The first book to take the cake baker on a true world tour, with sixty of the most popular recipes.

The diversity of the world's cakes are represented for the first time in one thoroughly researched volume. The amateur baker is taken on a journey across the continents visiting Cote d'Ivoire, Libya, Finland, Hungary, Azerbaijan, India, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, United States, Colombia, and many more countries along the way.Working on the premise that every culture must have a favorite cake, author-baker Anna Weston started researching the wonders of baking in corners of the globe that she's not likely to visit in the flesh. She soon discovered an amazing richness of cakes and found herself investigating cakes and delicacies that are well beyond the scope of most other books about baking—let alone her mother's fund of knowledge.With all tastes and occasions catered for, the recipes have been fully tested in a domestic kitchen and feature sumptuous photographs. The book includes a number of vegan and wheat- and gluten-free recipes. These are marked in the contents list and in the recipes.Anna Weston is the office manager at New Internationalist. She has been an avid cake baker for many years, taking great pleasure in adapting recipes to create new flavors and then trying out the results on her family and colleagues. She is passionate about getting the message across that baking is not just for the experts and that, all over the world, delicious cakes have always been produced in domestic kitchens with rudimentary equipment and ingredients.

1. Sub-Saharan AfricaCote dâivoire: Gateau Moelleux à lâAnanas et à la Noix de Coco/Soft Cake with Pineapple and CoconutEast Africa: Jugu Cake/Peanut Cake South Africa: Bienenstich/Bee Sting Cake Mali: Gâteau de Semoule aux Agrumes/Semolina and Citrus Cake West Africa: Lime Cake Zimbabwe: Cornmeal Cake 2. Middle East & North AfricaEgypt: Basbousa Iraq: Almond Honey Cake Syria: Safra Morocco: Meskouta with Orange Juice Palestine: Almond & Citrus Olive Oil Cake Israel: Eretz Yisrael Kuwait: Arabic Honey Cake Lybia: Walnut-Semolina Cake with Figs 3. EuropeFinland: Kermakuku Greece: Melaxrini Germany: Schwarzwäldertorte/Black Forest Gâteau Hungary: Sutemney Rigo Jancsi/Chocolate Mousse Cake Netherland: Pruimencake/Plum Cake Italy: Castagnaccio/Chestnut Cake Poland: Jablecznick/Apple Cake Norway: Almond Cake with Custard Glaze Czech: rePublic Buchty Denmark: Valmuefrø Kage/Poppy-Seed Cake Switzerland: Bündner Nusstorte Romania: Marble Cake Spain: Tarta de Santiago/St James Cake Wales: Bara Brith South & East AsiaIndia: Mango Cake Malaysia: Bolu Sarang Semut/Honeycomb Cake Cambodia: Num Taloak/Persimmon Cake Afghanistan: Halwaua-e-Aurd-e-Sujee Japan: Kasutera Phillipines: Bibingka Taiwan: Sweet Potato Cake Sri Lanka: Bibikkan Thina Nian Gao/New Year Cake 4. Caribbean & North AmericaUnited States: Red Velvet CakeTanada: Maple Syrup Cake Haiti: Gateau au Beurre St Lucia: Banana Cake Bermuda: Rum CakeJamaica: Ginger Cake with Lemon Glacé Icing Cuba: Opera Cake 5. Oceania & PacificMicronesia: Glazed Orange Coconut Cake PaPua: New Guinea Banana Cake with Chocolate Sauce Australia: Pineapple Upside Down Cake New Zealand: Louise Cake Polynesia: Wedding Cake Carrot Cake Hawaii: Guava Chiffon Cake 6. Latin AmericaChile: Torta de Hojas Brazil: Cuca de Banana Mexico: Pastel de Tres Leches El Salvador: Quesadilla Salvadoreña Columbia: Spiced Coffee Sponge Cake Argentina: Torta Negra Galesa/Black Welsh Cake Uruguay: Postre Chajá/Peach Cake 7. Eastern Europe & Central AsiaBelarus: Yablochny Pirog/Apple TorteAlbania: Walnut Cake with Lemon Glaze Armenia: Nutmeg CakeAzerbaijan: Zebra Cake Ukraine: Medivnyk/Christmas Honey Cake