The Secret Lives of Baked Goods: Sweet Stories & Recipes for America's Favorite Desserts

274 Pages·2013·4.56 MB·English

by  Jessie Oleson Moore

Copyright ©2013 by Jessie Oleson Moore
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form, or by any electronic, mechanical, or other
means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Published by Sasquatch Books
Editor: Susan Roxborough
Project editor: Michelle Hope Anderson
Design: Anna Goldstein
Illustrations: Jessie Oleson Moore
Photographs: Clare Barboza
Food styling: Laurie Pfalzer
Copy editor: Lisa Gordanier
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-57061-854-3
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-57061-853-6
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To Mom, Dad, Kelly, Bridget, and
Porkchop for making life sweet

CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CLASSIC CAKES
Birthday Cake
Boston Cream Pie
Carrot Cake
Cupcakes
German Chocolate Cake
New York Cheesecake
Doughnuts
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Red Velvet Cake
Smith Island Cake
TIMELESS COOKIES & BARS
Blondies & Brownies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies
Pu�ed Rice Treats
Whoopie Pies
TRADITIONAL PIES
Apple Pie
Nutty Chocolate Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
LOST & FOUND
Baked Alaska
Hermits
Joe Froggers
Jumbles
Tunnel of Fudge Cake
Wellesley Fudge Cake
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ANZAC Biscuits
Cherries Jubilee
Croissants
Gingerbread Men
Opera Cake
Princess Torte
COMMERCIAL FAVORITES
Animal Crackers
Girl Scout Cookies
Chocolate Creme-Filled Cookies
Pink Frosted Cookies
Toaster-Style Pastries
CURIOUS CONFECTIONS
Alice B. Toklas Brownies
Better than Sex Cake
Katharine Hepburn Brownies
Urban Legend Cookies
Sources
Index
About the Author

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
contribute to a recipe’s deliciousness, many people
JUST AS MANY INGREDIENTS
contribute to baking up a book’s successful completion! In the course of this
project, I have many people to thank. Way too many for just one page, but I’ll
do the best I can.
Thank you to Sasquatch Books for believing in me enough to give me a
second book deal. In particular, Susan Roxborough, Michelle Hope Anderson,
and Anna Goldstein. For editing, photographing, and food styling, respectively:
Lisa Gordanier, Clare Barboza, and Laurie Pfalzer. You all make me look (and
sound) good!
Thanks to the ace group of testers and fact checkers for the recipes and
stories in this book: Betsy Eves, Clara Nguyen Osborn, Jennifer Comfort, Jenny
Williams, Tania Stenzel, Michelle Wall, Kristin Ausk, Nicole Vasquez, Porche
Lovely, Compton Brodhead, Philip Longo. An extra-special thanks to Nancie
and David Brodhead for the use of their kitchen for testing recipes!
Thanks to the companies and bakers whose recipes and stories inspired me.
This book is my love letter to what you do and create!
For always supporting me, my family: Margie, Kenny, Kelly, Bridget, Dylan,
and Porkchop. For always being my best friend: Danny Oleson. For always
believing in me and always being willing to visit one more bakery: Becca Todd,
Philip Longo, and James Papadopoulos.
And of course, all of the CakeSpy.com readers and enthusiasts. I love you to
sugar-�lled pieces.
And if you’re just someone who thought the cover looked cool and picked up
the book, well, thank you too for sharing a love of sweets. You’re in for a real
treat!