MINNEAPOLIS â âA cake can turn any Tuesday into an occasion,â writes Zoe Francois in the just-released âZoe Bakes Cakesâ (Ten Speed Press, $30). âCake is the way I tell my friends and family that I love them.â
The tireless author became a force in the cookbook world by co-writing the wildly successful âArtisan Bread in Five Minutes a Dayâ series with fellow Minnesotan Jeff Hertzberg.
With âZoe Bakes Cakes,â Francois is turning to a different side of her passion for baking, sharing dozens of cake recipes, from family favorites to re-creations of discoveries sheâs encountered during her travels. But before delivering the goods, Francois starts with a series of easy-to-absorb tutorials â she calls it the Cake Academy â that are culled from her vast pastry chefâs know-how.