Grace's Sweet Life

In the spring I was contacted by a publicist, asking if I'd like to review a copy of a delicious new Italian baking book Grace's Sweet Life. Does Santa wear a red suit? Did Moses part the Red Sea? Heck yes, I wanted to review this book!!!

Not only is it absolutely full of beautiful pictures, the recipes are well laid out, with plenty of instruction for even a novice home baker to turn out gorgeous and delicious treats!

A delicious and deceptively easy seven layer cake....

Mini blueberry-white chocolate cheesecake

Italian peach cookies

Almond and hazelnut nougat

I had an incredibly difficult time deciding what to make first. In the end, I went for a simple "torta all' arancia" yup, that's "orange cake" in Italian. 

I was so impressed with this light-as-air cake. Not only was it incredibly easy to make, but the results were mega-good! There is even a recipe for an orange syrup to pour over the top, but the cake would also be wonderful with a bit of powdered sugar or some lightly sweetened whipped cream. 

So, will I be baking from this book again? Yes. Will it be yummy? YES!