If you need to bake for a special occasion or just feel like a treat at tea time, this book is the ideal choice. A dazzling array of classic cakes, fruit cakes, spice, nut and seed cakes, irresistible chocolate cakes, dessert cakes and cheesecakes feature along with special occasion cakes, loaf cakes and tray bakes, as well as little cakes in all shapes and styles. All the classics are here, from Victoria Sponge to Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing. There are traditional fruit cakes, as well as those with fresh fruit such as spicy Plum Kuchen. Whatever cake you prefer, and whether you are a novice or an experienced baker, you won't be able to wait to start baking.

Don't just celebrate - bake! With recipes by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, and from this year's Bakers, this beautiful book is a celebration of everything we love about Bake Off. From family meals to birthday parties, home-cooked teas to the big dates in the community calendar, nothing says celebration like a home-made bake. So this year, we have devoted our book to recipes that will help you make the most out of every occasion no matter how large or small. There are fantastic centrepieces for the times when you need to make a real show stopper - a Midsummer Celebration Cake or a 16 Layer Mocha Torte - as well as simpler recipes like a Citrus Madeira or White Chocolate Butterscotch Blondies for when all you want is a delicious failsafe bake to welcome unexpected visitors. The Judges' recipes provide the perfect excuse to impress whether it's serving your own freshly made bread or whipping up a batch of handmade biscuits, whilst the Bakers' recipes will inspire you with their creativity and ingenuity. Introducing new flavours and techniques, the recipes are a show case for how bakers embrace different ideas and ingredients from around the world. Whatever occasion, we hope this book will encourage and inspire you to celebrate for yourselves everything that we love about baking.

First published in 1977, and winning its author the coveted Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award, this universally acclaimed book is regarded by many as simply the best book ever written about the making of bread. It covers all aspects of flour-milling, yeast, bread ovens and the different types of bread and flour available. It contains an exhaustive collection of recipes, everything from plain brown wholemeal or saffron cake to drop scones and croissants; all described with her typical elegance and unrivalled knowledge. Even how to make your own yeast and keep it. But more than just a list of recipes, it is an insight into an interesting and informative home-baker. Enquire within on any point connected with baking and Miss David has the answer. Nor does it omit the history of bread making from the Exodus onwards, the iniquities of sliced bread and uncovers the dubious practices of some flour millers and bread manufacturers in the UK and elsewhere with amusing anecdotes and personal observations throughout. The writing style of this book has aged well and adds greatly to its charm. This is a book that should be included in every food lovers collection. Not just for those who love to cook but those who enjoy reading about food and its history, and of course it is an absolute must for keen bakers.

Bread & Butter is a nostalgic tribute to the simplicities of home-baking. The recipes reflect an Irish food heritage, with basic local ingredients and fresh produce. Celebrating the skill to make a lot from a little, the story of our ancestors is told through the food they created to nourish their families and the many visitors associated with life on the farm, conjuring a romantic insight into a loving home, with the stove at its heartbeat. The recipes are split into the four seasons, as this seasonal rhythm dictated the produce available for the kitchen. A seemingly harsh country lifestyle is illustrated through romantic aromas of hearty bread and mouthfuls of sweet, sticky cakes.

This title features 70 traditional confectionery recipes. These are three beautiful books in one classic collection, providing all you need to know create indulgent confectionery treats. It includes 70 childhood classic recipes, such as Fruit Sherbet, Maple Cream Candy, Salt Water Taffy, Rocky Road Fudge, Butterscotch, Champagne Truffles, and Peanut Butter Cups. Helpful introductions provide information on ingredients and equipment you will need, as well as tips and techniques for successful sweet making. It features over 335 gorgeous photographs by Nicki Dowey. Although often associated with childhood, the taste of candy and chocolate is a pleasure that we enjoy all our lives. This fabulous boxed collection of gift books offers 70 recipes for sweets, candies and chocolate confections, whether hard, chewy, soft or sticky. It includes old-fashioned treats, such as Sugar Mice, Cinder Toffee and Chocolate Peppermint Creams and some modern twists on traditional classics, like Honey and Star Anise Chews, Pistachio Cracknel, and Salted Caramel Chocolates.Lots of hints and tips will help you create smooth, creamy ganache fillings, heat up a sugar syrup, work with taffy, and learn how to make irresistible fudge. This boxed set is the perfect way to confidently re-create best-loved candies in your own home.

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 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.

Jewish baking has brought families together around the table for centuries. In Modern Jewish Baker, Shannon Sarna pays homage to traditions while reinvigorating them with modern flavours and new ideas. One kosher dough at a time, she offers the basics for challah, babka, bagels, hamantaschen, rugelach, pita and matzah. Recipes include: Chocolate Chip Hamantaschen, Tomato-Basil Challah and S'mores Babka. Detailed instructions, as well as notes on make-ahead strategies, ideas for using leftovers and other tips will have even novice bakers braiding beautiful loaves that will make any bubbe proud.

Create your own delicious, gorgeous, and professional-quality candies with The Sweet Book of Candy Making. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned candy maker, you will find mouthwatering recipes and expert tips to inspire you--and satisfy your sweet tooth.

Inside, you'll find:

--Candy-making essentials: all you need to know about equipment, ingredients, and techniques, including step-by-step lessons on pulling taffy, rolling truffles, filling peanut butter cups, and more

--More than 50 recipes for sugar candies, fondant, caramels, toffee, fudge, truffles, chocolates, marshmallows, and fruit and nut candies

--Troubleshooting tips for each type of candy

--How to perfect the classics you love, from English Toffee to Chocolate Fudge to Peanut Brittle

--Try your hand at something new: Pistachio Marzipan Squares, Passion Fruit Marshmallows, Mango-Macadamia Nut Caramels, Lemon Meringue Lollipops, and more

--Decorating techniques to show off your tasty results

Get started in your kitchen with The Sweet Book of Candy Making

"Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day" distills the renowned baking instructor' s professional techniques down to the basics, delivering artisan bread recipes that anyone with flour and a fridge can make and bake with ease.
Reinhart begins with the simplest French bread, then moves on to familiar classics such as ciabatta, pizza dough, and soft sandwich loaves, and concludes with fresh specialty items like pretzels, crackers, croissants, and bagels. Each recipe is broken into "Do Ahead" and "On Baking Day" sections, making every step--from preparation through pulling pans from the oven-a breeze, whether you bought your loaf pan yesterday or decades ago. These doughs are engineered to work flawlessly for busy home bakers: most require only a straightforward mixing and overnight fermentation. The result is reliably superior flavor and texture on par with loaves from world-class artisan bakeries-and all with little hands-on time.
America's favorite baking instructor and innovator Peter Reinhart offers new time-saving techniques accompanied by full-color, step-by-step photos throughout so that in no time you'll be producing fresh batches of: Sourdough Baguettes - 50% and 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaves - Soft and Crusty Cheese Bread - English Muffins - Cinnamon Buns - Panettone - Hoagie Rolls - Chocolate Cinnamon Babka - Fruit-Filled Thumbprint Rolls - Danish - Best-Ever Biscuits
Best of all, these high-caliber doughs improve with a longer stay in the fridge, so you can mix once, then portion, proof, and bake whenever you feel like enjoying a piping hot treat.

Gourmand World Cookbook Award Winner 'Baking connects good people and lets them understand each other no matter what language they speak.' - ANNA MAKIEVSKA Inspired by the resilient spirit of Anna Makievska and The Bakehouse, Kyiv, who have continued to bake day and night throughout the conflict, Knead Peace is a unique collection of beautiful bakes in support of Ukraine. Donated by esteemed bakeries from across the globe, they include sweet and savoury breads, indulgent cakes and cookies, and delicious pies and tarts. INCLUDING... Anna Makievska of The Bakehouse, Kyiv Max Blachman-Gentile of Tartine Bakery Richard Bertinet Sarit Packer & Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co. Vanessa Kimbell of The Sourdough School Alix Andre of Arome Bakery Helen Goh Kitty Tait of The Orange Bakery Yotam Ottolenghi Ixta Belfrage Knead Peace, founded by Andrew Green, was born from the idea that baking is a community that has the power to make a difference. Octopus Books, a division of Hachette UK, will pay GBP2.50 from the sale of each print copy of Knead Peace sold in the UK to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal of the Disasters Emergency Committee Registered Charity No. 1062638.

Inspirational ideas for a showstopping birthday party from the Great British Bake Off! Bake the birthday cake of your child's dreams and make the annual party a stress-free occasion with these brilliant new recipes for delicious cakes, biscuits, buns, and bakes. Whether you are a novice cook or a skilled baker, take your pick from recipes for lions, fortresses, snow queens, rockets, and crowns. Recipes for sweet and savoury treats will complete your perfect birthday party. There's something for every age, from toddler to teen, so you can turn to the book again and again. ~ Includes recipes from much-loved Bake Off Bakers Richard, Ian, Frances Holly, Cathryn, Chetna and Luis ~

Irresistible comfort food for every craving

In her debut cookbook, Remi Idowu delivers flavour-packed sweet and savoury recipes to refresh your dull dinner cycle. Level up the dishes you crave with simple tricks and hero ingredients for maximum joy and minimum effort.

Get stuck in to Classics with a Twist for irresistible go-to dinners, Remi's Childhood Comforts for her best Ghanaian and Nigerian flavours, Friday Night Cravings for fakeaways you actually want to eat, A Little Something Sweet for simple small-batch delights and Desserts to Impress for reliable crowd-pleasers.

Sugar & Spice is packed with recipes that you will make again and again, with easy to follow methods and simple hacks:

Italian Sausage Lasagna
Gochujang Chicken Kyiv
Mum’s Best Jollof Rice
Mango Habanero Chicken Wings
Brown Butter Banana Bread
Cookies and Cream Brownies
Almond Croissant Cookies and more!

The perfect stocking filler for jam-makers this Christmas. Why settle for the same old jams when you could try something deliciously different? Jams With a Twist will take your jam making to a whole new level. Liven things up with alcohol, essences, cordials, syrups, teas, spices, nuts, nibs and kernels. Go foraging for exciting new ingredients. Create double- and triple-layered jams. Float fruit, flowers and herbs in your jellies. Or treat yourself to classic jammy desserts made in jars! Whether you are new to jam making or an old hand, these delicious recipes will inspire you to mix things up and try something new.