Cake-making is one of life's more pleasurable occupations simply be-cause it does not fall into the category of routine cooking. Basic meals have to be provided, day after day, with monotonous regularity, but cakes are something different, something spec-dal, and something apart. One usually makes them because one wants to and not because one has to and for this very reason one's approach is tempered with enthusiasm and eagerness rather than with boredom and marginal irritation at having to produce something for supper yet again.
This site, to cover as much ground as possible, but obviously there are omissions. This is inevitable. There is something for everyone, be it a simple family cake for a children's tuck-in or an exotic gateau for a very special and important occasion.
