From the former Executive White House Pastry Chef comes a unique, easy-to-follow guide to creating cakes for any occasion, using master recipes that can be enjoyed simply, or transformed into elegant and complex desserts. 16 pages of full-color photographs.

As Executive Pastry Chef at the White House for twenty-five years, Roland Mesnier has been responsible for creating thousands of elegant, delicious confections and dazzling desserts for hundreds of state dinners and family occasions. An accomplished teacher as well as a master chef, he now shares his expertise with home cooks in Dessert University, which features more than 300 spectacular recipes.

This beautifully illustrated volume is a complete course in making the full spectrum of spectacular sweets--from breakfast pastries, cookies, and pies to fresh-fruit desserts, frozen...