Mastering a cake recipe shouldn't be intimidating, yet if you've ever attempted a cake from scratch — or at least watched a season or two of "Bake Off" contestants sweat it out in the tent — then you'll know that there's a lot that can go wrong, from crumbling edges to soggy bottoms.
That's one of the reasons that I was really excited when I received a copy of Mandy Merriman's newest cookbook "I'll Bring The Cake: Recipes for Every Season and Occasion," which was released on April 4. As the description reads, "Mandy's recipes get great results because she's taken the margin for error out of the experience. Her doctored-up cake mix recipes taste the same as, if not better than, from-scratch cake recipes, and they are always reliable."
