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The Cake Therapist
The Cake Therapist | Judith Fertig
26 posts | 17 read | 12 to read
A fiction debut that will leave you wanting seconds, from an award-winning cookbook author. Claire "Neely" O'Neil is a pastry chef of extraordinary talent. Every great chef can taste shimmering, elusive flavors that most of us miss, but Neely can "taste" feelings--cinnamon makes you remember; plum is pleased with itself; orange is a wake-up call. When flavor and feeling give Neely a glimpse of someone's inner self, she can customize her creations to help that person celebrate love, overcome fear, even mourn a devastating loss. Maybe that's why she feels the need to go home to Millcreek Valley at a time when her life seems about to fall apart. The bakery she opens in her hometown is perfect, intimate, just what she's always dreamed of--and yet, as she meets her new customers, Neely has a sense of secrets, some dark, some perhaps with tempting possibilities. A recurring flavor of alarming intensity signals to her perfect palate a long-ago story that must be told. Neely has always been able to help everyone else. Getting to the end of this story may be just what she needs to help herself.
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Eggs 💛🍰 ❤️ 1mo
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SilversReviews
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PROMPT: WITH THERAPIST

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Just as cake and icing go together, THE CAKE THERAPIST blends generations and sweets and turns both into one heartfelt story.

You will be running to your nearest bakery to get some sweet treats and perhaps trying to figure out if you are chocolate and raspberry or BLUEBERRY and lemon.

REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4rssem47

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🍰 👍🏻 10mo
Eggs How lovely 🍋🫐🍐 10mo
SilversReviews @Eggs 😀😀 9mo
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SilversReviews
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#SUMMERSPECIAL
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Today‘s Prompt: BLUEBERRY DAY

Just as cake and icing go together, THE CAKE THERAPIST blends generations and sweets and turns both into one heartfelt story.

You will be running to your nearest bakery to get some sweet treats and perhaps trying to figure out if you are chocolate and raspberry or BLUEBERRY and lemon.

REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4rssem47

@judithfertig

Eggs Beautiful 🫐💙🫐 1y
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Kshakal
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Mehso-so

I didn‘t enjoy this book until halfway through when the two timelines finally came together… I did enjoy the characters enough that I do want to read the second book.

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Kshakal
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Oh, how I love a deckled edge!

Nute Me too! I can barely resist purchasing any book with this design element!🤗 3y
BennettBookworm I never knew that was the word for it! 3y
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Lauren890
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Panpan

⭐️⭐️1/2 I‘m not a fan of “coincidences” and I felt this had some that I couldn‘t look past. I loved the premise of a woman who knows what flavor in her cakes is just what a person needs, but then I think it was taken too far and she saw a vision(?) of the past in her mind?.. That and a couple other elements just took it past the point of believability for me. I wish I had enjoyed this more.

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Have YOU read this book?

Just as cake and icing go together, THE CAKE THERAPIST blends generations and sweets and turns both into one heartfelt story.

THE CAKE THERAPIST is a wonderful treat for the senses, especially your taste buds, as well as feelings.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y62hxunb

Jen_Reads I‘ve had the arc of this one for so long and have been meaning to finish it. 5y
SilversReviews @Jen_Reads ENJOY when you read it....I think you will like it. 🙂 (edited) 5y
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TheBibliotherapist
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4/5 for this one! I enjoyed this more than I originally thought I would. It didn‘t hurt that the author shared the reading journey with our group!

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Pamwurtzler
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I can‘t do cats, but in keeping with the letter c, I give you a cocktail and chocolate cake! What could be more cheerful? #humpdaypost

The #Litsyfam is what makes it so much fun!

TricksyTails Oooh cake and cocktails! You know the way to my heart! 😄♥️ 7y
CarolynM Works for me😀 7y
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QuoteQueen
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Pickpick

4/5💚

Was pleasantly surprised w/ my 1st book club book! I actually really enjoyed it & finished the last half last night & this morning! I definitely see the sequel in my future...& hopefully some cake cause now I'm hungry! Such a unique concept that hits therapists in the professionalism feels? lol. #MIPP

Recipe to Rainbow Cake:
http://alfrescofoodandlifestyle.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-cake-therapists-rainbow...

actualdisneyprincess I loved these books! The second one is just as charming! 💖😍 7y
QuoteQueen @actualdisneyprincess I most definitely will have to adopt book 2! 😉 Glad to hear it's just as good. There was an excerpt from the second in the back of this book but I didn't wanna spoil anything by reading so far from the whole thing 7y
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QuoteQueen
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Love makes people a lot of things, and brace is definitely one of them!

#lovequote #MIPP #bookclub

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TheBibliotherapist
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I am uber giddy because @judithfertig sent our book group a welcome message as we are reading The Cake Therapist! #thecaketherapist #mipp #judithfertig #bookgroup #booknerd

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TheBibliotherapist
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I am enjoying this read with my book group. #mipp

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QuoteQueen
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Hey, I'm only half of sixtysomething and got the hots for Harrison Ford and LOVE Indy and Han. I see nothing wrong with this! What gives?! 😜😂

#MIPP #bookclub #starwars #geek #indianajones #fictionalcrush

ScrappyMags lol! My mom is 76 and says all the time:”I‘m old. i ain‘t dead!” As she ogles the likes of Chris Pine and Zac Efron. 🤷🏼‍♀️ oh and Harrison Ford, who i at 43 think is pretty sexy. 7y
Bookgirl Likewise! Also 43 and a Harrison Ford fan!! 7y
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QuoteQueen
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Reading this for my first ever book club. Taking a chance! Initial thoughts: it's making me hungry. Is eating the book frowned upon in book clubs?!?! I don't know! 😂

#MIPP #Therapist #bookclub

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DebinHawaii
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Day 18 #emojinov #🎂So many foodie fiction titles with cake or cupcakes in their titles on my shelves. I have only read four of these ten: Rabbit Cake 💛💛💛, Carrot Cake Murder (I could do a whole collage of cake titles from this mystery series), Baking Cakes in Kigali, & The Icing on the Cupcake. The others, mostly e-books, sit in my #TBR stacks. ...And now I want a piece of cake! 😋🎂🤗🍰

Sills I have actually read all the Joanne Flukes books. I have tried several recipes also. I met her at an author signing n Wichita, Kansas. She was a delight🍰 7y
mcipher I have read several of these and others are on my TBR. I️ just want to read anything about cake. 😜 🎂 7y
JaclynW I had the best slice of Lemon Paradise cake tonight. Layers of lemon cake and custard, raspberry syrup drizzled over, and raspberry sherbet on the side. My daughter picked a good one! 7y
DebinHawaii @Sills I have only read to book 10 or so but one of these days I'll start again where I left off. 📚👍 @mcipher Apparently I am the same--bring on the cake! 😋🎂 @JaclynW Oh man! Now I REALLY want cake--lemon cake! 🍋🍰😋 7y
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judithfertig
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The research turnover.

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judithfertig
The Cake Therapist | Judith Fertig

Ongoing bakery research. This time, a turnover with local apple and pear filling, made with buckwheat pastry, baked dark. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it!

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JennaCzInWI
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Pickpick

Sweet and magical. Reminds me of Sarah Addison Allen. It's a story that is current and real with a thread of magical realism.

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Love it.

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JennaCzInWI
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Only a few pages into this and loving it already. I need to savor this story.

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cathy6098
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I loved the story and the characters. Was about to be let down by the ending, but then realized there's more!! The memory of Lemon! Anyways.. I'm sure some will be disappointed with lack of recipes that may be expected, but I liked the story of the small town and families and friends. Good beach read👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️🤓🤓

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writemeg
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Don't read on an empty stomach. Quick, light novel that doesn't challenge or inspire -- but fun for foodies! About a third finished.

bermudaonion Agreed - it was fun but not exceptional. 9y
BookNotes Fun is good. 🙂 9y
djm001 Chocolate doughnuts make any read even better. 9y
AvidReader25 Love that cover! 9y
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