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BAKING & DESSERTS COOKBOOK XXVIII

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Good Housekeeping 100 Best Dessert Recipes

Triple-tested family favorite desserts. Finish off a meal in fine style with one (or more) of 100 delicious and easy desserts, all triple-tested in the renowned Good Housekeeping kitchens. Cakes and frostings, frozen treats, fruity delicacies, pies and tarts, and luscious puddings: there’s a delectable sweet to suit everyone. Want something rich and indulgent? Try the scrumptious Chocolate Truffle Cake. Kids will really go for the Peanut Butter Cupcakes, topped with either traditional icing or with melted chocolate. Poach dried fruits and fresh apples together for a lovely Autumn Fruit Compote with a touch of citrus and cinnamon. Whether you choose the fun Chocolate Fondue or the Sugar and Spice Blueberry Crisp (warm, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream), you’ll win raves from family and friends.

Artful Cookie

Thanks to the careful guidance and boundless creativity of Aaron Morgan, an experienced and talented pastry chef, even the most intimidated cook can achieve spectacular results. Most of these 34 cookies use a simple sugar, shortbread, or gingerbread base, so they’re easy to make. Magnificent color photographs and easy-to-follow instructions will have you piping, dipping, and painting these delicacies in no time at all. For pure indulgence, imagine this: luscious chocolate crowns sitting upon a crunch cookie base, covered in a thin layer of mouthwatering white chocolate. Kids will keep on begging for more of the peanut butter and jelly cookie rolls. With so many wonderful treats to make, the cookie jar will never go empty again.

Chocolate! : Good Housekeeping Favorite Recipes

Who better than the chefs in Good Housekeeping's kitchens to satisfy even the most insatiable chocolate craving? Just looking at the delectable color photographs and scanning the recipe names of these 150 triple-tested sweet sensations will make the mouth water. Imagine the rich, scrumptious taste of Sacher Torte, Almond Cheesecake Brownies, decadent Mississippi Mud Bars, or sinful Classic Devil's Food Cake. With Good Housekeeping's help, anyone can make them successfully. As always with the magazine's cookbooks, the directions are beautifully laid out, easy to follow, and designed to help the home cook get great results every time. An introduction discusses general baking techniques, while each chapter features a short primer that focuses on more specific skills related to the subject. There's even detailed advice on adding festive finishing touches, such as chocolate leaves, curls, and ruffles, as well as dozens of other invaluable tips from the test kitchen.

Cakes from Scratch in Half the Time

Pressed for time, many of us have whipped out a box and doctored a cake. But no matter what we do, it never tastes quite like homemade. Enter Cakes from Scratch in Half the Time. This revolutionary cookbook teaches the time-saving methods of baking homemade cakes in a fraction of the usual time. When a last-minute birthday or bake sale comes around, it's easy to impress with one of these fabulous layered confections, sheet cakes, or jelly rolls. No one will guess how easy it was to make (and who's going to tell them?). Borrowing tried and true techniques from professional bakers, award-winning author Linda West Eckhardt has developed simple shortcuts to shave precious minutes off preparation and baking time. Need a little convincing? Just try the luscious Praline Pound Fudge Cake, sweet and tangy Tangerine Jelly Roll, or the deliciously decadent Lemon Curd Layer Cake topped with lemony cream cheese frosting. So, kiss those cake mixes goodbye and forget frantic trips to the bakery. Now anyone can have their cake from scratch--and you know they'll eat it too!

Chocolate Cakes,

Everyone loves chocolate cake, and here are recipes and simple instructions for baking and decorating 20 of the most delicious and decadent versions ever. Despite common misconceptions, working with chocolate can be easy. All that's needed is sound advice and a few easily mastered techniques. Using rich dark chocolate, creamy white, or tantalizing milk chocolate, even beginners can create shaped and layered cakes for any occasion, including birthdays. The instructions are accompanied by a wealth of color photographs showing each step in the cake-making process, along with choosing equipment, making icings and designing edible decorative accents.

Sweet Serendipity

Marilyn Monroe's favorite was Miss Milton's Lovely Fudge Pie, and she'd eat it wearing nothing but Chanel No. 5 and a raincoat. Andy Warhol always savored the Lemon Icebox Pie, stealing bites while he watched and sketched other diners through cutout holes in a newspaper he held upside-down in front of his face. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis came for the frozen hot chocolate and brought John-John and Caroline, who now brings her own children. Where did all these luminaries and many more devour these sinful treats? At Serendipity 3, New York's legendary dessert restaurant and boutique. The restaurant's history is as rich as its desserts, and this book, commemorating its fiftieth anniversary, lets you indulge in both. Founded in 1953, before the concept of theme restaurants even existed, Serendipity was one of the first restaurants in the country to turn dining into a theatrical experience, to create an ambiance as fun as the food that was served. Located near Bloomingdale's in one of New York's toniest East Side neighborhoods, Serendipity fills two floors of a historic townhouse. Decked out with original Tiffany lamps, black and white floors, fabulous Victorian oversized posters, and idiosyncratic adornments such as a huge clock and metal horse, the restaurant takes you down the rabbit hole into a fairy-tale world. The desserts, represented by seventy-five recipes in this book, make everyone feel like a kid again. Many evoke the comfort of grandmother's kitchen, but many also have a creative, irreverent kick to them. Since many are based on heirloom recipes from one of the founder's families, all the recipes are easily achieved at home and can make fun projects for the whole family. Recipes include: Cheesecake Vesuvius; Strawberry Fields Sundae; Chocolate Chip Pizza; Chocolate Blackout Cake; Lemon Rain Drops; Frozen Tutti Frutti; and many more.

Great Book of Chocolate

The Great book every chocophile has been waiting for, pastry chef David Lebovitz’s guide is a jam-packed snapshot of the global chocolate picture. In this compact volume, he gives a succinct cacao botany lesson, explains the process of chocolate making, runs through chocolate terminology and types, presents information on health benefits, offers an evaluating and buying primer, profiles the world’s top chocolate makers and chocolatiers (with a whole chapter dedicated to Paris alone!), and shares dozens of little-known factoids in sidebars throughout the book. More than 30 of his favorite chocolate recipes--from Black-Bottom Cupcakes to Homemade Rocky Road Candy, Orange and Rum Chocolate Mousse Cake to Double Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies--are icing on the cake. His extensive resource section (with websites for international ordering) can bring the world’s best chocolate to every door. A self-avowed chocoholic, Lebovitz nibbles chocolate every day--and with The Great Book of Chocolate in hand, he figures the rest of us will too.

Desserts that Have Killed Better Men Than Me

Warning: this is a no-holds-barred book of decadence. Do you keep unsalted butter in your freezer? Not afraid of a little saturated fat? Then indulge--if you dare! The recipes in Jeremy Jackson's Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me pack a one-two butter-and-sugar punch. Have a lick of Snice Cream (that's Fresh Snow Ice Cream) or slurp down a Banana Smoothie. Chomp on Chocolate-Dipped Ranger Cookies or dive into a Chocolate Sinkhole. Just be prepared to defend your bounty. These desserts are so delicious that a food fight might start over the last piece of cake! Don't be fooled by the simple ingredients and easy-to-follow directions. Jeremy's desserts are not to be taken lightly. They're not for the faint of heart--or stomach. Danger lurks beneath that delectable layer of Chocolate Ganache. So suit up in a pair of elastic waist pants, arm yourself with a fork and a giant glass of milk, and prepare for battle. If you can survive Three-Lemon Cheesecake and My School Lunch Cream Puffs, you can probably handle the Peach Pie with Almond Crumb Topping. Polish that off and you just might be ready for the Hanging-Crust Rhubarb Cobbler. In the world of desserts, there is no room for mediocrity. Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me has no filler or predictable, so-so recipes (and absolutely no almond bark!), just good, honest, and deadly delicious ones--with plenty of heavy cream.

Piece of Cake

Here are recipes for devil's food cake, angel's food cake, marble cake, pound cake, frosting-covered layer cake, and many more--a total of 45 delicious cake recipes. This book's duotone photos provide a nostalgic look at mid-twentieth-century America, and the recipes are for cakes that are simply old-fashioned delicious. The photos focus appropriately enough around the kitchen range and dining room table--and if Mom and Dad seem a bit too formally dressed for dinner at home, we should recall that it was the way middle American households were depicted in ads and magazine features, circa 1950. The recipes for cakes, cupcakes, brownies and more are easy for today's home cooks to follow, and are guaranteed to produce mouth-watering results. Many are complemented with food-related anecdotes. Here's a trip down memory lane, as well as inspiration for tasty desserts you can serve today.

Birthday Cakes

Exquisitely illustrated with more than 55 color photographs, Birthday Cakes features memorable, celebratory cakes and birthday stories by renowned chefs, cookbook writers, and passionate bakers--including the likes of Julia Child, Alice Waters, James Beard, Alice Medrich, and Jim Fobel. This elegant yet easy-to-use cake-making book invites us to celebrate everything birthday: the making and presentation of the cake, the warm glow of the candles, the whispering of a wish, and the heartwarming ritual of cutting and sharing the cake. Everyone will enjoy oohs and aahs when a Meyer Lemon Pound Cake is served, a beautiful, sophisticated cake that can be decorated with glazed flowers and long French birthday candles. A fabulous three-day cake-making extravaganza for the truly dedicated is Gayle Ortiz's Princess Cake, a Swedish sweet-sixteen tradition. For happy smiles all around, there's a simple, delicious chocolate cake dressed in luscious frosting, just like grandmother used to make. Sprinkled with fun ideas and tips for decorating, this collection of cake recipes and personal birthday memories will inspire cakes so special friends and family will wish they had more than one birthday.

Chocolate American Style

2005 James Beard Award Nominee - Baking and Desserts Chocolate is America's national indulgence, our favorite way of saying Welcome Home, Happy Birthday, and, of course, I Love You. Chocolate American Style brings out the gusto, down-home practicality, and uninhibited creativity that make the American way with chocolate refreshingly different from the fussy, overly complicated approach of continental chefs. With her distinctive and charismatic voice, Brody sets out an enticing array of beloved classics such as Devil's Food Cake with White Chocolate Icing, Toll House Cookies, Chocolate Bread Pudding, and Brownies (eight different kinds!), then adds to the mouthwatering buffet recipes for new confections gathered from home cooks and restaurants across the country, and even divulges the secret of making that irresistible, I-want-to-be-a-kid-again treat, the Whoopie Pie. Organized by occasion, these no-fail recipes will keep chocoholics satisfied from morning to night, and give once-in-a-while indulgers a greatest-hits selection of simple-to-make and spectacular-tasting chocolate treasures.

The Dessert Bible

Here is the definitive dessert cookbook for the American home cook. Christopher Kimball reviews equipment from mixers to rolling pins and discusses which are the best ingredients regarding types of flour, sugar, baking chocolate and more. He explains basic techniques like beating and folding in egg whites, working with pie dough, and folding flour into batters. The recipes include layer cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, brownies, puddings, mousses, ice cream, sorbets, fruit desserts, sauces and frostings. In addition, Kimball offers a section on favorite restaurant desserts from around the country that can also be made at home. Every recipe has been tested, retested and revised from scratch to ensure that these are truly the ultimate and simplest versions. Christopher Kimball will have his own cooking show on PBS beginning in Fall 2000.

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