SynopsisAfter a long and lauded career as a professional baker, Matt Lewis is well aware that chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, and vanilla desserts are almost always preferred over new or trendy ingredients. He knows that nothing makes a person feel more welcome than a warm batch of chocolate chip cookies or brownies, more celebrated then yellow cake, cupcakes, or a coconut sheet cake, or more comforted than a HoHo Cake or peanut butter and jelly cookies. A Sure Thing dessert is never overly complicated, never hinges on hard-to-find ingredients, and has been tested and retested to ensure baking victories. Whether you are baking for a bake sale, for friends and family, or just to treat yourself, the recipes in Sure Thing Desserts will turn out right, every time., A collection of the foolproof, classic recipes--and secrets to success--that Matt Lewis, founder of Brooklyn Bakery BAKED, has spent a lifetime perfecting professionally and at home Lifetime baker and cookbook author Matt Lewis opened his Brooklyn bakery Baked in January 2005 to instant rave reviews, and his baked goods have been featured on Oprah, the Food Network, and TODAY. After he sold the business a few years ago, he found himself back in his kitchen baking for friends and for his Instagram @Brooklynbaker. Sure Thing Desserts is a collection of the sweets he makes over and over--and has spent a lifetime perfecting. The book starts with what Lewis sees as musts for his baking readership: Everyday Chocolate Chip Cookies, the Classic Brownie, the Yellow Picnic Party Cake, a Scottish Lemon Drizzle Loaf, and a Posh Chocolate Cake, along with the tips and secrets to making them successful. The book also includes chapters on bars, cookies, cakes, and pie. This is the must-have book for all everyday and anytime bakers.