Keep Calm and Bake Cake

by Andrews McMeel Publishing

 An inspiring cookbook for calm and tranquil baking, featuring 70 straightforward recipes.

 This charmingly illustrated cookbook will inspire tranquility and serenity for the home cook. It features an assortment of soothing recipes, from serene "Raspberry and Pistachio Sandwich Cake" to the peaceful "Sticky Date and Orange Pudding" and tranquil tarts such as "Walnut and Fig Tart." Each recipe will include straightforward step-by-step instructions to ensure a relaxing, composed baking experience.

Keep Calm and Carry On was a World War II British government poster that struck a chord in difficult times. Now we are in need of a stiff upper lip and optimistic energy once again. This cookbook will inspire a calm kitchen with its straightforward recipes and motivational quotes, mantras, and wry truths.

 As Marie Antoinette said - and indeed any sane person would say - "Let them eat cake."

Genres: Cookbooks

224 pages, Hardcover

First published April 22, 2014

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Reviews

[Julie H. Ernstein]

Some sort of an introduction would not be out of order, and while I would move the step-by-step techniques stuff from the back of the book to the front matter, the book is a good mix of things I'd be happy to bake and eat, things I've heard mentioned on BBC shows or in cozy, locked-room British mysteries, and some choice quotes. I'd definitely have to agree with the sentiment attributed to Julia Child that "A party without cake is just a meeting."

[Jasmine]

The most adorable little cake cookbook.
I'm having fun with these. I'm still scared of frosting, and in most cases have adapted them into cupcakes, but I really like this little book.
The only problem is I don't want to crack the still-almost-new binding, so I'm copying over a recipe before trying to use it. But that has nothing to do with the book itself.