Favorite recipes from a beloved Brooklyn bakery: rugelach, blueberry muffins, incredible carrot cake, and much more! There is new hipster Brooklyn; then there is old-school, really hipster Brooklyn. Brooklyn-based bakery Margaret Palca Bakes falls into the latter category. Currently located on Columbia Street in Brooklyn, Margaret Palca Bakes has been sharing its owner's dessert wonders (yes eggs; yes sugar; yes butter!) with the New York City community for the past twenty years. The Margaret Palca Bakes Cookbook tells the story of Margaret's journey into the world of baking in one of New York City's most dynamic boroughs. In this beautiful and lavishly photographed cookbook, Margaret shares practical baking tips and step-by-step techniques to make eighty of her bakery's most popular recipes. Some of these recipes are Margaret's take on old favorites; some have been created to please the current taste in sweets. Sample some sweet treats from Margaret's recipe index: Sour Cream Coffee Cake Apple Crumb Squares Chocolate Babka Whoopie Pies Vegan Maple Pecan Cookies And more! Explore tips, techniques, and recipes from an expert baker's sixty years of baking, tasting, eating, and selling.