Essential Cake Boss (A Condensed Edition of Baking with the Cake Boss)

Here are the essentials from Buddy Valastros instant classic, the New York Times bestselling Baking with the Cake Boss, in a condensed, more affordable paperback package with a dynamic, new design. Here are extensive explanations and step-by-step photos that show how you can bakeand decoratejust like the Boss!Bake Like the Boss! The Essential Cake Boss is a perfect slice of Buddy Valastros beloved bestseller Baking with the Cake Bossa sweet collection of Buddys core recipes and techniques; the building blocks of Buddys show-stopping desserts; and many of his most popular, signature creations. Youll 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. Bursting with delicious, tried-and-true recipes, handy tricks of the trade, and stories told in Buddys inimitable voice, The Essential Cake Boss is a rare treat 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 Bosss unique artistic vision.