Alles ist schöner mit Kuchen

Everything is more beautiful with cake – and every cake evokes memories of special moments of togetherness, affection, relaxation, comfort, and happiness. A beautifully illustrated book with poetic charm. Life is not a piece of cake, but when a delicious aroma of cake wafts through the house or a fine slice of lemon cake is in front of you, the world looks different.

This book, illustrated in an incomparably charming and delightful way by Maira Kalman, celebrates the joys of baking and the special moments of enjoying cake: The chocolate cake that Aunt Shoshana served on hot afternoons of a carefree childhood summer. The cake that sweetens every Sunday afternoon when plans for the coming week are made together. The cake that is quietly and alone enjoyed. And the lavish cake around which good friends gather at a table full of laughter and cheerful chatter. The cake that is meant to provide comfort on gloomy days. And the particularly sweet cake with which someone expresses their love.

The icing on the cake of this book is the sixteen recipes for delicious cakes and pastries selected by Barbara Scott-Goodman, which you will want to bake immediately after reading.