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| CakeLove: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch | 
 enlarge | Author: Warren Brown
Creator: Renee Comet
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Category: Book
List Price: $27.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 27816
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 9.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1584796626
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8653
EAN: 9781584796626
ASIN: 1584796626
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Any library including dessert and baking cookbooks will find this an attractive, popular lend October 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Renee Comet's fine color photos add spice and attraction to CAKE LOVE, a survey of inspired scratch cakes that pairs the author's notes with step-by-step easy instructions on the art of baking. From pound cakes and cupcakes to sponges and layered cakes, chapters cover all the basics of ingredients, equipment and techniques, and pair this with a lively text and inviting recipes. Any library including dessert and baking cookbooks will find this an attractive, popular lend.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Great Cakes! September 30, 2008
I've had cakelove cakes and they are delicious. The book is pretty helpful in breaking down the recipes, I can't say my cakes are as good as Warren's (they're not), but this is a good book overall.
Cakelove: Yummy! September 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book lets you peek into the world of professional baking and the inspiration that brings culinary genius. More than just a series of recipes, the reader learns tricks of the baking trade through the eyes of somebody with very specific likes and dislikes. I've made two cakes from this book so far and both have offered up so much more depth of flavor than the simple overwhelming sweetness found in most American cakes. The directions are precise (be sure you have a digital kitchen scale! and a working candy thermometer). Photos offer up inspiration as well as a step by step approach. The taste result is worth all the effort.
As a DC cakeloving resident, I vouch for Warren! August 16, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been lucky enough to sample Warren's wares at Cakelove in DC, and I'm so thrilled that he has brought the recipes back to us, as cakeophiliacs. Five stars, Amazon - it doesn't get much better than this!
Complex, but Totally Worth it August 15, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
You may be familiar with Warren Brown from reruns of his show Sugar Rush on the Food Network, or perhaps if you're lucky enough to reside in D.C. you might have had the pleasure of sampling some of his creations and original recipes at one of his highly regarded CakeLove bakeries. For those of us living outside of personal shopping distance you're in luck as Warren has recently released a gorgeous cookbook dedicated to the art of making some of his most popular CakeLove recipes.
I don't use the term "art" loosely. These cake are involved masterpieces. Don't be lulled into complacency by the brightly colored layout and upbeat color schemes. The pages of this book may be designed to imply simplicity and ease but in reality this cookbook is more boot camp than day camp. These recipes mean business and attention to detail is key.
Fortunately, Brown gives you all of the tools to succeed including very detailed recipe instructions, step-by-step images when appropriate, and helpful tips and tricks. But in the end it's all up to you. Thanks to jaw dropping photography and tantalizing recipe options like Stout Pound Cake with Roasted Pecans, Tres Leches Butter Cake, and Hazelnut Spice Sponge Cake your body will no doubt go into pure craving mode, and the ambition to taste one of these fanciful creations will give you all the motivation you'll need to power through the recipe.
After examining the cookbook I decided to attempt the decidedly Summer appropriate Mojito Pound Cake. To answer your burning question, yes, it really does taste like a Mojito! Actually it tastes like a great Mojito, not one of those ghastly drinks you get from a hurried bartender because they think you're a jerk for ordering one in the middle of a rush, but a carefully made, simple syrup, and mint muddled Mojito that makes you sit back and say, "Ahhhhh..."
In all seriousness though, I can't believe I made this cake and I definitely couldn't have done it without this amazingly thorough text. There's nothing semi-homemade about these recipes. They're all butter, flour, cream, and eggs through and through. Sure they take a little more time and effort but the quality and taste of a cake made from scratch isn't even in the same league as your basic boxed Betty Crocker.
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