The Artful Baker Extraordinary Desserts From an Obsessive Home Baker by Cenk Sonmezsoy

The Artful Baker:   Extraordinary Desserts From an Obsessive Home Baker by Cenk Sonmezsoy is for sure a cook book that deserves to become one of your most read and used cookbook for your baking days.

The author divides the book in these sections:
Cookies, Brownies, Cakes, Muffins, Cheesecakes and Meringues, Tarts, Galettes, Pie, Quiche, Cobbler and Crumble, Breads and Pastries, Ice Creams, Frozen Yogurt and Sorbets, Confections and Drinks, Jams,  Jellies and at the end base recipes.

The story of this author is great, because in his life he didn't want to become a baker, he tells, but for a reason or another, he set up once a blog Cafe Fernando sharing with people his recipes. That blog became so successful that his recipes ended up also in the Washington Post and in the San Francisco Chronicle. A great launch for other contacts, the proposal of a book and here we are.

His recipes are original. For example in the recipe of sweet chocolate cookies the author adds real pieces of chocolates to the cookies.

Delicious the section dedicated to Macarons and succulent the one at brownies. I found very elegant the three-bean vanilla bundt cake, while if you want also a spicy apple cake try the Deeply Appley Apple Cake.

The Devil Wears Chocolate Swirls will be noticed because of the chocolate "waves" in comparison to a common chocolate cake for a visual, yummy success!

There is also a recipe called Monte Bianco.

In the section bread I signal Sourdough Simit, the most common Istanbul bread and of course for a delicious and succulent breakfast croissants and pains au chocolat. It will take a lot of time I can tell you because I do them sometime, but the work will be compensated by a great and loving delicious product and taste!

Another delicious dessert in particular when you have some guests can be profiteroles.

The author is a great ice-cream lover and so you' ll find wagons of different kind of ice-cream recipes for all tastes!

If you love caramel you will want to try the Salted Butter Caramels or the million-dollar raspberry caramel.

Do you want a splash in the chocolate, absorbing at the same time many other ingredients mixed with it? Fernando Rocher will be the best answer for you.

Suggested a Hot Chocolate during the cold winter-time.

Beautiful! cookbook for sure.

Highly suggested!

I thank NetGalley, ABRAMS and Chronicle&Abrams for the ebook.


Anna Maria Polidori