Author(s): Caroline Wright

Food Cooking Wine

The key to the cakes' ease is the homemade Mix Match Baking Mix-the foundation of every cake in the book. From there it's just a matter of mixing and matching the batters, flavouring syrups (the secret step that makes these cake recipes so versatile), frostings, and, sometimes, toppings to create unique cakes. Want something decadent and fudgy? Darkest Chocolate Cake Milky Caramel Syrup Malted Milk Chocolate Frosting crushed candy bars = Candy Bar Cake. Swap in Bourbon Syrup Cream Cheese Frosting, and you have the grown-up Drunken Tuxedo Cake. There's nothing vanilla about these vanilla cakes (Cookies Cream Cake, Caramel-Pineapple Upside-Down Layer Cake); summery citrus cakes (Basil Lemon Cream Cake, Arnold Palmer Cake); ethereal coconut cakes; and nutty cakes like the Elvis-Peanut Butter Cake Bacon Syrup Nutella Frosting, topped with candied bacon. Fit for the King, indeed. Includes valuable baking tips, vegan and gluten-free variations, plus how to tweak the recipes to make sheet cakes, Bundt cakes, and cupcakes.ting and you've got the decidedly grown up Drunken Tuxedo Cake.