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Sweet and Indulgent Latin Baking: 3 Treat Recipes From Paola Velez’s ‘Bodega Bakes’ Cookbook

Pastry chef Paola Velez's new cookbook, Bodega Bakes, delivers a collection of mouthwateringly sweet treat recipes, including carrot cake bars and more.

But baking is also an art, a canvas onto which you can paint any tasty combination of ingredients — and the proof is in pastry chef and author Paola Velez ’s new cookbook. “ Bodega Bakes is a collection of recipes that you can’t find elsewhere: a mix of my classical training and love of Americana filtered through the Bronx and the islands of the Caribbean,” says Velez. Lauren V. Allen.A Dominican ice cream featuring sweet potatoes, it’ll wow you with its creamy texture.

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