Book description
Secret venues. Inspired themes. Fabulous cakes. Across the UK and
beyond, thousands of home bakers have been meeting covertly in hidden
locations with the same simple mission: bake, eat and gossip about cake.
These are the members of the phenomenally popular Clandestine Cake Club
- and now, for the first time, they share their baking secrets with you.
The rules are quite clear: no cupcakes, no muffins, no brownies, pies or
tarts. It's all about cake! With each event organised around a creative
theme, the results are some of the most loved and inventive baked
delights you'll ever eat. From classic teatime treats and chocolatey
indulgences to global bakes and spectacular cake extravaganzas, you'll
find inspiring recipes such as: Scrumptious Sticky Toffee Cake; Smoked
Chilli Chocolate Cake; Blood Orange and Rosemary Loaf; Raspberry
Cakewell; Rose, Rhubarb & Cardamom Cake; Chai-soaked Vanilla Sponge;
a giant Lemon Fondant Fancy; and the unmissable five-tier Rainbow Cake;
plus stunning photography and sneak-peek snaps from club events. At
last, the secret is out and everyone is invited to join the Club.
Retired Yorkshirewoman Lynn Hill founded the Clandestine Cake Club in
2010 as a follow-up to the successful Secret Tea Room that she was
already running in her Leeds home. News of the club spread like wildfire
and there are now over 150 affiliated clubs in the UK and abroad, with
more starting every month. Lynn has been featured on The One Show,
Lorraine, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and BBC Radio 4, as well as in The
Times, Daily Mail, Grazia and Woman's Own. She also writes a popular
blog: www. bakelady. wordpress. com.
