Angel Tungaraza has moved from her native Tanzania to the post-genocide Rwanda, with her professor-husband and five grandchildren – her son and daughter are both “late” – and she has turned her talent at baking into a day job (as “a professional somebody”). Birthdays, anniversaries, christenings, weddings – Angel has just the idea for the occasion, as well as all the ideas that might help her friends and neighbours manage their lives a little better.

This novel talks about virtually every single trouble that has plagued Africa – poverty, AIDS, mindless tribal wars, the politics of aid-giving, intelligence games, and even female circumcision – but with grace, humour and Angel’s trademark colourful icing.

Published in 2009, UK.