Love is a Pink Cake

This is an absolutely enchanting book … I could eat any of these recipes at any time of the day or night … every page delights * Nigella Lawson, author of ‘Cook, Eat, Repeat’ *
This ravishing trove of recipes and baker’s lore is a testament to years of practice and endeavour … a marvellous achievement * Jeremy Lee, author of ‘Cooking’ *
Claire is my favourite baker. I know so many of these recipes will become favourites baked again and again. A Violet recipe always works perfectly. * Anna Jones, author of ‘One: Pot, Pan, Planet’ *
Claire’s desserts are more than just a conclusion to a great meal; they’re bites of special memories for me… Her cakes have been at the center of some of our most cherished family moments. * Megan Markle, Duchess of Sussex *
Amazing recipes and heartfelt stories * Christopher Kane, Creative Director and Founder of Christopher Kane *
I want to read, cook and devour the gorgeous food of brilliant Claire * Ruth Rogers, author of the ‘River Cafe Cookbook’ *
There is a collection of sweet recipes for spring from Claire Ptak’s delightful new book Love is Pink Cake, including a brown sugar sponge cake, vegan chocolate chip cookies, and treacle tart. Claire has also given us a very delicious recipe for a dessert of muscat wine and raspberries, which I have already bookmarked for my own Easter lunch. * Nigel Slater, Observer Food Monthly *
Claire’s recipes are generous, intuitive, and beautiful. This is a celebration of life, and the bounty of the earth. You will feel as though an old friend is taking you by the hand and teaching you how to make the perfect fluffy blueberry muffin. Pull up a chair. Claire is the friend everybody needs in their life. * Laila Gohar *
Claire Ptak is the coolest girl I know. She makes baking sexy … in a wolrd of saccharine this is the antidote * Fiona Leahy *
In her new cookbook Love is a Pink Cake, Claire Ptak elevates baking to an art form… Beyond the recipes proper, though, it’s the transferable wisdom that makes Love Is A Pink Cake invaluable. You will learn how to grow geraniums on your windowsill and bake with their leaves; discover that soaking poppy seeds in black tea brings out their flavour; and come to realise that it’s worth deseeding Fragola grapes for their deep purple colour and incredible sweetness. And you will find that even the classics - yellow sheet cake with chocolate frosting, treacle tart with whipped cream - can be improved upon by following Ptak’s advice. * Hailey Maitland, British Vogue *

A California native, in 2005 Claire Ptak moved to London, where she opened the Violet Bakery in 2010. In 2018, she was commissioned to make the wedding cake for Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s wedding. Before moving to London, Claire worked as a pastry chef for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse. Claire is also a food writer and stylist who has worked with Ottolenghi and Jamie Oliver, the latter of whom called her ‘his favourite cake-maker in the whole world’. Her work has appeared in a wide array of publications including Vogue, the Gentlewoman and the New York Times. She has published four cookbooks before Love is a Pink Cake- The Home-Made Sweet Shop, Leon- Happy Baking, The Whoopie Pie Book and The Violet Bakery Cookbook.

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