books like a piece of cake by cupcake brown

“Have you ever had a piece of cake that was kind of dry around the edges, like it was exposed to air?” asks Natasha. There’s visual appeal as well: Some ingredients, such as finishing sugars like turbinado sugar or sparkling sugar, add a little glitz and beauty to the final bake, elevating a potentially humble quick bread or unfrosted single-layer cake. Natasha adds a mixture of black and white sesame seeds to the outside of her book's date cake. As she often asks herself: “Basically, how can I take the personality of the cake and extend it in an extra way to inject flavor?”Įxcerpted from More Than Cake by Natasha Pickowicz (Artisan Books). “, you’re able to accent the recipe with another version of that ingredient in the crust itself,” says Natasha. Foremost, it allows you to build more flavor into your baked goods. Natasha explained the various benefits of this trick to me. When you buy through external links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.) (Heads up: At King Arthur, we only recommend the cookbooks that we, as bakers, truly love. Small seeds like flax and sesame and crunchy sugars like turbinado add texture and visual interest.” While flipping through her new book, More Than Cake, a tiny tip tucked away in a recipe for vanilla loaf cake stuck out to me: “A coating of cooking spray on the parchment will glue any number of crunchy toppings to the sides of your cake, creating an outrageously yummy crust.

They’re crowned with unexpected adornments, like magenta radicchio, or frosted with slate gray black sesame frosting for a modern twist.īut while she clearly has a knack for striking visuals, my favorite of her cake tricks might be one that’s hidden underneath the surface. Pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz’s cakes are undeniably gorgeous.

Books like a piece of cake by cupcake brown