First published in 2015 by Murdoch Books and imprint of Allen & Unwin.

Award-winning food writer, aphrodisiac expert and dessert lover Amy Reiley offers a new reason to get into the kitchen. Her latest cookbook, Eat Cake Naked, is a dessert book like no other. This cookbook offers mouthwatering dessert recipes with easy instructions and it's the only cookbook around that can improve your love life while satisfying your sweet tooth. For this book, Reiley collaborated with Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef and nutrition expert Delahna Flagg. Together they've created a truly life-changing twist on baking that will have you falling in love with more than food. That's because every recipe in Eat Cake Naked features ingredients with evidence-based aphrodisiac properties for romance and sexual health. Whether you're looking to whip up a romantic dessert for date night or upgrade your sweets with ingredients that support your sex life, you're going to find what you need in this baking book. In addition to offering enticing recipes, this cookbook teaches you about aphrodisiac foods. In fact, the authors make sure you have the tools to upgrade any dessert in your recipe file with aphrodisiac ingredients. By the end of this book you'll know how to swap out ingredients

The Times Best Food Books of 2022 "Rahul Mandal is a brilliant baker with the eye of an artist." - Nigella Lawson "Rahul is a scientist of extraordinary talent, both in baking and explaining how it's done." - Dame Prue Leith "Rahul's book is an absolutely spectacular one with so much detail and knowledge behind every recipe. So many delicious frostings, fillings, sponges and everything you need to make a showstopping cake! I can't wait to try something out!" - Jane Dunn, author of Jane's Patisserie "Impressive, phenomenal, and magical! Rahul takes cakes to another level in this book. I'm always blown away by his work!" - Eloise Head, author of Fitwaffle's Baking It Easy "The hardest part of opening up this stunning book is remembering that I'm already married so Rahul can't make my wedding cake. It's a truly inspiring collection of recipes that will become staples in any baker's kitchen, whether novice or seasoned." - Jake Cohen, author of Jew-Ish Create sensational showstopping cakes with this collection of dazzlingly delicious bakes from GBBO winner Rahul Mandal. From advice on stacking a tier cake to piping flowers, creating the perfect flavour pairing and avoiding a curdled cake batter or buttercream, Rahul shares his scientific knowhow on achieving sublime bakes - as well as advice on how to fix things when they go wrong. Featuring everything from mirror glaze, meringue, genoise and caramel to drip, fault-line and geode cakes, these are jaw-droppingly beautiful bakes that will wow family and friends every time. Winner of The Great British Bake Off 2018, Rahul won hearts as he quietly baked his way to glory with some of the most spectacular creations the show has ever seen. A research scientist at the University of Sheffield, he continues to spend his spare time baking and writes a regular column for The Times magazine.

Learn to make doable, incredible celebration cakes that taste as good as they look! Baking and decorating a cake can be a challenge, and when the end result doesn't taste as good as it looks, a big disappointment! Author and professional baker Gesine Bullock-Prado has perfected a method for creating eye-catching spectacular cakes that measure up. Just remember BaDASS: · Bake ahead · Dam · Assemble · Smooth coat · Spruce it up Her step-by-step instruction for baking, piping, and making decorations make each bit manageable, whether it's baking layers ahead of time and freezing, or taking the time to crank out a slew of gorgeous frosting flowers that hold beautifully in the freezer until you need them. No step is skipped or left unexplained. The layers are as easy as box mixes, and the smoothing and decorating instructions work the first time (not a thousand passes later). From custom shapes to complement a party theme to ultra-gorgeous towering layer cakes for special occasions, it's all within reach.

THE BRAND-NEW OFFICIAL BAKE OFF BOOK! THE ULTIMATE CAKE-BAKING BIBLE The Big Book of Amazing Cakes brings the magic of The Great British Bake Off to your kitchen with easy-to-follow recipes for every shape, size and delicious flavour of cake you can imagine. Featuring the very best cakes from inside the Bake Off tent, alongside much-loved family favourites, stunning showstoppers and classic bakes, the book is packed with expert advice and helpful tips for decorating. From simple sponges to spectacular celebration cakes, aspiring star bakers will have everything they need to create the perfect bake for any occasion. Includes exclusive recipes by the series 10 bakers, and favourite bakes from contestants across all ten series.

"You have not eaten cake until you have eaten one of Erin's...ERIN BAKES CAKE is a must on your shelf." —Daphne Oz Learn how to bake easy but elaborately decorated cakes—no fondant needed! Erin Gardner's cake recipes share a delicious, time-saving secret: they're all the same. Why play the guessing game of sifting through dozens of recipes when all you need are just a few that contain hundreds of variations—572, to be exact! The cakequations in Erin Bakes Cake teach you how to combine her cake, buttercream, cookie, and candy recipes in endless mouth-watering ways. Erin's cake recipes aren't sorcery—they're science. They all share similar ratios of ingredients that add tenderness, strength, or flavor. You don't have to be an expert. Everyone can learn to make a great cake! Erin Bakes Cake provides the building blocks for constructing a great cake, and then offers endless ways those blocks can be reassembled. Erin shares the baking tips she learned as a professional pastry chef and wedding cake baker, what tools to use, how to perfect the cake's finish, and other tricks of the baking trade. She then shows you how to make gorgeous and intricately decorated cakes by elevating simple, but delicious, ingredients like candy, cookies, and chocolate. Erin's created cake designs that are festive, chic, and easy to recreate at home without the use of hard-to-deal-with fondant. And best of all, you can make every recipe your own! The Any Veggie Cake cake can be transformed into a classic carrot cake, zucchini cake, or sweet potato cake. A creamy cake filling isn’t limited to buttercream with the inclusion of recipes for caramel, ganache, marshmallow, and more. A chocolate birthday cake recipe can be reimagined as red velvet or chocolate toffee. Elements of crunch, like peanut brittle, honeycomb candy, or even cookie crumbles, can be sprinkled onto your cake layers for tasty added texture.

Featured by QVC, Hallmark Home & Family, Tasting Table, and the Washington Post. Cakes are the all-occasion dessert--the center of attention at birthdays, holiday celebrations, and dinner parties, and the most welcome brunch, after-school, or teatime snack. America's Test Kitchen's first all-cake book is the definitive guide to any cake you crave from Classic Pound Cake to enjoy anytime to a stunning and impressive Blueberry Jam Cake with brilliant jam stripes and ombré frosting. In addition to foolproof recipes are features that make towering 24-layer Hazelnut- Chocolate Crêpe Cake as approachable as Applesauce Snack Cake. Sidebars include step-by-step photography for cakes with more advanced techniques like piping the ribbons of frosting that help give beautiful Rhubarb Ribbon Cake its name. Our years of test kitchen knowledge on the art and science of baking cakes provide all the tips and tricks you need for executing perfect cakes every time.