Handmade Gifts From The Kitchen is a delightful gift in itself, as well as a beautiful collection of culinary gift ideas for you to make and bake at home for friends and family.

Indulgent fudge, warming liqueurs, spicy chutneys, sweet and crumbly homemade biscuits … the list goes on. A jar of your favourite preserve or a box of homemade truffles is a delightful way to say thank you to someone special, or for Christmas or birthdays, or indeed for any celebration whatever time of the year. Full of love and originality, the recipes are a pleasure to create and wrap as well as to give. Each recipe has a guide for how long it takes to prepare and make, and the introduction to each offers ideas on how to use it or adapt it for any occasion.

There is a myriad of ideas for wrapping the gifts in a stunning and stylish way, so that every gift is unique.

Die pragtig geillustreerde boek is daarop gemik om van enige iemand ’n suksesvolle bakker te maak. Dit is gegrond op basiese baktegnieke en wenke. Die resepte is deeglik getoets en het maklike stappe om te volg. Daar word ook gefokus op die bakgeheime wat min ander bakboeke inhou. Dit sal vir jou die selfvertroue gee om die basiese resepte met gemak te bak en jou stadig maar seker die moed gee om die meer tegniese resepte te bemeester. Om tuis te bak gee vir jou ‘n uitlaatklep, ’n plek om kreatief te wees en geleentheid om iets te kan gee wat jy self gemaak het.

Die resepversameling sluit iets vir elke okkasie in; van kleingebak tot krummelrige pasteie. Lieflike koeke, blikke vol koekies, dekadente terte en eenvoudige skons is deel van die boek se gebak.

In The South African Milk Tart Collection Mari-Louis and Callie take a milk tart journey, from its roots to its future – the taste of nostalgia for every South African and the most enduring symbol of our baking tradition.

There really is a milk tart to suit everybody’s tastes and every occasion:

• With a leafy homemade puff-pastry collar or with crumblier shortcrust, cereal crumbs or no crust at all.
• Flavoured with cinnamon, naartjie peel, peach leaves, nutmeg or vanilla pods, even almond extract, caramel, citrus zest or cardamom. Some come with a little kick from a dram of rum or brandy.
• Used as a tart; baked or unbaked, as a dessert, smoothie, shooter, milkshake or filling for other treat such as doughnuts.
• Milk tart from all over the world, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, America, France, the United Kingdom and even China.

This popular treat is so well liked that it even has its own dedicated South African National Milk Tart Day.

Truffles, Easter eggs or sweet Valentine’s seduction. Flights from heartbreak, or blissful birthday bonbons. It's a fact: chocolates are simply divine. In Chocolate there are original, melt-your-heart offerings, which includes a wicked assortment of chocolate recipes to satisfy every hmmm: the eating, dipping, drinking and spreading kind; fruity thrills such as nartjie malva pudding; crunchy treats, from rooibos biscotti to macadamia-nut honeycomb; fancy, creamy, nostalgic and naughty recipes that will enchant you; effortless favourites: no-bake brownies and end-of-the-month truffles, and SOS tips to rescue your craving. With all the technical info you need to embark on your chocolate journey.

This cookbook bundle has a hardcover recipe book filled with yummy cupcake ideas for every occasion.

Bake a whole range of goodies, with both classic and adventurous recipes to delight and inspire and be prepared for pure bliss and decadence, with over 40 recipes to be baked and enjoyed among friends. These cupcakes are fun to make and completely hassle-free, so anyone can get involved!

Bundle includes

• 1 x Hardcover cupcake recipe book
• 3 x Pink Silicone Cupcake moulds

With this book the author tempts you to make scrumptious cakes with gourmet flavours for everyday dessert. Most of the cakes have traditional dessert flavours and will be ideal to serve as an after-dinner treat or even for afternoon tea. The cake, filling and coating recipes can be mixed and matched to create a different taste combination every time you bake. The book features 25 dessert cake projects from start to finish, showing you step by step how to create your own mouth-watering desserts. Also included are accompanying cupcakes for each recipe should you prefer a mini version served in individual portions. Everything can be made days or weeks in advance and kept refrigerated or frozen so that you have plenty of time to assemble the final product. There are also guidelines for increasing the recipes to suit specific needs, with lots of tips to help you create your own masterpiece.

This book shows you how to apply popular craft techniques to cake decorating, creating edible crafts using fondant icing (sugar paste), modelling paste, chocolate paste, buttercream icing, ganache and royal icing. Whether you are a baker or cake decorator who would like to learn new crafts and apply them to your cakes or a crafter who would like to learn to bake and decorate cakes, there is something for everyone. Katrien chose tray bake cakes (rectangular sheet cakes) to work on, keeping the shape simple and focusing on the craft techniques used to decorate them. The cake is a blank canvas on which artwork is created. The inspiration for the decorative designs comes from paper crafts, mosaics, embroidery, printed fabric patterns, quilting, applique and whatever craft you can imagine. This book features 18 cake craft projects from start to finish, as well as mini cakes, showing you step by step how to create your own works of art. As an added bonus there are some tried and trusted recipes for cakes, buttercream, ganache and fondant icing as well as designs to use in decorations.

There has been a huge revival in home-made or artisanal products. People are moving away from manufactured products, returning to the tastes and memories of yesteryear. This book is an exploration into the world of forgotten sweets and candies - among the recipes are many well-loved favourites as well as some that have been rediscovered or simply created through the combination of retro flavours. While most recipes keep the spirit of the original candy, interesting new interpretations have also been included for the modern cook. This is what's on offer: Essential information about equipment, ingredients and techniques; Loads of hints and tips throughout; More than 50 foolproof recipes for toffee, caramels, truffles, fudge, filled chocolates, marshmallows, nougat and much more; Decorating ideas and packaging suggestions. There is plenty of detailed information for the beginner and lots of new ideas and mouthwatering recipes to inspire the seasoned candy maker. The magnificent photographs of the various sweets will soon have you drooling and raring to start boiling sugar. Whether you are making these delicious indulgences for friends and family, as gifts or to sell at craft or farmers' markets, this book is essential to ensure success. And everybody deserves a little something sweet.

1 Dough, 50 Cookies
This book makes it easy to create 50 different and delicious dishes just by using 1 basic recipe. An easy-to-follow format with clear instructions and ingredients list to show the basic recipe. Appealing padded format and beautiful shot of each finished recipe. Perfect for cooks of all levels and a proven success.

One Batter = 50 Muffins
From just one simple batter, create fifty mouth-watering muffins. Whether it's for a healthy breakfast snack, indulgent mid-afternoon nibble or a dreamy dessert, muffins are versatile and easy make - the ultimate convenience food! Inspirational photographs and clear instructions make the recipes a doddle, so with a little help from this kitchen-side guide, you'll soon be baking beautiful, tasty creations to enjoy with friends and family.

Cupcakes & Bakes
Love Food? This stylish cookbook will help feed your passion by offering a collection of delicious recipes that are straightforward to prepare, don't require hours in the kitchen, and are also a feast for the eyes. Whether you are making a sticky chocolate treat, a fruity muffin or a sophisticated cupcake you will love using these exciting recipes and see great results every time. Each mouth-watering recipe is clearly set out with a list of ingredients, preparation and cooking times, step by step instructions and a beautiful photograph of the finished result.

In his stunning new baking and desserts cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi and his long-time collaborator Helen Goh bring the Ottolenghi hallmarks of fresh, evocative ingredients, exotic spices and complex flavourings - including fig, rose petal, saffron, aniseed, orange blossom, pistachio and cardamom - to indulgent cakes, biscuits, tarts, puddings, cheesecakes and ice cream.

Sweet includes over 110 innovative recipes, from Blackberry and Star Anise Friands, Tahini and Halva Brownies, Persian Love Cakes, Middle Eastern Millionaire’s Shortbread, and Saffron, Orange and Honey Madeleines to Flourless Chocolate Layer Cake with Coffee, Walnut and Rosewater and Cinnamon Pavlova with Praline Cream and Fresh Figs.

There is something here to delight everyone – from simple mini-cakes and cookies that parents can make with their children to showstopping layer cakes and roulades that will reignite the imaginations of accomplished bakers.

Katrien van Zyl shares fresh, original ideas for easy wedding cake toppers. Choose from a wide variety of poses, facial features, accessories and hairstyles to create a cake topper to suit the happy couple. 20 projects with lots of variations; Clear, step-by-step instructions; Easy to make and personalise.

One of South Africa’s fastest growing food Facebook groups, I Love Baking SA, brought to you by Stork, now brings you a recipe book of 70 of your all-time favourite cakes, biscuits and treats.

Bake your way through the classics from Jane Eclair to Tart of Darkness, Banana Karenina and On the Rocky Road, Flapjack and the Beanstalk, Nineteen-eighty Petit Fours and many more! The most novel way to get to grips with the classics, Scone with the Wind features 75 delicious literary inspired recipes. Arranged by genre, enjoy biscuits and cakes, puddings and pies from romance and comedy through to horror and science fiction, and discover fun, edible versions of your favourite books. Includes witty introductions and amusing illustrations throughout, baking essentials and themed menus for book clubs, parties and afternoon teas. The ultimate treat for book (and cake) lovers! Recipes include: Breakfast at Tiffins, Whoopie Pies and Prejudice, Key Lime and Punishment, Captain Corelli's Madeleines, To Kill a Battenberg, Finnegan's Cake, Vanity Fairy Cakes, Middlemarshmallows, Eton Mess of the D'Urbervilles, Life of Pecan Pie, Alone in Berliner, Lord of the Mille-feuilles, The War of the Viennese Whirls, James and the Giant Peach Cobbler, Much Ado About Muffins, The Cherry Pie Orchard, Scone with the Wind and more!

Being a classic baker Martjie shares her passion for precision, and makes it doable with easy to follow steps, grounded on basic techniques and guidelines, sharing secrets few other baking books offer. Martjie guides you seemlessly from basic recipes, gradually giving you the confidence and experience to master the more difficult, technical ones.

A joy to read, and a feast for the eyes, it showcases an essential selection of quality recipes, helping you create a menu for every occasion. From Martjies legendary Meringue cake to her dark chocolate tart, she teaches you the art of the flakiest melt in your mouth pies, simple crumpets, french pancakes, basic tips and secrets. Perfect for the newly wed or anyone wanting to take their baking skills to the next level.

Bestselling cake decorating author and world-renown sugarcraft teacher, Lindy Smith shows you how to make a wedding cake with the minimum of fuss but with maximum effect! Today's brides are looking for simple wedding cakes that look modern and stylish but also want unique wedding cakes that don't cost the earth. This step-by-step guide will show you how to create a wide range of styles for modern simple wedding cakes, using the latest trends in cake decorating and wedding design, for a DIY wedding cake book like no other! Lindy Smith is one of the world's best-selling cake decorators, and has sold over half a million books worldwide. The simple wedding cakes in this book feature on-trend designs that break with tradition, using styles, colours and shapes that today's brides are looking for. With achievable wedding cake designs and accessible cake decorating techniques, this book covers the whole process of making a wedding cake - from conception to construction to decoration and even demolition!

The must-have companion cook book to Nadiya's new BBC cookery series.

Feeding a family and juggling a busy work load can be really tricky so Nadiya has crafted over 100 recipes that will teach you how to be time-smart in the kitchen. Featuring recipes that are both quick and easy to make, as well as those that have shortcuts to creating second - and even third - delicious meals without any additional preparation, Nadiya will share with you all her tips and hacks for making meal prep as simple as possible. Spin leftovers into completely new meals, learn the most effective way to use your freezer and discover just how easy it can be to batch cook without needing to have the same meal every night.

Covering breakfast, lunch, dinner and desserts - with recipes that will give you leftovers to have as snacks in between - Nadiya shows you how she manages to always have home-cooked food at hand for her family.

Recipes include:

• Avocado Pesto
• Berry Breakfast Trifle
• Bao Buns with Spicy Tuna
• Prawn Malay Rice
• One Tray Peanut Chicken
• Jackfruit Curry
• Nutella Mousse
• Mango Peach Mint Sorbet

In this fabulous new book, Lorraine Pascale, Britain's beloved chef and tv personality, brings together the two hottest trends in cookery right now: baking and eating lighter, healthier meals! Lorraine's dreamt up 100 delicious, easy recipes, all fully illustrated, ranging from savoury scones and coconut and lime loaf to apricot and ginger chiffon cake, sesame pretzel buns and cauliflower gratin bakes. Lorraine reinvents traditional favourites (her amazing brownies) but shows us neat shortcuts to cut the fat or the sugar-without losing any of the flavour. They are goodies with goodness. Each recipe has a comparison with a standard version so you can see just how much better for you Lorraine's way is.

Slegs volwassenes ...Dis kostelik om te sien hoe iemand wat 'n happie neem van wat op die oog af soos 'n doodgewone kolwyntjie lyk en dan uitvind dat dit eintlik 'n kinkel in die vorm van 'n gewilde drankie bevat, se gesig ophelder. Die skrywer van Kolwyntjies met skop het baie jare in die buiteland deurgebring waar haar man gewerk het, en daar begin eksperimenteer met kolwyntjies wat alkohol in verskeie vorms bevat. Sy kon sommer gou skaars voorbly om in die vraag daarna te voorsien. Hierdie versameling resepte is deeglik getoets, verfyn en waar nodig aangepas om te verseker dat hulle feitlik flatervry is. Sommige kolwyntjies se versiering bevat likeur, by ander is daar wyn of bier in die beslag self, en by verskeie word jou hap na die middel toe beloon met 'n verleidelike, loperige binnekant van die gewildste skemerkelkies. Stap-vir-stap-aanwysings verduidelik presies hoe elke kolwyntjie gemaak word, en hoewel dit in hierdie boek nie gaan oor koekversiering as sodanig nie, sluit die skrywer fantastiese idees in om die kolwyntjies so op te dollie dat dit so 'n ietsie van die ongewone aard daarvan weerspieel. Die lieflike volbladfoto's van elke baksel kolwyntjies sal selfs die traagste bakker aanspoor om die resepte op die proef te stel, en die nuttige wenke wat deurgaans verskyn, sal help om sukses te verseker. Daar is ook heelwat voorstelle vir alternatiewe en aanbevelings vir plaasvervangers as jy nie spesifieke drankies in die drankkabinet het nie. Met omskakeltabelle, basiese inligting oor kolwyntjies en feite oor alkohol en hoe dit in beslag en versiersuiker reageer, het jy toegang tot alles wat jy moet weet om jou eie kolwyntjies met skop te bak. Of jou gunstelingdrankie Pina Colada of blos-vonkelwyn, Mai Tai of chardonnay is, hierdie boek wil jy he - laatmiddagtee sal net nooit weer dieselfde wees nie!

Katrien van Zyl deel vars, oorspronklike idees vir maklike bruidspare om op troukoeke te gebruik. Kies uit verskeie kombinasies, gelaatstrekke, haarstyle en bykomstighede en skep iets wat soos die bruidspaar lyk vir wie die koek bedoel is. 20 projekte met hope variasies; Duidelike stap-vir-stap aanwysings; Maklik om te maak en by die spesifieke bruidspaar te laat pas.

For adults only ...When someone is presented with a plate of seemingly ordinary cupcakes and told that it is in fact a twist on their favourite alcoholic drink, it's amazing to see how their eyes light up. The author and her family spent many years as "expats" during which time she started experimenting with alcohol-infused versions of cupcakes and soon could not keep up with the demand. This collection of recipes has been tested, tweaked and adjusted where necessary to ensure that they are practically flop-proof. Some have liqueur in the icing, some have wine or beer in the cake itself, and others have seductive soft centres oozing with delightful cocktail ingredients. Step-by-step instructions explain clearly how the cupcakes are made, and while this book is not about cake decorating, the author includes fabulous ideas for making the cupcakes reflect something of their special nature. Gorgeous full-page photographs of every cupcake will inspire even the most reluctant cook to try them and helpful hints and tips throughout will help ensure success. There are also lots of suggested alternatives and recommendations for substitutions. Conversion tables and basic facts about alcohol and how it reacts in batter and icing complete the information you need to replicate the scrumptious cupcakes. So whether your favourite tipple is beer stout or pink champagne, your ideal cocktail Pina Colada or a Margarita, you want this book. It will change the nature of high tea forever!

Katrien is dol oor sjokolade en gebruik dit as versiering vir koeke omdat dit so 'n veelsydige medium is. In hierdie boek wys sy jou hoe om pragtig versierde koeke te skep: vars, eietyds, prettig en onweerstaanbaar. Daar is tegnieke en idees vir almal, of jy nou sommer 'n klaargemaakte koek koop en versier of met sorg jou eie heerlike koek bak volgens die resepte in die boek, of jy net vir spesiale geleenthede iets bak, of daagliks oonde vol koeke vir 'n tuisbedryf kafdraf. Met meer as 20 oorspronklike koekontwerpe, asook klein sjokoladeversierings, minikoeke en kolwyntjies, alles stap vir stap gedemonstreer, kan jy maklike leer hoe om jou eie meesterstukke te skep. Katrien deel wenke en kortpaaie wat sy met jare se eksperimente ontdek het. Die koekresepte is deeglik getoets, en saam met die smullekker vulselresepte met riglyne vir die vermeerdering van bestanddele na gelang van jou behoefte, asook patrone vir die versierings, maak dit van hierdie boek 'n onmisbare gids vir almal wat graag bak. Die inhoud dek die volgende: Basiese tegnieke; gereedskap; soorte sjokolade; hoe om met sjokolade te werk; die vul en bedek van koeke; hoe om koeke te stapel; koekbordversiering; ontwerpe; basiese resepte; porsiegids; vervoer en bere; uitmekaarhaal en sny; patrone. Die pragfoto's laat reg geskied aan die pragkoeke wat elkeen daarvan getuig dat koekbak 'n kunsvorm geword het. Die projekte is gegradeer van maklik tot gevorderd, dus is daar iets vir almal.

Hierdie boek wys jou hoe om gewilde kunshandwerktegnieke in koek-versiering toe te pas en met behulp van fondantversiersel, modelleer-pasta, sjokoladedeeg, botterversiersel, ganache en harde versiersel eetbare handwerkitems te skep. Of jy nou 'n bakker of koekversierder is wat nuwe tegnieke wil aanleer om in jou koekversiering te gebruik, of 'n handwerker wat graag wil leer koekbak en -versier, hier is vir elkeen iets van waarde. Katrien werk met plaatkoeke (reghoekige enklellaag-koeke) as basis sodat die koekvorm eenvoudig is en jy kan fokus op die handwerktegnieke wat vir versiering gebruik word. Die koek is die skoon skilderdoek waarop kunswerk geskep word. Die inspirasie vir die versiering kom van papierkuns, mosaiek, borduurwerk, lapdrukwerk, kwlit- en appliekwerk en enige handwerk waaraan jy kan dink. Daar is 18 koekprojekte, plus minikoeke, wat van begin tot einde stap vir stap verduidelik word sodat jy daarvolgens self kreatiewe koeke kan skep. Laaste, maar nie die minste nie, is daar getoetste en flatervrye resepte vir koeke, botterversiersel, ganache en fondantversiersel, asook ontwerpe wat jy vir jou koeke kan gebruik.

Daar is tans 'n groot herlewing in tuisgemaakte en handgemaakte produkte. Mense beweeg weg van "fabrieksgoed" en keer terug na die smake en geure van hul kinderdae. Hierdie boek is 'n ontdekkingsreis na die wereld van toeka se lekkergoed - onder die resepte is vele ou gunstelinge asook party wat herontdek is of geskep is deur 'n kombinasie van retro-geure. Waar moontlik is die gees van die oorspronklike lekkergoed behou, maar daar is ook 'n paar nuwe interpretasies vir die moderne kok. Dit is wat die boek bied: Noodsaaklike inligting oor toerusting, benodigdhede en tegnieke; Hope wenke en praktiese raad; Meer as 50 flatervrye resepte vir toffies, tameletjie, fudge, gevulde sjokolade, truffels, malvalekkers, nouga, suigstokkies, jellielekkers en veel meer; Idees vir versiering, en verpakkingsvoorstelle. Hier is genoeg besonderhede om 'n beginner aan die kook te kry en heelwat nuwe idees om gesoute lekkergoedmakers te inspireer. Die manjifieke foto's van die verskillende lekkergoed sal jou vir seker laat kwyl en aanspoor om die suiker aan die kook te kry. Of jy hierdie soete verleiding vir vriende en familie maak of om by handwerk- en plaasmarkte te verkoop, hierdie boek sal jou help om sukses te smaak. Almal verdien mos nou en dan 'n soetigheidjie.

Cake O'Clock has everything you need to whip up a sweet storm in the kitchen. Dazzle your friends with plates of baked goodies, from decadent tortes and lighter-than-air sponges to super-scrummy cupcakes and stunning celebration cakes. With a baked delight for any occasion, it's time to get creative with your very own homemade treats. Packed with classic family favourites and show-stopping new ideas, this book is the icing on the cake for anyone who loves to bake. Word count: 30,000