About the Organization of Recipes

This book is organized according to the classic baking categories—butter cakes, sponge cakes and the various kinds of pastries—so as to give you an understanding of “the family tree” of cakes and pastries. From the “foundation” cakes and pastries, infinite variations can spring. After you have learned to make them, you can incorporate your own ideas or use your own fillings and frostings on them.