Lottie Bedlow was the stand-out star from Channel 4's The Great British Bake Off 2020 and taught herself to bake through trial and error. No stranger to the mishaps (and epic disasters) of homebaking, Lottie's signature sense of humour will see you through this delicious collection of sweet and savoury bakes. From simple recipes to encourage even the most inexperienced bakers through to more ambitious centrepieces, the focus is always on great flavour. Each recipe highlights potential pitfalls, with notes on what to look out for and how to find a fix. This book will give you the confidence to go for it, encouraging you to try your best without taking baking (or yourself) too seriously. Nobody's bake is perfect. So if things go wrong, just remember: WHO CARES AS LONG AS IT TASTES GOOD? RECIPES INCLUDE: Risk it for a Biscuit: Quarantine Florentines, Triple Chocolate & Salted Caramel-centred Cookies, Ginger Whoopie Pies with Pineapple & Spiced Rum Cakes are Boring: Mango & Grapefruit Creme Brulee Cheesecake, S'More Cupcakes, Strawberry Shortcake Roll (er Coaster) You're Bready for This: Sin-a-mon Rolls, Minimal Faff Brioche, Big Daddy's Ice Cream Doughnut Sandwiches Don't Be Scared of Pastry: Chocolate, Liquorice & Blackcurrant Tart, Rock & Profiterole, Choux Shells with Steak & Horseradish Give Me Puddings, Not Hugs: Ginger & Rhubarb Puddings, Little Lime & Tequila Melting Chocolate Puddings, Foolproof Custard Pass it On, Please: Gingerbread Shed, Irish Stout Cake, Back & Crack Scotch Eggs

This charming book offers a tempting array of delicious iced fancies, cake pops, moreish muffins and much more - all at the perfect size for a small but sweet indulgence. A concise introduction shows you how to make a failproof cake batter plus offers some exciting ideas for filling and decorating your cakes. 25 recipes then follow, with something for everybody. Choose from Little Madeira Cakes with Cream and Jam, Old-Fashioned Jam Tarts, and light-as-air Madeleines. Included too are sweet treats with mouthwatering toppings such as Butterscotch Nut Muffins, Maple and Pecan Fudge Squares, and Sugar Sparkle Cupcakes. All the recipes are written with step-by-step instructions and are photographed throughout. Whether you're planning a fun tea party with friends or a special treat for the family there's plenty to choose from in this little book.

Discover delicious recipes to bring a little unicorn magic into your everyday! This easy-to-use cookery book is bursting with sparkles and rainbows. Packed with unique unicorn recipes, follow the simple instructions to make your own wonderful creations. Children will love The Magical Unicorn Cookbook, which includes twenty-five recipes for the whole family to make and enjoy together. Perfect for parties and brightening up your day, learn how to make: Fluffy unicorn buns Rainbow rolls A unicorn showstopper celebration cake and much more! The recipes are specially designed for adults to use with children, with step-by-step instructions and helpful hints. The perfect way for you to spend quality time with your child and show them just how much fun cooking and baking can be!

Hands on baking with recipes and techniques that teach you how to make great breads, pies, cobblers, cookies, cakes, and pasties, both sweet and savory. A world-class course in baking for new and practiced bakers alike.

Baking with Julia is not only a book full of glorious recipes but also one that continues Julia's teaching tradition. Basic techniques come alive and are easily comprehensible in recipes that demonstrate the myriad ways of raising dough, glazing cakes, and decorating crusts. This is the resource you'll turn to again and again for all your baking needs.

Baking with Julia presents an extraordinary assemblage of talent, knowledge, and artistry from the new generation of bakers whose vision is so much a part of this book. The list of contributors reads like a Who's Who of today's master bakers: Flo Braker, Steve Sullivan, Marcel Desaulniers, Nick Malgieri, Alice Medrich, Nancy Silverton, Martha Stewart, and a host of bright new talents such as Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid.

With nearly 200 recipes, and half as many pages of full-color photographs, this incomparable kitchen companion goes far beyond what most cookbooks offer. More than 50 pages of illustrated reference sections define terms and techniques, and explain the hows and whys of batters and doughs. If you've never made flaky pie crust, your first no-fail experience is at hand.

From chocolate to cheesecake, from miniature gems to multitiered masterpieces-this cookbook is a total immersion experience in the wonder of home baking.

Epicurious' "New Fall 2019 Cookbooks We Can't Wait to Cook From" Food & Wine 18 Essential New Cookbooks for Fall Amazon's pick for Biggest Cookbooks of Fall Chowhound's Best New Cookbooks and Best New Baking Cookbooks for Fall 2019 "In many ways, the good bread we have now in the United States exists thanks to Poilane. Poilane bakery and the Poilane family have revolutionized the way we think about bread, and it is deeply important that we preserve and learn from their legacy." -Alice Waters, from the foreword To food lovers the world over, a trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to Poilane. Ina Garten raves about the bread's "extraordinary quality." Martha Stewart says the P in Poilane stands for "perfect." For the first time, Poilane provides detailed instructions so bakers can reproduce its unique "hug-sized" sourdough loaves at home, as well as the bakery's other much-loved breads and pastries. It tells the story of how Apollonia Poilane, the third-generation baker and owner, took over the global business at age eighteen and steered it into the future as a Harvard University freshman after her parents were killed in a helicopter crash. Beyond bread, Apollonia includes recipes for pastries such as the bakery's exquisite but unfussy tarts and butter cookies. In recipes that use bread as an ingredient, she shows how to make the most from a loaf, from crust to crumb. In still other dishes, she explores the world of grains: rice, corn, barley, oats, and millet. From sunup to sundown, Poilane traces the hours in a baker's day, blending narrative, recipes, and Apollonia's philosophy of bread.

The Laurel’s Kitchen Bread Book is the classic bestselling cookbook devoted to baking light, healthful, delicious bread entirely from whole grains. This specially updated edition includes an entirely new chapter on making excellent whole-grain loaves in a bread machine. Now even the busiest among us can bake the delectable loaves for which Laurel’s Kitchen is famous.

New research proves what we’ve known all along: Eating whole grains really is better for your health! Here, the switch from “white” is made fun and easy.

Like a good friend, the “Loaf for Learning” tutorial guides you step-by-step through the baking process. You’ll make perfect loaves every time, right from the start.

Here you’ll find recipes for everything—from chewy Flemish Desem Bread and mouthwatering Hot Cross Buns to tender Buttermilk Rolls, foolproof Pita Pockets, tangy Cheese Muffins, and luscious Banana Bread—all with clear explanations and helpful woodcut illustrations.

The brand-new chapter on bread machines teaches you to make light “electric” loaves from whole-grain flour. No matter what your schedule, you can come home to the wonderful smell of baking bread, fresh, hot, and ready to enjoy.

Let Kim-Joy and her signature cuteness brighten your celebrations. From birthday cakes to year-round events, all occasions are covered! The 60 sweet recipes are bursting with colour, imagination and fun and there's something for everyone, no matter what their baking skills. Big occasions include birthdays, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas, weddings; and there are plenty of other celebrations too - Graduation Day, New Year's, new baby, Pride, Thanksgiving, Day of the Dead, Pancake Day and many more. Vegan and gluten-free alternatives are provided so that no one needs to miss out! This joyful collection of recipes includes all the step-by-step photography, clear instructions and words of positivity you need to learn to bake and decorate just like Kim-Joy.

Christmas is the time of year when people reach for their aprons and measuring spoons to transform butter, sugar, and flour into delectable treats. Melissa Forti's contemporary, yet steeped in tradition, approach to baking appeals to beginner and seasoned bakers alike. As the author of the acclaimed book The Italian Baker and owner of the utterly charming Melissa's Tea Room and Cakes in her hometown of Sarzana, Italy, Forti combines a modern sensibility with old-world tradition. A self-taught baker, Forti's artistry is based on centuries of Italian and European baking traditions. In this new book, she treats her readers to recipes that she has collected and modernized, as well as those she's created herself. There's Panettone revisited, a usually labor- intensive dish that Forti has simplified so people can make their own at home; Bonet, a chocolate caramel pudding, straight from the region of Piedmont; Torta delle rose, a brioche type of cake from the Lombardia region, shaped like a bouquet of roses, that will surely be a showstopper on any Christmas table! Each recipe is illustrated with a mouthwatering, full-color photograph. Forti knows that Christmas is more than a day-it's a season for gathering with loved ones and celebrating the past as well as the present. Her Christmas baking book will help you make delicious treats as well as great memories during the coziest time of the year.

Tartine Book No. 3 is the only book that shows, step-by-step, via text and process photographs, how to make loaves of whole grain bread and whole-grain versions of favourite Tartine pastries. This book offers a truly innovative approach to working with whole grain flours: blending different flours to achieve distinct flavours and textures, introducing new methods for sprouted and fermented quick breads and exploring alternative sweeteners and unique tenderisers in pastry. The crust, crumb and flavour of a Tartine-style loaf of whole grain bread is notably distinct from other whole grain breads.

Sugarcraft specialist Cassie Brown shows you how to use your airbrush to decorate showstopping cakes. Containing full instructions on the tools, materials and techniques you need to produce your own sumptuous works of cake craft, you will be inspired by the range of results you can use any airbrush to achieve. Instructions for ten cakes, suitable for all skill levels, are illustrated by clear step-by-step pictures showing just how Cassie achieves her results. From fun space cakes for children's parties to a breathtaking wedding cake decorated with delicate sugarcraft flowers, this book will unlock your baking and decorating potential.

From the splendid Eccles cakes of London's St John Bakery to the delicate pasteis de nata at Manteigaria in Lisbon, Europe's Best Bakeries has baked goods for every taste. This overview of bakeries in the UK, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Spain, Greece, Italy, Germany and France is a fascinating, mouth-watering and unique introduction to Europe's long and impressive baking tradition.

Seasonal bakes and tips on growing your own produce by former The Great British Bake Off contestant, Michelle Evans-Fecci Former Bake Off contestant Michelle was known on the show for her flavoursome, colourful bakes and for championing seasonal, locally sourced and homegrown produce. Whether it's a simple loaf for breakfast or a striking showstopper cake for a celebration, she loves using seasonal food to create tasty recipes for the whole family to enjoy. The Seasonal Baker is a collection of recipes straight from Michelle's kitchen to yours - from quick-and-easy bakes to others that are a bit more challenging - with an emphasis on special events such as Easter, Halloween and Christmas. Inside you will find delicious, vibrant recipes such as: - Hot Cross Bun Bread and Butter Pudding - Truffle, Rosemary and Garlic Focaccia - Smokey Pulled Pork Sausage Rolls - Butternut Squash, Feta, Maple and Pecan Cups - Vanilla, Rhubarb and Raspberry Celebration Cake Michelle grew up on a farm and learned from a young age how to grow vegetables and the basics of cooking and baking. She now lives in the beautiful seaside town of Tenby in Pembrokeshire with her husband Ben, their teenage son Alfie, little whippet Rosie, and two cheeky hens. As a family they love to be out in the garden where they grow a lot of the fruit, vegetables and herbs that Michelle uses in her everyday cooking. The book shows just how easy and rewarding it is to grow your own produce. As well as delicious bakes for all abilities, The Seasonal Baker contains hints and tips on ways of being thrifty with food. There is something for everyone, from what to plant, when to plant it and when to harvest - whether you have access to a plant pot, window box, balcony, raised bed or garden veg patch with intuitive, creative photos to help.

Presents various recipes for breads of all flavours. This book includes general directions and dough-cycle recipes, and a variety of formulas for 1 and 2 lb loaves.

Sugar and spice and all things nice. Levi's latest collection of recipes is all about indulgence. From luscious cakes and bakes, to creamy puds, from cool ice-creams to wicked cocktails, this is food to share and make everyone feel good. What does sweet mean to you? It could be those sweet moments by yourself, watching TV and getting out the popcorn or having a nice chunk of cake or a chocolate bar. Or it could be a celebration. Your birthday's arrived - and that means it's everybody's birthday. From Almond Cake with Lime and Cardamom Syrup or Salted Caramel Cheesecake to Pears in Ginger Syrup and Mango Bellini, the recipes here are about celebrating and sharing, getting together and enjoying the moment with great food.

This title features 25 sensational cake creations. You can bring the indulgences of the bakey to your home with highly original whoopie pie recipes. There is a treat for every taste, including Mocha Whoopie Pies, Pavlova Raspberry Crunch Whoopie Pies, Ice Cream Sandwich Whoopie Pies, Fiery Pear Whoopie Pies and Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies. A concise introduction covers basic ingredients, equipment and techniques you will need to start making whoopies, with advice on how to make different sizes. Seasonal whoopie ideas feature Hot Cross Bun Whoopie Pies for Easter, Mini Pumpkin Whoopie Pies to celebrate Thanksgiving, a fabulous Giant Birthday Cake Whoopie Pie and an elegant Wedding Cake Stack. Nutritional information for every recipe is given. It is illustrated with wonderful photographs by Nicki Dowey of both practical steps and final dishes. A New England phenomenon that quickly became a worldwide craze, the whoopie pie is truly delicious. Two soft cakes, sandwiched around a luscious filling, creates a sweet, irresistible 'burger' to eat with your fingers.This delightful little book presents you with a collection of 25 winning recipes including classics, such as Mississippi Mud Whoopie Pies, and Hokey Pokey Ice Cream Whoopie Pies, as well as ultra-fashionable treats such as Red Velvet Whoopie Pies, Chai Latte Whoopie Pies, and Orange and Polenta Whoopie Pies.

Sourdough: The Gold Standard of Bread
More and more home bakers are replacing mass-produced breads and commercial yeasts in favor of artisan breads made with wild cultures and natural fermentation. Whether you want to capture your own local yeasts, take advantage of established cultures like San Francisco Sourdough, or simply bake healthier, more natural loaves, you'll find no better guides than renowned sourdough authorities Ed and Jean Wood.
In this updated edition of "Classic Sourdoughs," the Woods reveal their newly discovered secret to crafting the perfect loaf: by introducing a unique culture-proofing step and adjusting the temperature of the proofs, home bakers can control the sourness and leavening like never before. The reward? Fresh, hot sourdough emerging from the oven just the way you like it--every time. Starting with their signature Basic Sourdough loaf, the Woods present recipes featuring rustic grains and modern flavors, including Herb Spelt Bread, Prarie Flax Bread, and Malt Beer Bread, along with new no-knead versions of classics like White French Bread. They round out the collection with recipes for homemade baguettes, bagels, English muffins, and cinnamon rolls, plus a chapter on baking authentic sourdoughs in bread machines.
Steeped in tradition, nuanced in flavor, and wonderfully ritualized in preparation, sourdough is bread the way it was meant to be. So join the sourdough renaissance and bring these time-honored traditions into your own kitchen.

This title features 50 little cakes for parties, birthdays and special treats. It features stunning bakes that children will adore, perfect for all types of special occasion. Genuinely tasty and original recipes that are accessible to the home baker, from rich chocolate to zesty lemon. From wizards' hats, pirates, and cars and trucks to chocolate explosions, honey bees and ballet shoes, there is an imaginative creation to suit every child. It includes simple instructions for basic cakes and frostings, and techniques for making cake pops and whoopie pies. A mother and daughter team bring their years of baking experience to this charming book, with easy recipes for cupcakes, cake pops and whoopie pies that will delight children of all ages. There are cakes inspired by fairytales and games, festive occasions and best-loved animals; designs that will appeal to boys and girls; and recipes that your children will enjoy making with you. The recipes are easy to follow so bakers of all levels of experience can tackle them with confidence. From dinosaurs and farmyard faces to rainbows and fairy princess castles, there is as much emphasis on taste as appearance, so the recipes will be enjoyed by adults and children alike.

In a melding of the fun style of the 'Style Me Vintage' series with a traditional cookery book, Style Me Vintage: Tea Parties is a vintage and thematic take on a traditional afternoon tea book. The current trend for retro styled events and afternoon tea parties is as much about styling as it is about food and drink and this book will show you just how to achieve your own perfect event. Split into themed tea parties, it will show how to create your tea party: dress your table, decorate your room, do your invitations, costume suggestions, and offer key recipes for food and drink within each theme. Themes include: a Victorian Tea Party (lace aplenty and dainty cakes), an Edwardian Breakfast (country house pastries and breakfast cocktails), a 1920's Speakeasy (cocktails in tea cups and recipes for jazz babies), a 1930's Cocktail Party (silk, tweed, champagne with elegance), a 1940's Picnic (fiery ginger beer anyone?), a 1950's Street Party (bunting and finger food). With advice on scaling up into a tea party for many - or down to an intimate tea for two, you can't go wrong.

This is a complete guide to cake decorating techniques, with over 100 projects, from traditional classics to the latest in contemporary designs. It shows you how to make stunning cakes for special occasions such as weddings, christenings, birthdays and Christmas. It offers step-by-step instructions for mastering the techniques of working with royal icing, sugarpaste, fondant, marzipan, frostings, glace icing and chocolate. Recipes include Madeira Cake, Victoria Sandwich, Upside-Down Pear and Ginger Cake, and Black Forest Gateau. This clear and comprehensive book takes the reader through all the essential cake making and cake decorating skills. It begins with recipes for classic sponge and fruit cakes, and simple icings and frostings for quick and easy finishing. Next, there is guidance on creative embellishments and decorations, from ribbons, flowers, sweets, nuts and crystallized fruits to home-made chocolate run-outs, curls and cut-outs. The book also contains 100 step-by-step projects, using the techniques and skills acquired, to make beautiful cakes for every occasion. The detailed instructional photography guarantees great results every time.