This is the classic cake cookbook that enables anyone to make delicious, exquisite cakes. As a writer for food magazines, women's magazines, and newspapers, including The New York Times, Rose Levy Beranbaum's trademark is her ability to reduce the most complex techniques to easy-to-follow recipes. Rose makes baking a joy. This is the definitive work on cakes by the country's top cake baker.

The Cake Bible shows how to:

• Mix a buttery, tender layer cake in under five minutes with perfect results every time
• Make the most fabulous chocolate cake you ever imagined with just three ingredients
• Find recipes for every major type of cake, from pancakes to four-tiered wedding cakes
• Make cakes with less sugar but maximum flavor and texture
• Make many low- to no- cholesterol, low-saturated-fat recipes