The Cake Mix Doctor
by: Anne Byrn
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Cake mixes are undoubtedly convenient, but do they produce good cakes?They can, says Anne Byrn, author of The Cake Mix Doctor, if you knowhow totweak them. Doing this involves the addition of ingredients to enrich themixes and flavorings to enhance and, in some cases, conceal questionabletastes.To prove her point, Byrn offers more than 175 recipes for mix-based cakes andother desserts, including formulas for frostings that, Byrn maintains, mustbe made from scratch. The results are convincing; readers interested in satisfying, dependable desserts prepared quickly and with little fussshould welcome the book.
Beginning with a useful discussion of cake mixes, their history and composition, and an outline of the mix-transformation battle plan, thebook then presents the recipes in chapters such as "Chocolate Cakes,""Cake-Mix Classics," "Special Occasion Cakes," and "Incredible Bars and ComfortingCookies." Among the most successful offerings are Deeply Chocolate AlmondCakewith Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting, Banana Cake with Quick CaramelFrosting, and Lemon Buttermilk Poppy Seed Cake. A chapter devoted tocrumbles,crisps, cobblers, trifles, and even a dessert pizza shows how to use themixesin innovative ways, and "Lighter Cakes" presents "healthier" offerings,such asPear and Toasted Pecan Buttermilk Cake. With sidebars such as The LegendaryPillsbury Bake-Off and tips for success throughout ("Cinnamon is oneof the great tools to use when doctoring up cake mixes," begins one), thebookexplores every aspect of cake-mix fixing while revealing the unexpectedrichness that the process can yield. --Arthur Boehm
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The Cake Mix Doctor is in! And the prescription is simple: By doctoring up packaged cake mix with just the right extras--a touch of sweet butter here, cocoa powder there, or poppy seeds, vanilla yogurt, sherry, eggs, and grated lemon zest for the Charleston Poppy Seed Cake--even the least experienced baker can turn out luscious signature desserts, time after time. The proof is in the taste, and the taste never stops--from Toasted Coconut Sour Cream Cake to Devilishly Good Chocolate Cake; from a to-die-for Caramel Cake and a Holiday Yule Log to cheesecakes, coffee cakes, sheet cakes, pound cakes, bars, brownies, and those all-important frostings, here are 175 fast, foolproof recipes that will transformthe art of home baking in America.
Who could believe these cakes came out of a box? Moist, tender, rich, deep, and complexly flavored, without a hint of artificiality, each cake stand up and delivers. But without any of the fuss of baking from scratch. Anne Byrn, an award-wining food writer and self-described purist, creates recipes that employ a cake mix's strengths---convenience, ease-of-use, dependability, and almost imperviousness to overbeating, underbeating, overbaking, and underbaking.
In addition to the recipes are the Cake Mix Doctor's Q&A's, extensive "Doctor Says" tips, lists--15 Beautiful Birthday Cakes, 15 Cakes That Will Cash in at a Bake Sale--and more, all illustrated in a full-color photographic insert.
Cake mixes are undoubtedly convenient, but do they produce good cakes?They can, says Anne Byrn, author of The Cake Mix Doctor, if you knowhow totweak them. Doing this involves the addition of ingredients to enrich themixes and flavorings to enhance and, in some cases, conceal questionabletastes.To prove her point, Byrn offers more than 175 recipes for mix-based cakes andother desserts, including formulas for frostings that, Byrn maintains, mustbe made from scratch. The results are convincing; readers interested in satisfying, dependable desserts prepared quickly and with little fussshould welcome the book.
Beginning with a useful discussion of cake mixes, their history and composition, and an outline of the mix-transformation battle plan, thebook then presents the recipes in chapters such as "Chocolate Cakes,""Cake-Mix Classics," "Special Occasion Cakes," and "Incredible Bars and ComfortingCookies." Among the most successful offerings are Deeply Chocolate AlmondCakewith Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting, Banana Cake with Quick CaramelFrosting, and Lemon Buttermilk Poppy Seed Cake. A chapter devoted tocrumbles,crisps, cobblers, trifles, and even a dessert pizza shows how to use themixesin innovative ways, and "Lighter Cakes" presents "healthier" offerings,such asPear and Toasted Pecan Buttermilk Cake. With sidebars such as The LegendaryPillsbury Bake-Off and tips for success throughout ("Cinnamon is oneof the great tools to use when doctoring up cake mixes," begins one), thebookexplores every aspect of cake-mix fixing while revealing the unexpectedrichness that the process can yield. --Arthur Boehm
Product Description:
The Cake Mix Doctor is in! And the prescription is simple: By doctoring up packaged cake mix with just the right extras--a touch of sweet butter here, cocoa powder there, or poppy seeds, vanilla yogurt, sherry, eggs, and grated lemon zest for the Charleston Poppy Seed Cake--even the least experienced baker can turn out luscious signature desserts, time after time. The proof is in the taste, and the taste never stops--from Toasted Coconut Sour Cream Cake to Devilishly Good Chocolate Cake; from a to-die-for Caramel Cake and a Holiday Yule Log to cheesecakes, coffee cakes, sheet cakes, pound cakes, bars, brownies, and those all-important frostings, here are 175 fast, foolproof recipes that will transformthe art of home baking in America.
Who could believe these cakes came out of a box? Moist, tender, rich, deep, and complexly flavored, without a hint of artificiality, each cake stand up and delivers. But without any of the fuss of baking from scratch. Anne Byrn, an award-wining food writer and self-described purist, creates recipes that employ a cake mix's strengths---convenience, ease-of-use, dependability, and almost imperviousness to overbeating, underbeating, overbaking, and underbaking.
In addition to the recipes are the Cake Mix Doctor's Q&A's, extensive "Doctor Says" tips, lists--15 Beautiful Birthday Cakes, 15 Cakes That Will Cash in at a Bake Sale--and more, all illustrated in a full-color photographic insert.
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- very pleased
I was very happy with my purchase, fast shipping and the books arrived with no damage due to the sellers excellent packaging.
Rating: - The Cake Mix Doctor
This cookbook has become a staple in my collection of cookbooks.So many people haved raved about the cakes I serve - everyone is amazed the cakes begin with a mix!
Rating: - Cake Mix Doctor
Great book!! Easy recipes and excellent results.Will greatly expand your waistline!
Rating: - Cake mix cookies
I use cake mixes to make all of my cookies.Right now Butter Pecan is everyone's favorite.There is no limit to what you can make.The book gives you so many recipes using cake mix.I am always looking for cookie recipes and this book has many ideas
Rating: - Favorite cookbook EVER!
I love,love, love this cookbook!I received it as a gift from a friend about 6 years ago.All the recipes I've tried have been so good and so easy.I look forward to occasions to try out new cakes and share them with my friends and family!Highly recommended!
- very pleasedI was very happy with my purchase, fast shipping and the books arrived with no damage due to the sellers excellent packaging.
- The Cake Mix DoctorThis cookbook has become a staple in my collection of cookbooks.So many people haved raved about the cakes I serve - everyone is amazed the cakes begin with a mix!
- Cake Mix DoctorGreat book!! Easy recipes and excellent results.Will greatly expand your waistline!
- Cake mix cookiesI use cake mixes to make all of my cookies.Right now Butter Pecan is everyone's favorite.There is no limit to what you can make.The book gives you so many recipes using cake mix.I am always looking for cookie recipes and this book has many ideas
- Favorite cookbook EVER!I love,love, love this cookbook!I received it as a gift from a friend about 6 years ago.All the recipes I've tried have been so good and so easy.I look forward to occasions to try out new cakes and share them with my friends and family!Highly recommended!
