Epiphany Bakes - by Melissa Owen (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

"Beginning and experienced bakers alike will be enchanted by Owen's cozy Canadian brand of culinary charm, which underscores the power of baking to bring people together." --Library Journal

From Epiphany Cakes bakery in Nelson, BC, a collection of 60 recipes to cover all your dessert needs, from the ultimate hiking cookies to showstopping three-layer cakes, and including options for gluten-free and vegan confections.

Tucked into Nelson, BC's leafy Uphill neighbourhood, Epiphany Cakes has been supplying sweet tooths, restaurants, and cafés across the Kootenays for almost twenty years. Now the bakery's founder, Melissa Owen, shares 60 of her favourite dessert recipes with home cooks.

Epiphany Bakes offers ample vegan and gluten free options, and lots to satisfy everyone from lemon lovers to chocoholics to those who like a little salt in their sweet, with ingredients that call on Melissa's Middle Eastern heritage and ones that are Kootenay through and through. Try your hand at

• Simple Lemon Bars
• Vegan Brownies with Smoked Sea Salt
• Ube Cheesecake Bars
• Backcountry Cookies
• Vanilla Funfetti Cupcakes
• Tahini Caramel Sandwich Cookies
• Strawberry Frangipane Tarts
• Chocolate Halva Cake, and many more.

Complemented by lush photography and stories of the friends, customers, and loyal staff who have made the bakery what is, you'll find chapters on brownies and bars, cookies, tarts, and cakes (from simple to super-fancy), as well as building block doughs and icings, and a step-by-step guide to some seriously pro-level cake decorating. You might even find yourself having a kitchen epiphany of your own.

Review Quotes

"Epiphany Bakes is a collection of 60 sweet recipes from the founder of Epiphany Cakes, a bakery in Nelson, B.C., that has been supplying restaurants and cafés across the Kootenays for almost 20 years." --Globe and Mail

"Beginning and experienced bakers alike will be enchanted by Owen's cozy Canadian brand of culinary charm, which underscores the power of baking to bring people together." --Library Journal

"I am so excited that Melissa has created this beautiful new cookbook! Epiphany has been a fixture in our beloved community of Nelson for years. If we need a cake for any occasion, we buy one of Melissa's many delicious creations. My son got married last summer on the beach at our house, and Epiphany made the most beautiful wedding cake you have ever seen! Nelson is a town of people who support each other in our endeavours, and our whole town is so proud of Melissa for putting together this collection of amazing recipes. Bravo, fellow cookbook writer!" --Shelley Adams, author of the Whitewater Cooks series