Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake [A Baking Book] Hardcover – March 12, 2019

Oddette makes a strong case for just making cake whenever and often. Nothing fancy, no fuss. Just have cake! We’ve made most of the basic cakes in the book and keep coming back again and again. These are great little cakes. I’d say this is my top go-to cake book these days and one of my top 10 cookbooks period.She’s also right about taking the extra steps to prep the pan. Easy and effective. I love using the big 13” round and also the 6” little rounds. Different sizes for different occasions.Thanks for adding cake to our family life, Oddette!

I bought this book a little over a week ago and couldn't wait to get baking. This weekend I made the lemon yogurt cake and added poppy seeds and cream cheese frosting, as well as the chocolate coconut cake. They were well balanced and not overly sweet (but not under, I do like my sweets). The recipes are easy to follow and don't call for too fussy of ingredients. On top of that the book is beautifully written, designed, and photographed. I bought this on a whim and have zero regrets. :DUpdate:After having this book for a little over a year I still love it. In quarantine I've gotten into the habit of baking something sweet every week and I am consistently reaching for this book. I read a review before saying that the recipes aren't complicated and you could find something similar online. That might be perfectly true (the book is called Simple Cake after all), but for everyday cakes and a beginner/intermediate baker I find that they are just unique enough. If there was one downside to the book I would say that she provides alternative pan sizes for all of the cakes, but they feel random to me and I only have 3 pans myself (a cake, bundt, and cupcake pan. I would prefer if she added a chart that showed pan size and bake time for all of the cake recipes. Even with that gripe, I plan to cherish this book for many years and will be buying it as a gift for others.

After checking the book out 7 times from the library, finally decided to buy it to avoid the continual late fees =)Love the simplicity, the mix-and-match approach to cakes + toppings, and everything is DELICIOUS

A fun little book, but not necessarily simple. Certainly worth it as inspiration.

I absolutely love this cookbook, but it's not for square boring people who have no imagination. If the thought of food excites your soul, this is a book for you. I won't write a review for a cookbook unless I've made at least one recipe. I made the lemon yogurt loaf, and from there you have a bunch of options. I added a lemon syrup on top and did a glaze as well, the tartness of the lemon was just magic with the sweet, but also balanced. I love the options that you have and the recommendations listed on the side. If you want a boring recipe, go online, this is for people who want to experiment but in a way that is also guided. I like the herb pairings and different options. That lemon cake loaf is the best thing I've ever baked. In a few weeks for my husband's birthday, I'm making chocolate cake ramekins with caramel sauce and Toblerone ganache (from this book), which should be kind of lava cake-like consistency. Seriously, how do you beat that?

I am not much of a book reviewer, neither am I much of a baker. Luckily this book helps me fix one of those two things. Odette Williams’ book “Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake” helped me impress my loved ones with delicious cakes, from simple to elaborate.Odette writing style is very personal and sweet, which makes it fun to read and engage with.She includes recipes for favorites such as Chocolatey Chocolate Cake, Olive Oil Cake, Madeleines and Meringue. For every cake she provides additional variations for baking as well as toppings to choose from, with accompanying recipes.I love her Cake-Worthy Moments chapter, which provides great ideas for cakes for any special occasion you can think of.My first Williams cake I baked was the Chocolatey Chocolate Cake with a German chocolate Ganache. Both, cake and topic recipe are well-written and easy to follow with the ingredients listed on the left and baking instructions on the right. Measurements are listed in decimal and metric.The colour photography throughout the book is stunning.

This book has some great looking recipes and easy and clear instructions. However the ink the book contents are printed with is very light colored, and hard to see, the font size itself is also extremely small. This would be a much better book if those two things were adjusted.

Very recipe is mouth watering I am trying to make every cake in the book! Thank you Odette WilliamsWelcome to Lamu Island, we make a lot of cakes and desserts here, Swahili food..