A Piece of Cake / Susan G. Purdy ; illustrated by Susan Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purdy, Susan Gold, 1939-

Contributor:

Martin, Susan, illustrator.

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cake.

Penn Provenance:

Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xiv, 498 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Distribution:

New York : Macmillan Publishing Company,

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum, 1989.

Contents:

Introduction. It's a Piece of Cake; Cakes Through History; Baking Equipment; Understanding Ingredients; How to Measure Ingredients; A Note about Recipe Measurements; Pan Volume and Serving Chart; How to Prepare Pans for Baking; Before You Begin to Bake

-; How to Test a Cake's Doneness; How to Coll Cakes

Butter and/or Shortening Cakes. About Butter and/or Shortening Cakes; Layer and Sheet Cakes; Pound Cakes; Fruit Cakes; Upside-Down Cakes; Coffee Cakes, Tea Cakes; Kuchen, and Pudding Cakes

Cheesecakes

Sponge and Foam Cakes. About Sponge and Foam Cakes; Sponge Cakes; Jelly Rolls (Roulades); Angel-Food Cakes; Chiffon Cakes; Meringue Cakes and Dacquoise; Tortes

Elegant and Special Cakes

Charlottes

Individual Portion Cakes

Fillings, Frostings, Icings and Glazes, Sauces and Syrups. Toppings; Frostings, Icings, and Glazes; Sauces and Syrups

Decorating Cakes. Special Effects, Flavorings, and Decorative Techniques

After You've Baked. How to Cut and Serve Cakes; How to Freeze and Store Cakes; How to Transport or Mail Cakes.

Notes:

Text printed in 2 columns.

Includes index.

Main Selection of HomeStyle Books/Book-of-the-Month Club

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.

Malgieri Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0689117663 (cloth) :

OCLC:

18049425

Online:

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page