at Wed, 03 May 2006 06:04:56 GMT in <cKX5g.110383$WI1.103259@pd7tw2no>,
(Cornofstarchy) wrote :

>I haven't tried everything in it and I was wondering, for those who have
>used her book, does she live up to all the praise? So far, the first few
>recipes are very high in fat (all that butter and cream!!)

Yup, that's the first thing to look for in a cake recipe - high in butter
and cream. Within limits, the higher, the better. In fact, when doing a
recipe search on the Internet I often pick my winner by finding that with
the highest butter percentage.

RLB's book is just about the best general-purpose cake book you can find.
For *specific* types of cakes (e.g. chocolate cakes, French or Austrian or
Nationality X cakes, cupcakes, etc. there are better (more specialised)
books but as a first source that gives you the basics it's really hard to
go wrong. I recommend it highly.

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Alex Rast

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