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W O R K M A N P U B L I S H I N G • N E W Y O R K
Copyright © 2009 by Anne Byrn
The Cake Mix Doctor is a registered trademark of Anne Byrn.
All rights reserved.
No portion of this book may be reproduced—mechanically,
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without the written permission of the publisher.
◆◆◆ Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited.
For my readers, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Byrn, Anne.
The cake mix doctor returns! / by Anne Byrn.
Cakes are
p. cm.
meant to be Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-7611-2961-5 (alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7611-5694-9
shared. (hard cover)
1. Cake. I. Title.
Thank you for TX771.B9735 2009
641.8'653—dc22 2009024901
sharing them
Cover design: David Matt
with me.
Interior design: Lisa Hollander
Author photograph: Deborah Ory
◆◆◆ Interior photographs: Ben Fink
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I’d like to think of this book project as a luscious layer cake.
I couldn’t bake it without the right ingredients, labor, love, creativity,
dedication, and wisdom. And the ingredients that make my books sweet
and rich, and allow them to rise way up? Readers just like you, from all parts
of this wonderful country and all parts of the globe. You have baked my cakes,
shared them with your friends and families, and have e-mailed me feedback.
Thank you. Thanks also to my friends in Nashville and beyond who have
contributed recipes and fresh ideas.
My book couldn’t be baked and frosted thanks to my children Kathleen, Litton, and
without the labor of Martha Bowden, Mindy John who have shared their mom, the Cake
Merrell, and Diane Hooper here in Nashville. Mix Doctor, all these years with many avid
You are dear to me. Many thanks go to bakers. I’ve told them to look on the bright
Marybeth and Kathleen for typing and testing side—not every family has all their favorite
recipes during your summer before college. recipes in print!
And in New York, thanks to Barbara Mateer Cakes need creativity, and books surely
for her expert copy editing and Carol White do. When I hit an idea-block and need titles,
for her production editing. stories, cake mix packaging ideas, a speech, or
What are cakes and books without love? just want to jazz up my television wardrobe I
Thanks once again to my husband John for reach out to the creative minds of Katy Varney,
his calm as I cooked up another project. And Mindy Merrell, R.B. Quinn, Susan Puckett, my
vi ◆ Acknowledgments
agent Nancy Crossman, friends Beth Meador Bank employees who always beg for cake.
and Judy Wright, sister Susan Anderson, and And hugs to the students at Harpeth Hall here
Jenny Mandel of Workman Publishing. Thank in Nashville who have been eager recipients of
you. Many thanks, too, go to Lisa Hollander cake brought to advisory by one of my girls.
at Workman for her new design of this book What I have learned about baking and
and David Matt for the cover. And thanks to writing books is that with practice you do get
photographer Ben Fink and food stylist Susan better. That is why I say cooking and baking
Sugarman for making my cakes look great on are things that improve as you age! They ben-
camera. Plus, the many appearances I’ve made efi t from trial and error. I know this book and
on QVC would not have been doable without all my books would never have been possible
Lucille Osborn because she makes the hum- without the wisdom of Peter Workman, who
blest cake look ready for the runway. And understood the cake mix idea from the moment
thanks to the many media escorts I’ve come to he saw it. Thanks also go to Suzanne Rafer,
know and trust on book tour. my editor, from whom I have learned much.
So many of you have been dedicated to And thanks to Nancy Crossman, who is wise
my cake mix books. You’ve bought them all, not only about books and publishing but about
you’ve given them as gifts, and you’ve hounded cooking and being a mom.
book store clerks when you couldn’t fi nd them When you combine all of the above and
on the shelves. I am fortunate to have so many bake, you have a book and a cake truly worth
cheerleaders, but I’ll name just a few—Mary savoring. And you have friendships that last a
Jo, Elizabeth, Ginger and Susan, Joe, Cindy, lifetime. Thank you!
Mary, Becky, Flowerree and Flowerree, and
Janet. Thanks to Rusty Bowden for his enthu-
siasm and feedback. Thanks to the Regions Anne Byrn
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INTRODUCTION MAKE YOUR OWN
WEDDING CAKE
I’M BACK . . .
PAGE 147
SO LET’S BAKE!
PAGE ix Bake a once-in-a-lifetime cake to celebrate
their lifelong love. This elegant, moist
triple layer white cake with a rich cream cheese
TAKE A CAKE BREAK
frosting will have your guests shouting, “I do!”
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK (And because you made it yourself, you’ll be
PAGE 1 able to say, “I did!”)
The tips you need to get you baking.
BUNDTS
Choosing the right cake mix. Prepping
AND POUNDS
the pans. Testing for doneness. Plus the 10
PAGE 157
Secrets for Sensational Cakes.
Easy to tote to picnics and parties, visually
LOVE THOSE LAYERS pleasing, and perfectly paired with a
PAGE 25 cup of coffee or tea or a glass of lemonade.
It’s hard to resist a slice of Key Lime Pound
Majestic and delicious, when a celebra-
Cake, Kathy’s Cinnamon Breakfast Cake, or
tion is at hand, these are the cakes to
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake.
serve. A Triple Decker Chocolate Icebox
Cake, Williamsburg Orange Cake,
Holiday Eggnog Cake with
Apricot Filling, plus 36 others.
SHEET CAKES BROWNIES, BARS,
PAGE 257 AND COOKIES
PAGE 389
When you’re baking for a crowd, sheet
cakes come to the rescue—there’s Whether they’re for a school, church,
little prep, little assembly, but big fl avor or Girl Scout troop fundraiser,
results. Just slice and serve. Dazzle friends expect these bake sale favorites to fl y off the
with a Pink Lemonade Party Cake, Chocolate table. Gooey Pecan Pie Brownies, Angel Food
Bayou City Cake, Brown Sugar and Rhubarb Macaroons, Pineapple Coconut Bars, and
Upside-Down Cake, or the Birthday Cake for German Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies are
a Crowd. just a few favorites.
CUPCAKES FROSTINGS
AND MUFFINS PAGE 467
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Homemade frostings, icings, and glazes
Longtime favorites of kids (and kids at are the heart and soul of this book.
heart), these miniature cakes pack a lot Classic Buttercream Frosting, rich Orange
of fl avor into their small size. Bake up Peanut Cream Cheese Frosting, delicious Chocolate
Butter Cookie Dough Cupcakes, Strawberry Pan Frosting, Caramel Glaze—these are easy,
Cheesecake Cupcakes, or Apple no-fail recipes that will turn a good cake into
Spice Muffi ns. And if you’re feeling a great cake.
nostalgic, there’s even a recipe for
Whoopie Pies. CONVERSION TABLES
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INDEX
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
I’m Back . . . So Let’s Bake!
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My mom might have fried up chicken, stocked our freezer
with soups, breads, and casseroles, carved watermelons into
fruit baskets, and baked birthday cakes in the blink of an eye,
but she admitted she couldn’t do everything. The cakes, she later revealed,
were a lot easier to assemble if they began with a mix. Then she’d slather them
with her signature from-scratch, easy Chocolate Pan Frosting!
Her casual approach would transform from the Cake Mix Doctor, and the What
how my on-the-go family made birthday Can I Bring? Cookbook. And as a result, a
cakes, and later it gave me the idea to write wonderful cooking community has formed.
a newspaper story about doctoring up a box Through the books, my website (www
of cake mix to make it taste better than if .cakemixdoctor.com), and my personal
you just followed the package directions. appearances, people have connected with
I received so much feedback from that each other in and out of the kitchen. Their
one story that I decided to take my mom’s recipes have been shared endeavors via my
approach to another level. The result was website’s online community board. Whether
The Cake Mix Doctor, a book that gave busy it involves shipping a cake to a son in the
cooks everywhere hundreds of yummy bak- military, staging a bake sale at school, bak-
ing solutions. ing for the local soup kitchen, or baking a
That was ten years ago. Since the daughter’s wedding cake, these cooks have
fi rst book, I’ve gone on to write four more embraced one another.
cookbooks—Chocolate from the Cake Mix I’m really overwhelmed that our fam-
Doctor, The Dinner Doctor, Cupcakes! ily’s simple approach has turned into a way
