Today marked the big event, the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. The fashion icons were all about the fascinators and who wore whom but some of us were all about the food - and that cake. The Sun shared an article about Claire Ptak, the baker behind the royal couple's wedding cake with a recipe for a lemon and elderflower cake to hold us over (by the way, Claire's Violet Bakery is fabulous.) Update: Thanks to member Lorraine who forwarded a link with the royal wedding cake recipe published at Food and Wine. 

Speaking of fabulous cake, The Perfect Cake: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Classic, Unique, and Modern Cakes for Any Occasion by The Editors at America's Test Kitchen is the cookbook to answer any baker's cake needs. As a side note, if you missed my promotion on The Perfect Cookie, last year please check it out - these two books are must haves. 

The Perfect Cake shares 230 plus recipes, tips and step-by-step instructions that will guide the novice baker. The flavor combinations and more complex cakes will please those of us with many cakes under our belt (in every sense of the word).  I've made the Italian almond cake from this title earlier this year and have several dozen others marked to try - if only cake were acceptable for every meal but that comment harkens back to the belt mention.

The photographs of these creations will inspire you to pull out the sifter and get to baking. America's Test Kitchen shares seven cake recipes from this book to try now. We have linked to these recipes so that you can add them to your bookshelf.

The perfect cake calls for the perfect bakeware - Anolon's Advanced Non-stick Bakeware Five Piece Non-stick Set fits the bill. It is no secret that I love Anolon products (see our promotion for the Tri-ply Clad Braiser and the Nouvelle Copper Dutch Oven). The set above is a perfect gift for someone just starting out or as a replacement for our own worn bakeware. The pans are sturdy and have provided perfect results for my baking projects. I use the cookie tray and rack almost every day for one purpose or another.

America's Test Kitchen is offering a copy of The Perfect Cake and Anolon is providing an Advanced Non-stick Bakeware Five Piece Non-Stick Set to three members in our contest below. Special thanks to both for providing me the products for review.

 

America's Test Kitchen is offering a copy of The Perfect Cake  and Anolon is providing an Advanced Non-stick Bakeware Five Piece Non-Stick Set to three members in the US. Two of the entry options are to answer the following questions in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you try first?
Which Anolon bakeware product would you like to add to your collection?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. For more information on this process, please see our step-by-step help post. Be sure to check your spam filters to receive our email notifications. Prizes can take up to 6 weeks to arrive from the publishers. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on July 2nd, 2018.