There's nothing quite like the flavour and aroma of freshly baked bread. Your bread machine gives the pleasure of both with the least effort on your part. This book is for those who are new to bread making and those who want to expand their repertoire of recipes. It takes you through the basic techniques and provides foolproof advice on how to make the perfect loaf. From simple, straightforward loaves, which cost a fraction of the shop-bought equivalent, to more elaborately flavoured and handshaped creations, you'll discover over a hundred delicious recipes that make the most of your bread machine's potential. If you are concerned about what goes into the food you eat, you can now decide the ingredients of your daily bread yourself, and make bread that you will love. There are chapters on breads for those on special or restricted diets, such as gluten-free, and recipes using spelt and rye flours. All recipes are suitable for all makes of bread machine, and most recipes include ingredients for medium or large loaves or a small loaf using a compact bread machine.

Larousse Patisserie and Baking is the complete guide from the authoritative French cookery brand Larousse. It covers all aspects of baking - from simple everyday cakes and desserts to special occasion show-stoppers. There are more than 200 recipes included, with everything from a quick-mix yoghurt cake to salted caramel tarts and a spectacular mixed berry millefeuille. Special features on baking for children, lighter recipes and quick bakes, among many others, provide a wealth of ideas. More than 30 extremely detailed step-by-step technique sections ensure your bakes are perfect every time. The book also includes workshops on perfecting different types of pastry, handling chocolate, cooking jam and much more, demonstrated in clear, expert photography. This is everything you need to know about pastry, patisserie and baking from the cookery experts Larousse.

Owner of the popular Los Angeles bakery Friends & Family, Roxana Jullapat knows that all-purpose flour is an easy route to success. But for cooks eager to use the new array of grains grown locally in the United States and their flours, she has more than eighty creations, many drawn from the familiar pastry case of cookies, cakes, scones, breads and pies, only with an alternative, healthier kick. Organised around the eight "mother" grains-barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rice, rye, sorghum and wheat-this cookbook bursts with the chewiness of rye chocolate chip cookies, the intensity of white cheddar cornmeal biscuits and the rich earthiness of sorghum pecan pie. With recipes from corn polenta ice cream to shiitake mushroom, leek and toasted barley soup, and enough variations to inspire a range of sweet and savoury cooking, Mother Grains-featuring shopping and storing tips, essays on the history of each grain and sunny step-by-step photos-should sit on any devoted baker's shelf.

Unlock the Secrets of Macarons, One Scrumptious Recipe at a Time From macaron master Camila Hurst comes your ultimate resource for making perfect macarons. Whether you've already tried making this delicious but oh-so tricky treat or are getting started for the first time, let Camila be your personal guide through every step of the process. You'll learn the fundamentals with an in-depth tutorial for perfect plain shells, packed with step-by-step photos and all of Camila's best tips and tricks gathered from her experience baking thousands of macarons over the years. There are even sections dedicated to shell decorating, sourcing the right ingredients and tools, as well as troubleshooting common problems. Practice your newfound skills across 10 shell flavors and 40 drool-worthy recipes for fillings, and soon you'll be whipping up gorgeous macarons that will wow everyone who tries them! Discover awe-inspiring creations such as: - Fleur de Sel Caramel Macarons - Snickerdoodle Macarons - Birthday Cake Macarons - Pistachio Macarons - Black Sesame Matcha Macarons - Chili Hot Chocolate Macarons With clear instructions, a treasure trove of knowledge and mouthwatering recipes, Macaron School will put you on the path to macaron mastery.

Whole-grain sourdough is a wonderful way of making delicious, nutritious bread at home, but there are a lot of different methods and advice out there. How do you know what will give you the best results? This booklet aims to keep it simple and give you the essential information you need to create your own rye starter, with no added commercial yeast, and bake a great whole-grain loaf with it. There are also recipes for other baked goods using the same starter, including English muffins, pizza dough, pancakes, muffins and crackers. This book will demystify the process of making sourdough and help you to be able to say with confidence, 'Sourdough is simple!'.

Accompanying the Channel 4 series, A Baker's Life contains 100 of Paul Hollywood's very best baking recipes, which have been finessed over decades spent as a baker.

Each chapter is filled with bakes that represent a different decade - learning the basics at his father's bakery; honing his pastry skills in the finest hotels; discovering the bold flavours of the Middle East while working in Cyprus; and finding fame with the phenomenally popular Great British Bake Off television series.

Thanks to this book (and its clear step-by-step instructions), recipes that Paul has spent years perfecting can be recreated at home. Favourites include garlic baguettes; feta and chive bread; chorizo and chilli Scotch eggs; mum's ginger biscuits; double chocolate Danish twists; and hazelnut cappuccino cake.

With photographs from personal family albums, plus many professional insights into and anecdotes that reveal what makes a great baker, A Baker's Life will show you how to bring the baking skills Paul has learnt over a lifetime into your own home kitchen.

The Cake Parlour: Sweet Tables Bring some serious wow factor to your party cake displays with a sumptuous sweet table design - combining cakes, cookies, cupcakes, cake pops and more to stunning effect! With this gorgeous book, from award-winning wedding cake designer Zoe Clark, you will learn how to design and make your own stunning dessert tables and sweet tables. The book features six gorgeous sweet table themes, with over 40 cake decorating projects, each designed to be colour coordinated and visually stunning. Recreate each theme in full, or pick out individual elements to create a simple baking display. Includes step-by-step cake decorating techniques and delicious cake recipes so that you can get started straight away! Inside The Cake Parlour: Sweet Tables: Sweet Table Designs - six themed sweet table projects for you to make, with tiered cake centrepieces, cupcakes and cookies, cake pops, macaroons, mini cakes, fondant fancies, and loads of other baked treats. Cake Decorating Techniques - all the essential techniques and cake recipes that you need to know to make the sweet table displays, including techniques for piping buttercream frosting, covering with fondant icing and sugarpaste, and stacking tiered cakes.

Add a professional touch to your cakes with this essential new book Expert sugar flower maker, Alison Procter shows you how to create an array of beautiful flowers using simplified techniques and the minimum of cutters. Her breathtaking cakes, for all occasions, are adorned with pretty side designs which ofte reflect the petal and leaf shapes of the flowers in the main arrangement.

This book features delectable mousses, ice creams, terrines, puddings, pies, pastries and cookies, shown step by step in more than 270 gorgeous photographs. It is an irresistible collection of recipes, which demonstrate the wonderful versatility of coffee in the kitchen. It features all the classic coffee desserts and cakes, such as Tiramisu, Coffee Coeurs a la Creme, Mocha Sponge Cake and Cappuccino Torte. It also includes coffee-infused variations of recipes, such as Coffee Custard Tart, Sticky Pear Pudding, Danish Coffee Pastries and Coffee Cream Profiteroles. You can choose from delicious souffles and meringues, puddings, fruit and iced desserts, melt-in-the-mouth cakes, pastries, breads and biscuits. It contains over 270 photographs, which include step-by-step instructions and a glorious picture of every finished dish. This sumptuous cookbook is dedicated to exploring coffee with new and exciting recipes for all occasions, from iced delights, luxurious tortes and melt-in-the-mouth pies and pastries, to satisfying and more-ish biscuits and breads. The recipes give full scope to the imagination, showing how the rich taste of coffee can transform classic dishes into something really special. From simple sponges to tempting tarts and velvety cheesecakes, there are desserts to rival any professional confection. Some, such as Coffee Almond Marsala Slice, are perfect with mid-morning coffee. Others, like Coffee Chocolate Mousse Cake and Cappuccino Torte, make unforgettable dinner party finales. With updated recipes and classic pastries and cookies from all around the world, this is a beautifully presented book with clearly explained instructions and photographs.

’n Nuwe baba in die familie is altyd ’n vreugdevolle gebeurtenis en iets wat gevier moet word. Feesvierings kan egter ’n duur spulletjie word, veral as dit by gebak kom. Boonop is koekbak en -versiering iets waarteen baie mense opsien.

In Koeke vir babas wys Marlene dat die mooiste laagkoeke nie ’n onbegonne taak hoef te wees nie. Sy verduidelik hoe om versiersel te kleur, ganache te maak, koeklae egalig deur te sny en verskeie lae op mekaar te stapel sonder dat dit omval. Kaalkoeke (naked cakes) en ombrékoeke word selfs vir die mees onervare bakster maklik gemaak.

Daar is resepte vir elke smaak, van gewone vanielje- en sjokoladekoek, die immergewilde rooifluweel- en wortelkoek, geurige lemoen- en pynappelkoek, tot smullekker klam Hummingbird-koek. Verskeie versiersels en strope is ook ingesluit.

Met behulp van hierdie boek hoef jy jou nie weer te bekommer oor wat om vir watter geleentheid te bak nie, want daar is koekidees vir die bekendstelling van die baba se geslag, ooievaarstees, verjaardae en morskoeke (smash cakes) vir die belangrike klein mensie.

Kom, trek aan jou voorskoot en bak dit self.

With growing interest in fermentation and the medical benefits of a Mediterranean diet, Armenian food offers a new take on healthful deliciousness. It combines the best flavors and techniques of Mediterranean and central European cuisines into fresh and satisfying dishes, served with plenty of pickles, sides, and the soft, ubiquitous bread known as lavash. An ode to Armenian food and culture, Lavash is part cookbook, part travelogue, and part lookbook of tempting food and revealing atmospheric photography. More than 60 recipes―arranged by course―cover authentic breads and everything you eat with them, from soups and salads to mains and sweets. For both armchair travelers and home cooks, here's a book as enticing in the reading as its recipes are to the palate.

Starting with creating your own starter from scratch, she covers basic breadmaking techniques accompanied by step-by-step photography so you can master the basics before going on to experiment with different flavours for delicious and healthy breads. Laced with an abundance of flavour options and inspiring cultural notes, Sourdough School celebrates the timeless craft of artisan baking.

Master the art of decorating cakes with buttercream flowers in this stunning book from cake artist and tutor Neetha Syam. Neetha's strong, vibrant style and novel techniques make her designs really stand out from the crowd. In particular, she has developed a unique way of working that involves painting the flowers onto the cake using a palette knife, and the book will include both this and the more traditional piping technique to show how to create a multitude of flowers and how to decorate ten glorious cakes. The book includes a materials and tools section and some basic cake recipes, as well as sections on making and colouring buttercream, preparing piping bags, and covering and stacking cakes. Projects range from cupcakes to one, two and three-tiered cakes, featuring Neetha's stunning piped and palette-knife painted flowers, leaves and embellishments. Whether you are a home baker or experienced cake decorator, Neetha's designs will not fail to inspire you to create cakes that look as mouth-wateringly delicious as they taste!

Learn to make your own sourdough starter--and delicious breads and other baked goods! No instant or active yeast required! What if the secret to authentic, natural, and delicious bread comes from making your own starter--the agent that incorporates wild yeast and bacteria into your bread, bringing it to life and giving it rich and robust flavor? With years of culinary experience and training, French baker Mouni Abdelli invites you to discover the joy and satisfaction of making your own natural sourdough starter, which offers unrivaled flavor and releases the full nutritional and digestive benefits of the bread you bake. Unlike mass-produced and unwholesome industrially made bread, making your own homemade baked bread is a return to natural, nourishing ingredients, and an invitation to slow down and return to the simple and magical process of breadmaking. With Abdelli's guidance and recipes, you will first learn to make your own sourdough starter from scratch, then learn to work it into multiple recipes based on your taste and the other ingredients. You'll learn to make many kinds of bread, including sourdough bread, baguettes, ciabatta, challah, tortillas, and pita. You'll also be able to use your starter to move beyond bread and make delicious waffles, brownies, pizza dough, donuts, and more! Over the course of the book, you will become a breadmaking expert as you learn to maintain your starter--feeding it, storing it, and using it to make the best homemade breads and baked goods you have ever tasted!

There's nothing like a homemade cake to celebrate a special occasion, especially where children are concerned, and no matter what that occasion you'll find something to fit the bill in this selection of 9 fabulous children's cakes. You can make them exactly as shown or adapt them to suit yourself. By following the illustrated step-by-step instructions and practical advice, even beginners will be able to make these imaginative cakes. You'll learn how to make buttercream, cover cakes like a professional, create a range of fun cake characters and use a variety of piping techniques. Even experienced cake makers will enjoy the inspirational and inventive approach. These cakes are sure to make your children's faces light up with glee and soon have them clamouring for more.

Well-known for her artistic cake designs, Bets of Magnolia Kitchen is a force to be reckoned with. From humble beginnings, she now runs a sweet cafe, wholesale distribution business and online shop delivering her retail products worldwide, while maintaining a strong following on Instagram. As well as her amazingly creative custom cakes, Bets is celebrated for her macarons, doughnuts, gourmet s'mores and many more mouth-watering treats. In her first cookbook she shares her journey and her widely-sought-after recipes so that you can enjoy the deliciousness at home. With step-by-step instructions for cake decorating and making macarons, and a full range of allergy-friendly recipes, this is a must-have book for anyone interested in baking and eating.

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.

A brand-new baking collection from Bake Off's Chetna Makan, with over 80 deliciously-tempting recipes that combine her love of simple home cooking with creative flavour twists. Chetna's popular and accessible style has charmed millions of people since her first appearance on our screens in The Great British Bake Off. Since then, she has written several bestselling cookbooks that combine her creative flavours with a love of simple Indian home cooking. In this new collection, Chetna showcases delicious sweet and savoury bakes which have easy-to-find ingredients and simple-to-follow methods, but a special flavour twist to make your bakes sing and shine. That could be a spice you might not expect, such as star anise in a tarte Tatin, a fusion of global incidences such as Masala Focaccia, or a twist on a classic, such as a drizzle cake dazzling with mango and ginger. Proving once again that simple baking methods are the best, Chetna's inspirational recipes are a joy to make and share with your favourite people. RECIPES INCLUDE: Cherry Almond Honey Cake Onion Masala Focaccia Orange & Cinnamon Savarin Raspberry Coconut Cheesecake Saffron Fennel Pound Cake Peanut Masala Tear and Share Bread Mango & Lime Meringue Pie

Now back in stock! A delightfully vintage-feel baking cookbook with everything a new baker needs, including explanations of essential ingredients and equipment, basic techniques and recipes, plus key culinary terms and handy conversions, followed by over 90 easy-to-follow recipes accompanied by mouthwatering photography. From millionaire's shortbread and delectable cupcakes to savoury delights such as pasties and quiches, all kinds of baking are covered.

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE CLASSIC JEWISH COOKBOOK WITH NEW RECIPES AND MATERIAL In this internationally acclaimed book, Claudia Roden interweaves more than 800 recipes with the stories and histories that have shaped Jewish cooking over the centuries. The recipes are treasures garnered from almost sixteen years of Roden's research around the world, enjoying the immense diversity of traditional Jewish food. Roden shares the most essential dishes from her native Egypt and beyond, taking us on a journey through the Jewish Diaspora: from the Ashkenazi world there is hallah bread, wine-poached salmon and luscious plum tarts, and the Sephardi chapter boasts an array of tabbouleh, falafel and the inimitable orange Passover cake. The result is a cookbook unlike any other: a learned, loving and delicious tribute to the variety and vitality of Jewish culture the world over. With new material for this special twenty-fifth anniversary edition, this is the definitive book of Jewish cuisine; a celebration of the food, and the people, that have shaped our culinary world as we know it.

The brand-new official book from The Great British Bake Off Tuck into your all-time favourite flavours and a good sprinkling of Bake Off magic with our easy-to-follow recipes. A feast for both the eyes and the taste buds, these flavourful bakes will leave you inspired to mix and match different combinations, or to indulge yourself with some classic tastes and textures. Whether you're looking for a tart blackcurrant millefeuille, a fresh passion fruit trifle, a sticky ginger treacle tart or a rich chocolate and speculoos cake - Paul, Prue, the Bake Off team and the 2022 bakers are here to show you how to get the perfect result. From earthy to spicy, and from tangy to creamy, this book showcases how to bring out the very best flavours in whatever you create. Featuring recipes from the 2022 contestants: Abdul Rehman Sharif, Carole Edwards, Dawn Hollyoak, James Dewar, Janusz Domgala, Kevin Flynn, Maisam Algirgeet, Maxy Maligisa, Nelsandro "Sandro" Farmhouse, Rebecca "Rebs" Lightbody, Syabira Yusoff, William "Will" Hawkins

The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible Learn over 150 cake decorating techniques with The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, the international bestseller from renowned sugarcraft expert Lindy Smith. This is the ultimate guide to contemporary cake designs - you will learn how to make decorated cakes, starting with basic sugarcraft tools, baking recipes and ingredients, and finishing with advanced modelling techniques, including royal icing stencilling, brush embroidery, buttercream piping, using sugar cutters and moulds, making cake jewellery, and so much more! Get creative straight away with simple, step-by-step instructions for more than 80 celebration cake, mini cake, cupcake, and cookie designs. Essential tips and advice are included for all skill levels, from complete beginners to the most confident of cake decorators, and you can even learn how to make Lindy Smith's signature 'wonky cakes'. Inside The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible: The Basics - delicious cake and cupcake recipes, and recipes for making your own sugarpaste (rolled fondant), royal icing, sugar glue, buttercream, and more! This section of the book also includes instructions for making round, square and ball cakes, assembling tiered cakes, and carving and assembling wonky cake designs. Cake Decorating Techniques - here you will find 11 chapters each covering a huge range of essential cake decorating techniques, all explained with easy-to-follow step instructions and clear photography. Topics covered include: Carving Colour Painting Stencilling Cutters Flowers Embossing Tools Piping Moulds Cake Jewellery Contemporary Cake Designs - step by step instructions teach you how to make each of the 80 amazing cake designs featured in the book, from tiered cakes to cute cupcake and cookies. With this comprehensive guide you will discover everything you need to know to create celebration cakes that are beautiful, unique and truly contemporary.

"An excellent resource for home bakers looking to up their pie game." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "The wide-ranging, well-curated mix of classic and contemporary recipes and expert advice make this an essential primer for avid home bakers." - Library Journal, starred review "Readers will find everything they'd ever want to know about making pie, and even the dough-fearful will feel ready to measure, roll, and cut." - Booklist, starred review "Fear of pie? Ken Haedrich to the rescue. Pie Academy takes you through everything pie related -- perfect crusts, fillings, crimping techniques, blind baking, lattice toppings and more." -- Kathy Gunst, coauthor of Rage Baking and resident chef for NPR's Here and Now "A true baker's delight."-- Amy Traverso, Yankee magazine food editor and author of The Apple Lover's Cookbook Trusted cookbook author and pie expert Ken Haedrich delivers the only pie cookbook you'll ever need: Pie Academy. Novice and experienced bakers will discover the secrets to baking a pie from scratch, with recipes, crust savvy, tips and tutorials, advice about tools and ingredients, and more. Foolproof step-by-step photos give you the confidence you need to choose and prepare the best crust for different types of fillings. Learn how to make pie dough using butter, lard, or both; how to work with all-purpose, whole-wheat, or gluten-free flour; how to roll out dough; which pie pan to use; and how to add flawless finishing details like fluting and lattice tops. Next are 255 recipes for every kind and style of pie, from classic apple pie and pumpkin pie to summer berry, fruit, nut, custard, chiffon, and cream pies, freezer pies, slab pies, hand pies, turnovers, and much more. This beast of a collection, with gorgeous color photos throughout, weighs in at nearly four pounds and serves up forty years of pie wisdom in a single, satisfying package.