We’re previous thrilled to welcome Rose Levy Beranbaum as a Bake from Scratch 2025 contributing editor. Rose may be sharing a specific essay in each of our 2025 factors. A doyenne of baking and a luminary on this planet of meals writing, Rose is a three-time James Beard Award winner and the creator of 14 cookbooks, collectively along with her ever-influential cookbook The Cake Bible. The completely revised thirty fifth anniversary model of The Cake Bible is accessible now.
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{Photograph} by Matthew Septimus
I’d want to share some highlights about what it took to current my e e-book such long-lasting relevance and to develop right into a e e-book that changed many people’s lives and careers. As soon as I approached Maria Guarnaschelli, editor at William Morrow, with my thought to jot down a e e-book about cake, thought of one in all her first questions was how lots money I hoped to earn. My unhesitating reply was that I might do it with none money if I’ll have {a photograph} of every cake. And her response was that she could not accept such a generous provide. Nonetheless I knew that I had gained her notoriously hard-won respect. And years later, Maria instructed me I was the one one who approached her offering to jot down the e e-book with out royalties, and mockingly, I was the one one who was actually incomes money!
Photos by Matthew Septimus
“This recipe was despatched to me by Chef Anthony Stella, with a request to reinforce its texture. Although there’s no butter, the amount of butterfat contained throughout the cream is considerably better than the amount of butter in my basic butter cake. Reformulating the recipe to work in a Bundt pan did wonders for bettering the texture. It is now thought of one in all my prime favorite desserts.” —Rose Levy Beranbaum
The doyenne of baking, Rose Levy Beranbaum, shares a glimpse into the thirty fifth anniversary model of her ever-influential cookbook The Cake Bible.