<div>It’s a simple formula for dessert bliss: batter &#43; syrup &#43; frosting = 100 different cakes! An innovative and remarkably easy way to bake luscious, flavorful cakes,<i>Mix &#43; Match Cakes </i>is a full-color visual cookbook— photos in the front, recipes in the back—for every cake lover, for fans of the easy genius of<i>The Cake Mix Doctor®</i> series (over 3.6 million copies in print), and for home bakers who obsess over colorful cakes on Pinterest and Instagram (where cakes are consistently in the “most popular” feed).<br><br>The key to the cakes’ ease is the homemade Mix &#43; Match Baking Mix—the foundation of every cake in the book. From there it’s just a matter of mixing and matching the batters, flavoring syrups (the secret step that makes these cake recipes so versatile), frostings, and, sometimes, toppings to create unique cakes.<br><br>Want something decadent and fudgy? Darkest Chocolate Cake &#43; Milky Caramel Syrup &#43; Malted Milk Chocolate Frosting &#43; crushed candy bars = Candy Bar Cake. Swap in Bourbon Syrup &#43; Cream Cheese Frosting, and you have the grown-up Drunken Tuxedo Cake. There’s nothing vanilla about these vanilla cakes (Cookies &#43; Cream Cake, Caramel-Pineapple Upside-Down Layer Cake); summery citrus cakes (Basil &#43; Lemon Cream Cake, Arnold Palmer Cake); ethereal coconut cakes; and nutty cakes like the Elvis—Peanut Butter Cake &#43; Bacon Syrup &#43; Nutella Frosting, topped with candied bacon. Fit for the King, indeed.<br><br>Includes valuable baking tips, vegan and gluten-free variations, plus how to tweak the recipes to make sheet cakes, Bundt cakes, and cupcakes.</div>