The Cake Bible – 35th Anniversary Edition – Giveaway
October 23, 2024 by JennyEnter our US/Canada giveaway to win one of two copies of The Cake Bible, 35th Anniversary Edition by Rose Levy Beranbaum and Woody Wolston. Right now on Amazon, buy one book get one at 50 percent off – including this title – type in cookbooks in search qualifying items box! Events are scheduled to promote this book and are available on our calendar.
I briefly covered the reissue of The Cake Bible in last week’s roundup. Here is what I had to say:
The Cake Bible, 35th Anniversary Edition by Rose Levy Beranbaum and Woody Wolston was released on the 22nd. For comparison’s sake, the original edition was published in 1988 and had 320 recipes with 592 pages. This new massive tome has 684 pages with 386 recipes. The original edition received the IACP Cookbook of the Year (1988); James Beard award in Baking & Desserts as well as Book of the Year (1988) and was awarded the IACP Culinary Classic award in 2017.
This new edition has new photographs and reflects the 35 years that Rose has revised and tweaked her recipes based on new methods and reader feedback. As always with Rose’s books, there are measurements in weights and volume (she was one of the first to do this in the USA) and she shares detailed, well delineated instructions for each recipe. There are countless charts to convert recipes into various sizes, pointers for success, and variations for many of her battle-tested recipes.
Rose doesn’t forget the past and the new edition shares the original foreword by Maida Heatter and a new one written by Ron Ben-Israel. The chapters are broken down by Cakes, Showcase Cases, Wedding and Special Occasion Cakes, Frostings and Other Adornments for All Cakes, Special Effects and Decorative Techniques and ends with a chapter on Ingredients and Equipment. She ends the bible with pages on high-altitude baking and list of recipes by eggs used.
If you are wondering “do I need the revised edition” the answer is unequivocally YES!
As I am buried in the October New Cookbook Review (165 books!), Darcie has spent some time with the book and wrote a lengthy post about this revision which is very helpful.
There are nine online recipes available to try including the gorgeous Chocolate oblivion torte pictured above.
Special thanks to the publisher for providing two copies of this title in our promotion. Entry options include answering the following question in the comments section of this blog post.
Which recipe in the index would you like to try first?
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