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Title: Cakes by Maida Heatter ISBN: 0-8362-5074-5 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: great recipes
Comment: I just had my first succes from this book, and it is called the old fashioned coconut cake. A delicious cake, sophisticated in it's simplicity. The book is written in a very friendly and encouraging matter, the description of the techniques and what to expect during the proces of creating your master pieces give you all the confidence you need to bake an excellent treat for any occasion. The recipes vary from pound cakes to layer cakes with frostings and from cheesecakes to sweet breads and yeasted sweet treats. Had there been some pictures, I would have given it 5 stars (I like the visual aspect as an extra inspiration). But the recipes definately deserve 5 stars in itsself.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Dessert Book By Which Others Should Be Measured
Comment: Stated simply, there are no better dessert cookbook writers than Maida Heatter. I have five of her bookbooks and from pleasant experience know that she has no bad recipes in any of her books. This one is no exception. If you can read English and own an oven, I'm not sure how you could possibly screw up one of these cakes. Ms. Heatter spends two to three pages on the simplest of cakes. She tells you where to place the rack in the oven, how many minutes to beat the sugar and butter together and what the batter will look like. For example, in the recipe for Cranberry Upside-Down Cake on page 201, she says: "The mixture might appear slightly curdled--it is okay." I'm happy to say I cooked this cake for the first time a few days ago. My friends thought it was wonderful. The best lemon cake I have ever baked and/or eaten has to be East 62nd Street Lemon Cake(page 22.)Over 20 years ago, when I had never melted chocolate in my life, I cooked a perfect Queen Mother's Cake (pp. 54-56.)The Robert Redford Cake(59-61)is a wonder to behold. Then there is the Oreo Cookie Cake, and on and on they go.
There are sections on all kinds of cakes here: plain cakes, chocolate cakes, layer cakes, fancy cakes, cheesecakes, fruitcakes, cakes with fruits and vegetables, yeast cakes, sweet breads and more. And all kinds of tips-- even how to wash a pastry brush.
There are no photographs in this book but who needs them? Your own cakes will be pretty enough to photograph. If you own other Heatter cookbooks, be forewarned; these recipes have been previously published in two of the author's earlier dessert books but here the cake recipes are all together.
I must admit that I find the cheesecake recipes-- at least most of them, a little over the top. I suppose that's because cheesecake recipes have been anthologized to death and Ms. Heatter sought out the most exotic ones. And I, being a lazy cook, an unwilling to fool with baking a cheesecake in a pan of water. Having said that, if I could have only one dessert cookbook, it would have to be this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Buy This Book for nothing else but pages 176-179!
Comment: This is by far the VERY BEST Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe you will ever try! Not only did my Mom try it years ago for parties etc. but she handed the cookbook down to me, and I used this recipe for a "Groom's Cake" for my then fiance, soon to be husband. 18 years later, it is still his very FAVORITE Cake of all time.
This recipe is a doozy...lots of ingredients, and it does take some time to put it together, but believe me, it is worth every minute of the baking experience. Maida Heatter's directions are so easy to understand and the cake itself is foolproof!
That's not to say that this is the ONLY FABULOUS recipe in the book, far from the case! This book is a treasure trove of wonderful dessert cake recipes. You will not be disappointed.
Thank you Maida Heatter for a Carrot Cake that is par Excellence!
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Title: Maida Heatter'S Book Of Great Desserts by Heatter ISBN: 0836278615 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Pies & Tarts by Maida Heatter ISBN: 0836250753 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Cookies by Maida Heatter ISBN: 0836237331 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Maida Heatter's Brand-New Book of Great Cookies by Maida Heatter ISBN: 0812991753 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 17 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts by Maida Heatter ISBN: 0679765336 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 22 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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