Providing countless solutions and tips for commonly encountered baking problems, this comprehensive cake cookbook provides precise instructions for baking and decorating spectacular special-occasion cakes of any size up to eighteen inches in diameter. "If you ever bake a cake, this book will become your partner in the kitchen" -- from the foreword by Maida Heatter. This is the classic cake cookbook that enables anyone to make delicious, exquisite cakes. As a writer for food magazines, women's magazines, and newspapers, including The New York Times, Rose Levy Beranbaum's trademark is her ability to reduce the most complex techniques to easy-to-follow recipes. Rose makes baking a joy. This is the definitive work on cakes by the country's top cake baker. The Cake Bible shows how to: mix a buttery, tender layer cake in under five minutes with perfect results every time; make the most fabulous chocolate cake you ever imagined with just three ingredients; find recipes for every major type of cake, from pancakes to four-tiered wedding cakes; make cakes with less sugar but maximum flavor and texture; make many low- to no- cholesterol, low-saturated-fat recipes.