The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!: With 160 All-New Recipes by Anne Byrn

From Barnes & Noble

"Let them eat cake" has become the signature clarion call of award-winning cake-baker Anne Byrn, who has made it her mission to transform prepackaged cake ingredients into unforgettable desserts and snacks. In this release, she continues the good work begun in The Cake Mix Doctor by adding 160 fresh recipes for cakes, cupcakes, muffin, brownies, bars, and cookies. We dare you to resist the Chocolate Espresso Biscotti or The Best Red Velvet Cake. No need to feel guilty about all these pleasures.

From the Publisher

What could be better than a phenomenon? The return of a phenomenon. Ten years ago Anne Byrn's The Cake Mix Doctor began its extraordinary run as one of the most popular baking books of all time. Now Anne Byrn is back with the all-new Cake Mix Doctor Returns! From the beloved author who showed home bakers how adding a touch of sweet butter or a dusting of cocoa powder, a dollop of vanilla yogurt or flurry of grated lemon zest could transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Here are 160 brand-new recipes...that's right, 160 amazing cake mix recipes...for luscious layer cakes, sheet cakes, brownies, bars, cookies, and more.

And the book is needed more than ever. Today 90 percent of home cooks use prepackaged mixes, while the economy is creating a perfect excuse to let them eat cake...cake equals happiness. And what cakes! 40 layer cakes, from Tiramisu Cake to The Best Red Velvet Cake, Strawberry Refrigerator Cake to Chocolate Swirled Cannoli Cake. 35 sheet cakes. 38 bundt and pound cakes. 16 cupcakes and muffins, plus the cult classic Whoopie Pie. And brownies, bars, and cookies, including Spice Drop Cookies, Angel Food Macaroons, and Chocolate Espresso Biscotti. There's even a wedding cake, a frequent request from the author's passionate online community.

The Cake Mix Doctor is back...just say ahhhhh!

Publishers Weekly

This volume isn't about artisanal baking nor does it pretend to be. And that won't bother the legions of devoted Cake Mix Doctor fans. Byrn's sixth book goes back to what made her famous: a whole lot of recipes for comforting cakes (plus some cookies and brownies) made easy thanks to the use of purchased cake mix and other supermarket ingredients. Readers are welcomed with thumbnail color photographs of all cakes in the book, with page numbers to enable quick flipping when a confection catches the eye. A hint-filled introduction, written in Byrn's friendly, collaborational prose, offers confidence even to kitchen neophytes. And then there are the recipes, 160 of them, many contributed by fans. They include lemonade chiffon layer cake with raspberry filling, made with yellow cake mix, frozen lemonade concentrate and raspberry pie filling; double coconut macadamia cake, featuring yellow or butter cake mix and vanilla instant pudding mix; chocolate-covered cherry cake, utilizing chocolate cake mix with pudding and cherry pie filling; and plenty more appealingly straightforward sweet treats. For those who want to have their mostly homemade cake and eat it, too, this book will become a go-to guide. (Oct.)

Library Journal

The author of the phenomenally successful Cake Mix Doctor is back with 160 new easy-to-follow recipes, 25 frostings, and recipe notes sections (beware of patron markings!). Recipes are organized into chapters like "Love Those Layers," "You're Your Own Wedding Cake" (which serves 45 guests), and "Frostings." A conversion table is also included. Byrn's fans will be lining up to check this title out. [20-city tour.]

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