Teens, Take Over Your Kitchen!

Throw away that boxed cake mix and get ready to take your desserts to the next level with teenage baking superstar Matthew Merril. Learn all the proper techniques from a pro as Matthew shares his best baking recipes. He'll help you avoid all the common pitfalls he made as a young baker, leading you down the easy path to self-taught baking.

Each recipe is rated on a difficulty scale so you can work your way through the book like a master baking class. Start off with Easy-Peasy Peanut Butter Cookies—a four-ingredient wonder that has reached more than 1.8 million views on Matthew's TikTok. Then, learn how to make your own caramel from scratch to create a decadent Southern Caramel Cake, or how to use a water bath to make the perfect Very-Berry Strawberry Cheesecake. And when you've really built up your skills, you can master the art of the meringue with Matthew's Food Network–Winning S'mores Macarons.

Jam-packed with 60 recipes and lots of baking secrets, you'll have everything you need to become a teen baking prodigy!