Joy the Baker

Homemade Decadence Pre-Order!

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It feels like a good day.

It feels like one of those days that has been a long time in the making.  Thanks only to the passing of minutes, hours, days, and weeks… we’re here, staring ahead at the finish line, blasting Jay-Z in our proverbial headphones (because that’s what we do) (because we are champions).

So!  A few years ago I wrote the Joy the Baker Cookbook and you were kind enough to buy it at the bookstore, borrow it from the library, download it to your technology and get in your kitchen to bake.  You blow me away!  I also went on book tour and you were kind enough to let me write in your new books with permanent marker.  I only misspelled two names while signing which is totally two names too many.  Sorry!

The point of this whole story is this:

I wrote another book!

It’s called Homemade Decadence and YOU CAN PRE-ORDER IT STARTING NOW!

(I promise to keep the yelling to a minimum.)

Joy the Baker Cookbook - Homemade Decadence

It took almost two years, 112 (estimated) pounds of butter, an eye-bulging amount of all-purpose flour, 54 (estimated) cups of heavy cream, one small oven, one photo assistant/cat wrangler, 17 online recipe testers, one recipe testing mother, one father with strong opinions about pie, one camera expert friend, one meticulous and kind editor, one eternally patient copyright editor, one designer that should get high-fives every morning, one maj, several people to lend me props,  and 8 additional pounds of body weight to create this book… and it’s almost here!

Homemade Decadence  is 125 of the most gooey, buttery, chocolatey, cocktail-y recipes I could dream up.  Each recipe has a gorgeous photo… for inspiration, daydreaming, and drooling.  The book is out October 14, 2014, but I’ll be sharing sneak peeks of the book and recipes throughout the summer.

Thank me now for not releasing this book during bikini season.  Wait… do people still wear bikinis? No, right?  I didn’t think so.

Joy the Baker Cookbook Shoot - Homemade Decadence

If you follow me on Instagram over the past year, you’ve gotten a glimpse inside the making of a cookbook. #jtbcookbook Yes, I sure did make up a hashtag!

It’s a lengthy process filled with dirty dishes, so many Word documents, so many revisions, and Post-It notes and emails.  It feels pretty unwieldy for a long time.

When all of the type, text, and photos start to merge in print things start to get really exciting.  This is the first pass at the designed pages from about 6 months ago.

Joy the Baker Cookbook Shoot - Homemade Decadence

The pies recipes in this new book are numerous.  Ample.  Generous.  Double-crusted.  Extra creamy.

Joy the Baker Cookbook Shoot - Homemade Decadence

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m pretty cocky about my pie crust.  For the book I tested and re-tested all sorts of pie crust recipes with varying types and ratios of fat.  So much pie crust!  I’m thankful for the parents that helped me test and roll.

My father means business.  Muscle tee?  Come on…

Joy the Baker Cookbook Shoot - Homemade Decadence

So many sweet treats, recipes tested, cakes layered, cookies baked.  Such good things I can’t wait for you to have!

I got a little batty and started quoting Britney Spears on Instagram.  I dunno.  Doesn’t it make sense to quote Britney while holding a Peanut Butter Cream Pie?  ‘Oops, I did it again.  I played with your heart.  Got lost in the game.’

…It made sense at the time.

Joy the Baker Cookbook Shoot - Homemade Decadence

The pages are being printed and bound and I’d love for you to have a copy!

When you pre-order the book now it will feel like a legit treat-yo-self moment when the book appears on your doorstep on October 14th!  Also… it would mean a lot to me.

I’ll be announcing book tour dates and cooking classes later this summer so stay tuned!

Have a happy day!  Thank you for being the very best!

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  2. Amy

    I have been waiting for your second book since the first one landed on my doorstep all the way over the ocean here in Australia! Congratulations Joy. You have a gift and you are sharing it with the world, one sweet step at a time :)

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  3. elainepill

    yay! about to pre-order now…

    i also hope this means you’ll be coming back to norwich, vt to do a demo or even a class (!) at king arthur flour! :-)

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  7. M

    i have pre-ordered.. as i have a been instructed that I need to treat my self DAILY!!! SO my treat for me on a certain day .. was to pre-order (which in itself was a treat) your book ( DOUBLE WHAMMY TREAT) and then in October I get treated again.. when it shows up at my office (BOOOOOOM!!! CANT HANDLE THE TREATNESS!!) But here poses the question… will you include LONDON in your book signing?! No pressure… LOTS OF PRESSURE!!! Just saying fellow cali girl stuck in the UK would happily wait in a que to get you to sign her book ! :) She may even bring you some hendricks gin… becuase it has to be done!

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  8. cococakeland

    aiyeeeee!! so exciting, joy! your dad is seriously serious biz in that pic… love it!! you’re amazing and i can’t wait to check out the new book. love the name, the cover image, everything – i want to eat through that cover then lie on the couch with a tummy ache. xoxo

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  9. Kristy

    Thank you for writing another cookbook. I love the first so much. I recently hosted a baby shower and all of the baking I did was from your first book. It’s so great to know that I can count on your recipes to be super delicious, easy and made with real ingredients! Everyone was saying what a great baker I was. I just told them that I just knew how to follow great recipes!

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  10. Emily Estes Rogers

    I just pre-ordered! I love your first cookbook so much. I made your dark chocolate ganache tart with fresh berries and sweetened cream for Easter and it was such a huge hit with my family I had to make another one three days later for another family get together!

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  12. Meg

    This is big news. Big, fat, buttery, sugary, amazing news! I am super-excited for you and proud of you – nothing but an inspiration JTB! An inspiration in what you do and bake (good lord), but mostly in HOW you do and bake, with all kinds of grace and humility and humour and couldn’t-be-more-awesomeness. Enjoy this glory, and get yourself down to Sydney for a book party, please!?

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  13. icingsugar2

    Amazing, your new book looks even better than the old one? I guess you are not having a book signing tour through Europe? :P I will buy it anyway, once it is out here :D
    Congrats Joy!!!
    Rebecca from icing-sugar.net

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  14. Laura

    I would have thought much more butter… But maybe the real number is to scary to fathom (I know it would be for me!!).

    On that note, pls pls pls come to Canada (Toronto specifically) on your book tour!!

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  26. Mary

    THERE ARE PRETZELS ON THAT CAKE!!! Consider this pre-ordered. Loved the first book, love the blog, and you in general! Thanks for making me smile and reminding me to bust out the butter.

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  28. Kloe//Kloe's Kitchen

    Hurrah! I love cookbooks and blogs and everything you do! Your spunk and personality shines through your work, which make is so awesome! I was just telling my family about you and how excited I was about your new stuff…can’t wait to see this in the stores.

    High five, Joy! (since I know you love those…guess what, I do too!)
    -Kloe

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  32. Desiree

    Congratulations! I did, in fact, just have a treat-yo-self moment. Looks like I’ll be stocking up on lots of butter this Columbus Day weekend!

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  42. Taylor

    I just ordered my copy, hooray! It comes out a couple days before I get married so I like to think that pondering all the recipes I hope to make will keep me calm… I hope.

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  45. lemonjellycake

    Oh, that photo of your dad is so sweet. Frame it! :) I know what a gift it is to have a great dad . . . there’s nothing like them. Congratulations on your new book!

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  51. Andrea

    I just pre-ordered and i am super excited. the cover alone has me wanting more! congratulations!!! Can’t wait for October!

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  52. Linda

    Yay! I pre-ordered it! 5 months away and I am so excited! I literally had never baked a single thing before I picked up your first cookbook (not even anything as innocent as cookies) and it has now become my baking bible! Thank you Joy!

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  53. Kristen M.

    Yay! I only wish that this was coming out a bit sooner since I’m getting a new oven this month. I guess I’ll just have to christen it with an old Joy the Baker favorite while I wait for a new fave. :) Congrats!

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  57. Julia

    Hooray and pre-ordered! Your first cookbook is the one I pull out most often for sweets/baked goods (my dad likes your lemon bars best), and I can hardly wait for the second!

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  59. Gigi

    I done did pre-order this about a month ago (is how excited I was)! October 14th will basically be like Christmas—it can’t come soon enough!

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  60. Melissa @ Treats With a Twist

    1. SO glad that one-piece suits are back in
    2. I can’t wait, because your first book is still in my top favorites of all time!
    3. Please come to wherever I am and sign my book!
    4. That’s two days after my first wedding anniversary (and because I celebrate things for weeks, that still counts). Yay!
    5. I love you!

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  65. Nicole

    October is so far awaaaaaay! Haha! Pre-ordered it as an early, EARLY birthday present to myself. SO STOKED (#@&^%@(^%#$)#@% <- that's how stoked I am. :)

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  66. Izy

    it looks brilliant!! Given how awesome your first book was, I know this one will be fab too! Can’t wait to bake from it (and make some of those dranks, too!!). Congrats :)

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  67. Taylor

    So exciting!! Congratulations! I absolutely cannot wait to have this book in my kitchen (and hopefully a little smeared with flour dust and buttery goodness).

    xoxo
    Taylor

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  68. Holly

    At least Dad had a pencil and not a red pen… Love that he has strong opinions about pie. :). Congrats!

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  71. Nicki

    At least 2 recipes for baked goods involving pretzels?! I had a hard time deciding whether to post a comment or pre-order first. Congrats on the new book!

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  72. Dustin

    That is SO exciting!!! I’m am seriously and ridiculously impressed with you! Cannot cannot cannot wait for this incredible looking book to arrive at my doorstep!

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  75. Kendra

    Yay! So happy for you (& obviously all of us who get to bake from your recipes)! Looking forward to your new cookbook! Annnnnnd… Crossing my fingers that you will make an appearance in Canada (Ontario) one of these days! We love you here too! Way to go Joy! xo

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  79. Denise in Austin

    So excited to order your new book! Its release falls on my mother’s birthday, so I ordered one for her too! Can’t wait to try your pie crust recipe – that is something I have not mastered yet so I am eager to try your’s out.

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  80. tracy

    shut the front door this has totally made my day!!!!! i am so excited for you and totally am pre-ordering this fab book asap! congratulations joy you totally rock!

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  81. Jessica

    Yes! It comes out a month before my baby is due….which means I can make a few things before the little one takes over. I think I might have to make that cover cake right away! So happy for you!

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  83. Holly Waterfall

    Such a huge smile on my face when I saw this post this morning! Just put in the order and can’t wait to receive your second book – tour to Salt Lake City, pretty please! You are my inspiration Joy!

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  88. Mallory

    Congrats, Joy! And high five to the dad still wearing a muscle tee – pretty bad ass! Again, congrats and excited to have it in my hands this fall!

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  90. Abby

    Congratulations! I’m so excited to try out the recipes!! My copy of your first book definitely has some well-worn pages…

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  93. Karen R.

    Ohmigosh. I came here this morning on the hunt for apple recipes, and I then I saw THIS! Ohmigosh, best news all week. Yay!!

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  94. Sarah McClung

    Congratulations Joy!!! I’ve followed your blog for years and regularly consult your last book. Just placed my order, cannot wait to get my hands on Homemade Decadence!

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  99. emmajeanne16

    Oh my goodness, exciting!!! Those photos look amazing. I have the first book and use it often. I cannot wait for this one to come.

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  102. Averie @ Averie Cooks

    Ordered! Done! Cannot WAIT!!!!!! Super huge congratulations, Joy! And I think an estimated 112 lbs of butter is way on the low side. When writing a cookbook, 5 lbs per week seems at least what I’ve gone through :) I love the cover image. That cake looks phenomenal! So excited for the book and happy for you!!

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  103. Marisa

    Congratulations…it would be my honor to have your new cook book.. and hopefully you will be on Long Island so I can get to sign it….:)

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  108. Rachel

    Excited! (I’d already hunted this down on Amazon UK quite some time ago!) As for the tour, you need to find a way to come do a stop or a class in London. Then I’ll show you around. You can even come stay in the countryside if you want, I’m only 55mins away and we have fields!

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  114. Ann

    Congratulations from the bottom of my heart, Joy. And thank you. Thank you for writing in such a heartfelt and approachable way. Because of you I found the courage to bust out the butter, bake up a storm and send a few little boxes of goodies to a man who makes my heart skip a beat. You help me make the people I care about smile and I really appreciate that.

    I owe you big time for tons of high fives from co-workers, friends and family. Your recipes have helped fix bad days and make good ones even better. You’re an absolute treasure and I’m so happy I found your blog!!

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