Welcome to Torte--a small-town family bakeshop where
the
coffee is hot, the muffins are fresh, and the cakes are
definitely to die for…
It's
autumn
in Ashland, Oregon--'tis the season for a spiced hot apple
cider with a serving (or two) of Torte's famous peach
cobbler. It's also the perfect time for Jules Capshaw to
promote her family's beloved bake shop by competing in The
Pastry Channel's reality show, Take the Cake. The
prize is $25,000. But as Jules quickly learns, some people
would kill for that kind of dough.
Literally.
Then, just as Jules dusts off her
Bavarian Chocolate Cake recipe and cinches up her apron,
the
corpse of a fellow contestant is discovered--death by
buttercream. What began as a fun, tasteful televised
adventure has morphed into something of a true-crime
detective show for Jules and everybody else on set. Who
could have killed Chef Marco, and why? Can Jules sift out
the killer before someone else gets burned?