cover image Get Your Bake On: Sweet and Savory Recipes From My Home to Yours

Get Your Bake On: Sweet and Savory Recipes From My Home to Yours

Brian Emmett. S&S/Gallery, $18 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-476-77256-1

Emmett, winner of CBS's The American Baking Competition, shares 75 recipes that have been passed down through the generations of his family. Dessert classics, such as lemon meringue pie and a yellow cake with vanilla buttercream frosting, are offset with savories including chicken pot pie, Chicago- and New York%E2%80%93style pizzas, and a "Mile-High" quiche. Fans of The American Baking Competition will recognize the "Petit Four Flag Cake"%E2%80%94the dessert the author made for the finale, assembled from small cakes filled with raspberry cream and topped with a chocolate glaze and berries. Emmett offers clear instructions on his popular "Peanut-Vanilla Chiffon Roll with Peanut Praline and Gold-Dusted Peanuts" and carefully walks home bakers through the multiple steps, including making a chocolate-peanut mousse, chocolate ganache glaze, peanut praline, and gold-dusted peanuts. His down-to-earth tone makes this a good buy for those new to baking. (May)