Responding to the need for an alternative to conventional baking, Erin McKenna opened her retro-style Manhattan bakery in 2005 and soon found it the destination of food-intolerant, sweet-toothed pilgrims the world over. Refusing to shy away from the myriad of dietary sensitivities, McKenna has created a collection of beautiful cakes that cannot fail to tempt even the most hardened of sugar-loving conventionalists. Not a baker by training, but certainly by heart, McKenna offers an inspiring wealth of patisserie that is set to continue its triumphant success beyond the bounds of her native America.