The Cake Chronicles: Finding Sweet Hope in This Crazy World

A scientist, who is also a wife and mother of two daughters, has an epiphany on a hot July morning. Her children are bored and frustrated, complaining they have nothing to do. Mom decides to make a cake to cheer everyone up, concluding that hope abounds wherever and whenever there is cake. The younger daughter suggests they make a cake every week, and Saturday becomes Cake Day, the family's newest tradition. What they didn't realize when they began Cake Day was how often friends and family would gather with them to celebrate both cake and life. This charming and witty chronicle of a year in the life of a Midwestern family includes a wonderful array of cake recipes, but it also reveals the rich interior life of a delightful and fearless woman who is trying to identify and hold on to the parts of life that matter most to her: family, friends, community, love, hope, and cake.