Cookbook Club: Everyday Cakes

Talking cookbooks with Polina Chesnakova and making her Golden Milk Tres Leches Cake.

From the Republic of Georgia to Rhode Island to Seattle - Polina Chesnakova’s evolving appetite and love of her family’s multicultural heritage helped define her role in the kitchen. With a passion for food writing and recipe development, Polina created her website, Chesnok, to pay tribute to her roots. 

When she’s not writing her own cookbooks (Hot Cheese, Chronicle Books 2020 and Everyday Cakes, Sasquatch Books 2021), Polina can be found selling them and teaching cooking classes as the Culinary Director at Book Larder, Seattle’s premier cookbook shop (a dream job, if you ask me). 

In her latest, Polina explores cakes of all kinds. Everyday Cakes is the best excuse for whipping up a simple loaf cake or sprinkle-covered sheet cake to turn any occasion into a celebration. From the Flourless Chocolate Cake with Port Cherries to the Sugared Jelly Donut Bundt Cake or the Earl Grey Tea Cake, there is something for all of life’s sweet cravings.