Product Details
- Author: Anne Byrn
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- Binding: Paperback
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- Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8653
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- EAN: 9780761117193
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- ISBN: 0761117199
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- Label: Workman Publishing Company
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- Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Number of Pages: 464
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- Product Group: Book
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- Publication Date: 1999-11
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- Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
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- Studio: Workman Publishing Company
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- Title: The Cake Mix Doctor
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- UPC: 019628117199
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Product Description: Cake mixes are undoubtedly convenient, but do they produce good cakes? They can, says Anne Byrn, author of The Cake Mix Doctor, if you know how to tweak them. Doing this involves the addition of ingredients to enrich the mixes and flavorings to enhance and, in some cases, conceal questionable tastes. To prove her point, Byrn offers more than 175 recipes for mix-based cakes and other desserts, including formulas for frostings that, Byrn maintains, must be made from scratch. The results are convincing; readers interested in satisfying, dependable desserts prepared quickly and with little fuss should welcome the book. Beginning with a useful discussion of cake mixes, their history and composition, and an outline of the mix-transformation battle plan, the book then presents the recipes in chapters such as "Chocolate Cakes," "Cake-Mix Classics," "Special Occasion Cakes," and "Incredible Bars and Comforting Cookies." Among the most successful offerings are Deeply Chocolate Almond Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting, Banana Cake with Quick Caramel Frosting, and Lemon Buttermilk Poppy Seed Cake. A chapter devoted to crumbles, crisps, cobblers, trifles, and even a dessert pizza shows how to use the mixes in innovative ways, and "Lighter Cakes" presents "healthier" offerings, such as Pear and Toasted Pecan Buttermilk Cake. With sidebars such as The Legendary Pillsbury Bake-Off and tips for success throughout ("Cinnamon is one of the great tools to use when doctoring up cake mixes," begins one), the book explores every aspect of cake-mix fixing while revealing the unexpected richness that the process can yield. --Arthur Boehm
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Customer Reviews
This is great...
This is the best book ever. I have never made box cakes that taste so good. I took this cake to work, and they devoured that cake. In addition, the recipes include ingredients that I would have never thought of. Is a definite must.
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Can't live without this book
If you ever want to know how to put things together to come up with wonderful food, this is the book you need. Every cook should have this book on their counter top for immediate use.
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Such a fun book
I loved this book so much, I bought it as part of a shower gift. It's just lots of fun with yummy, practical recipes (well, not practical health wise, but for the special occasions you want to bake a cake).
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Great book!
I borrowed this book from a friend and it had so many great recipes in it that I had to get my own! You and your family will love trying all these sweet treats.
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CAKE DOCTOR
I SAW A COPY OF CAKE DOCTOR THAT A FRIEND HAD. IT LOOKED GREAT.
NONE OF THE STORES AROUND ME HAD THE BOOK.
SO I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND IT ON AMAZON.COM.
SINCE JULY 1 I HAVE MADE TWO OF THE RECIPES EACH TWICE.
EVERYONE RAVES ABOUT THE CAKES. THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
MY HUSBAND SAYS ONE OF THE CAKES IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER MADE. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 27 YEARS AND I HAVE MADE MANY MANY CAKES.
IT IS A TREASURE TO HAVE AND I INTEND TO BUY MORE COPIES FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL SOMEONE.
SHERRY WHATLEY
GRAPELAND, TEXAS
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