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Have your cake, and read it too!
Each one features a favorite celebration cake from four celebrity bakers to commemoratethe magazine’s 100th anniversary. And with a birthday this special, one cake hardly seemed enough.
Ina Garten’s choice is her famous Beatty’s Chocolate Cake, featured on a bright blue background with tons of confetti. Opting for for a zestier dessert, Carla Hall chose a Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Cream, along with sliced lemons pressed into the naked cake’s frosting.
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Padma Lakshmi shared a pink and white Strawberry-Cardamom and Cream Cake decorated with strawberries and strawberry blossoms. And Jacques Pepin showcased a Vanilla-Bourbon Génoise with Bourbon Buttercream, featuring cheerfully flickering candles.
“We asked our celebrity bakers to share their best cakes for celebrating and they did not disappoint,” Jan Miller, BHG food editor said. “Collectively they all shared incredibly different, delicious cakes.”
Now officially one of the longest continuously published magazines in America, the home, garden and lifestyle magazine will be celebrating the milestone with the cake-covered double issue.
It will also showcase an updated editorial design and logo, with other upgrades and changes including size and weight. This new phase in the publication’s history is one of many evolutions the brand has made since its first issue was published in 1922.
The chocolate cake Garten decided is her celebration go-to is a staple of the celebrity baker’s repertoire, best known for its rich buttercream frosting and addition of freshly brewed coffee in the batter. In May, the confection became available for $89.95 onGoldbellyand includes free shipping.
“It’s a classic American chocolate cake but it just tastes better than you expect it to,” she added.
In December, Gartenannounced her partnershipwith the food delivery giant.
“I hope you love these freshly baked desserts as much as I do,” Garten said.
The September issue of Better Homes & Gardens hits newsstands on Friday, August 12 and all four covers will be available for purchase onMagazines.com.
source: people.com
