Even Novices Can Bake a Bribery Cake

Inspired by an Australian baking book from the ’80s, Simple Cakes gets creative with occasions

All photos: Nicole Franzen

“I’m trying to get that cake in your mouth as soon as possible,” writes Odette Williams, apron designer, Brooklyn resident, Australia native, and cake enabler. Her new cookbook, Simple Cake, is based on a few fundamental tenets: You can have…