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Baking One's Way Through a Sweet Life, with Great RecipesCooking is a necessity-everyone needs to eat-but baking is different. No one needs a chocolaty cake or a delectable sweet to survive. That is, until that moment when a chocolate cake is exactly what you need to survive.Author Samantha Seneviratne believes that every baking project begins with a spark-a desire, a craving, a memory, or a feeling-and through baking that spark is made real. Inspired by the gumption and charm of the classic, bestselling cookbook The Joy of Cooking, this cookbook focuses on the joys that make up everyday life and 75 ways to bake yourself back up when you feel like you've hit the bottom. Each chapter explores one of five themes and provides recipes paired with touching, humorous, and thoughtful essays and beautiful photos throughout.Chocolate Cardamom Swirl BabkaApricot Frangipange Phyllo TartNectarine Galette with Sour Cherry JamStrawberry Rhubarb Cake with Bay and OrangeCoffee Crme Bundt CakeFor all the happy and joyous moments, for every stage of love, lovesickness, and everything in between, when you need a moment of comfort and solace, there's always dessert.
About the Author
SAMANTHA SENEVIRATNE is a James Beard Award-nominated food writer, recipe developer, and food stylist. She is a graduate of the International Culinary Center and has worked as a food editor in the test kitchens of Good Housekeeping, Fine Cooking, and Martha Stewart's Everyday Food. She blogs about dessert at Love, Cake (Lovecommacake.com) .
