There was a need for a book to tell busy people how to make a cake better,

An awful lot of them used too much CoolWhip,

They’re a taste of your past, … crave a taste of home.

My fix is a big piece of chocolate layered cake, my mom’s recipe for old-fashioned chocolate cream pie with meringue, chocolate chip cookies, very dark chocolate ice cream with nuts, and a Hershey’s chocolate bar...

When you look at a cupcake, you’ve got to smile.

Recently, cupcakes have developed even greater panache. Like home-baked meatloaf and real mashed potatoes, they are terribly chic. . . . They are often coated in fudge or caramel and might have a candied violet...

Now that would be way too much for the top of a cake.