsided.
Great and tasty base recipes, easy to follow assembly instructions and a formula to follow to get creative.
Great and tasty base recipes, easy to follow assembly instructions and a formula to follow to get creative.
September 2, 2022
This is EVERYTHING a cookbook should be. I love to read cookbooks. I collect cookbooks. I love to cook and bake. Anyone who is thinking about creating a cookbook, please, take note of this one. It is expertly laid out with colorful pictures, helpful hints, and detailed instructions.
The book is heavy to hold and read but great to rest on the island as you prepare the cake recipes.
Not only is this a beautiful book and laid out perfectly, but it is also full of delicious recipes that I can make at home.
The book is heavy to hold and read but great to rest on the island as you prepare the cake recipes.
Not only is this a beautiful book and laid out perfectly, but it is also full of delicious recipes that I can make at home.
September 14, 2022
Absolutely the best cookbook I’ve bought this year (and I buy a lot!)
If you are the type of baker that loves to make cakes that are exceptional but have very little artistic talent, this is THE book for you.
Tons of great pictures, every cake is “I’ve the top” but very doable.
Clear directions, tons of great tips through out the book.
I can definitely say this book will be well used in the upcoming years.
If you are the type of baker that loves to make cakes that are exceptional but have very little artistic talent, this is THE book for you.
Tons of great pictures, every cake is “I’ve the top” but very doable.
Clear directions, tons of great tips through out the book.
I can definitely say this book will be well used in the upcoming years.
August 14, 2022
I would actually make most of the cakes in this book. I liked how the chapters and recipes were organized. Very fun to skim through. I know from experience that her recipes work well.
August 27, 2022
Can't wait to make some of these delicious looking cakes!
March 1, 2023
Layers of stuff (popcorn, cookies, etc) in cakes
August 13, 2023
This book is full of ideas on how to take your cakes to the next level! The cake on the cover says it all.
April 14, 2023
The pictures are beautiful and the cakes look amazing. I haven’t made a cake yet so I am not exactly sure how easy the recipes are to follow. There seems to be a good mix for different skill levels. You definitely need an understanding of cake making to go up to this level, but that is why it is called Layer UP!
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