The Essential Cake Boss: A Condensed Edition of Baking with the Cake Boss: Bake Like the Boss--Recipes & Techniques You Absolutely Have to Know Hardcover - 2013

BAKE LIKE THE BOSS!

The Essential Cake Boss is a perfect slice of Buddy Valas­troâÈçs beloved bestseller Baking with the Cake BossâÈ'a sweet collection of BuddyâÈçs core recipes and techniques; the building blocks of BuddyâÈçs show-stopping desserts; and many of his most popular, signature creations. YouâÈçll learn to work with baking and decorating equip­ment, bake perfectly moist cupcakes and cakes, and work magical effects with frosting and fondant. Gor­geous photos let you follow Buddy as he shows how to create his artistic flourishes and decorations. The Essen­tial Cake Boss also features charts that let you mix and match cake flavor, frosting, and liqueur syrup to create your own trademark cakes.

A master course in baking, The Essential Cake Boss starts with a tour around the kitchen, including your pantry essentials and equipment, and the basic baking techniques at the foundation of any bakerâÈçs success. Start with simple yet mouthwatering cookiesâÈ'butter, double chocolate chip, peanut butter, chocolate brownie clusters, and pignoli cookiesâÈ'before piping bright, fan­ciful frosting flowers on top of perfectly moist cupcakes. Then youâÈçll be ready for BuddyâÈçs beautiful cakes and to decorate with BuddyâÈçs signature buttercream adorn­ments and flourishes. After that, youâÈçll be ready to work with fondantâÈ'which is easy when you follow BuddyâÈçs tips and photos! And these cakes taste as good as they look: The Essential Cake Boss includes recipes for vanilla, chocolate, sponge, carrot, and red velvet cakes, as well as a delicious array of frostings, syrups, and fillings, so you can create your dream cake combo.

Bursting with tempting, tried-and-true recipes, handy tricks of the trade, and stories told in BuddyâÈçs inimitable voice, The Essential Cake Boss is a rare treatâÈ' a fun, accessible guide to baking that inspires home bak­ers to new culinary heights, all in a gloriously designed, fully illustrated book worthy of the Cake BossâÈçs unique artistic vision. YouâÈçll want to try them all!