Eat Cake: A Novel

by Jeanne Ray

  Condé Nast Publications: “Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread Cake” (Gourmet, February 2002). Copyright © 2002 by Condé Nast Publications. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Condé Nast Publications.

  HarperCollins Publishers Inc.: “Golden Grand Marnier Cake” from The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum. Copyright © 1988 by Rose Levy Beranbaum. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

  The New York Times: Recipe “Lady Baltimore Cake” from “Rich and Famous” by Julia Reed (The New York Times Magazine, April 21, 2002). Distributed by The New York Times Special Features. Copyright © 2002 by Julia Reed. Reprinted by permission of The New York Times.