Cake: A Cookbook

"Oh, how Maira Kalman loves pink. She also finds solace from life’s difficulties in fancy hats and cakes. While this celebration of her favorite dessert probably won’t replace your go-to baking guides, it’s a delicious, whimsical mix of memories — including the chocolate cake she remembers from childhood visits to her aunt in Tel Aviv — and easy recipes like a Pavlova with fresh berries meant to dazzle and melt away all cares. Whether you just feast on Kalman’s sunny, bright Dufy-esque illustrations or dive into Scott-Goodman’s carefully curated classics like lemon pound cake, plum torte and flourless chocolate cake, I don’t know many bakers who wouldn’t eat up this sweet reminder that “things are much nicer with cake.”"