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In a new version of 'The Cake Bible,' Rose Levy Beranbaum updates a culinary classic

In a new version of 'The Cake Bible,' Rose Levy Beranbaum updates a culinary classic

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When Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Cake Bible was first published in 1988, it took the baking world by storm. It was the first cake book to list ingredients by weight instead of volume and also introduced the technique of reverse creaming. Now, 35 years later, Beranbaum has released a new version of The Cake Bible. The update includes altered recipes that keep pace with changes to ingredients and equipment over the past few decades, like taller cake pans and smaller egg yolks. In today's episode, Beranbaum speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young about the biggest mistakes for beginner bakers to look out for, the author's recent preference for simple design, and a chocolate cake named after Plácido Domingo.

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In a new version of 'The Cake Bible,' Rose Levy Beranbaum updates a culinary classic

In a new version of 'The Cake Bible,' Rose Levy Beranbaum updates a culinary classic