Today, a bread machine can make baking easier than ever before. Discover the different features of your machine and find out about ingredients. Learn how to adapt much-loved recipes for a bread machine, and how to incorporate traditional bread-making techniques to make more unusual breads. With 370 photographs, including step-by-step techniques, this is the essential guide to bread-machine baking.

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Rich and chocolaty, light and lemony, small and sweet and sprinkled with little hearts for Valentine's Day, these gourmet creations from a Le Cordon Bleu Chef taste heavenly and look beautiful. With recipes ranging from very adult, sophisticated creations for celebratory occasions to delectable treats kids will gobble up, this cupcake cookbook features something delicious for everyone and something special for every occasion. Pink and blue cupcakes, topped with color-coordinated binkies, will charm guests at a baby shower. Coffee-Brandy Cupcakes are a special treat for grown-ups only. Breakfast becomes just a little brighter with Cranberry-Pumpkin Seed cakes. There are even some healthy recipes featuring such unique ingredients as quinoa, Brazil nuts, green tea, lavender, and pomegranates. But for decadence, nothing beats the "Top Cat Cupcake" with chocolate icing dripping down the sides.
Throughout, stunning photos showcase every gorgeous delicacy, piled high with luscious frosting and presented in theme-appropriate paper cups. They'll provide every baker with inspiration to whip up delicacies as visually scrumptious as they are delicious

Treat your loved ones with Nadiya's collection of delicious and comforting family favourites 'A national treasure. Crowd-pleasing dishes that the whole family really will want to eat' Independent ________ Nadiya shares the food she loves to cook and eat with her family and friends, offering fast, easy and delicious new recipes for every kind of day. This cookbook shows you how to create the perfect dishes to complement the moments we value most with our loved ones, as well as simple and satisfying solutions for those tired nights and speedy showstoppers for impromptu feasts. Featuring delicious recipes such as . . . * BUTTER TURKEY CURRY with deliciously creamy sauce and white rice * SAMOSA PIE with an aromatic, hearty filling and crisp pastry shell * BRUSSEL SPROUT SLAW perfect for Christmas and all year round * CHICKEN AND RICE BAKE with fluffy grains and all wonderfully spiced * PEANUT HONEYCOMB BANANA CAKE with peanut butter icing and homemade honeycomb With over 100 easy and rewarding recipes, Nadiya's family favourites will soon become yours too. This is the cookbook you'll reach for time and time again for those memorable moments. You'll find quick meal solutions, food to lift the spirits, fuel for hungry bellies and feasts for friends. Let Nadiya's recipes fill your home with memories, just as they do hers. 'She baked her way into our hearts and hasn't stopped since' Prima *SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD*

Learn the all skills for making sugar flowers in this exquisite new collection from acclaimed sugar artist and bestselling author Jacqueline Butler. Building on the foundations established in Modern Sugar Flowers, this second volume introduces 20 new sugar flowers in various stages of bloom, as well as flower buds and leaves, using Jacqueline's signature pastel color palette. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of step-by-step photographs, you will learn not only how to master the flowers but also how to use them to create beautiful arrangements on 10 contemporary cake designs.

This book presents 150 recipes for muffins and cupcakes as well as plenty of different serving suggestions and topping ideas. This book details all the ingredients and equipment required and presents basic muffin and cupcake mixtures that can be used as the basis for any cake. Every recipe and technique is also clearly explained with the aid of beautiful step-by-step photographs. There are cook's tips, variations and nutritional breakdowns throughout.Whether you are an experienced baker or novice cook, or even cooking with children, this book will be a welcome addition to your kitchen shelf.

In Everyday Bakes to Showstopper Cakes, celebrity baker Mich Turner brings together a collection of recipes to take you all the way from the delicious everyday through to the spectacular. This cook book is perfect for those looking to sharpen up their baking skills and creat cakes and bakes that truly wow, filled with mouthwatering flavours Starting out with simple cakes, biscuits and cupcakes, once you have mastered this first level, Mich provides you with a few extra steps to turn these into fabulous creations. If you're looking for more of a challenge or to elevate a favourite, these bakes are easily adapted to create a true showstopper cake. The book is divided into sections with recipes on: Cupcakes - Start small with delicate but delicious bakes from carrot cupcakes with citrus drizzle to gin and tonic party cakes or marble ring cakes with double chocolate drip. Loaf cakes, traybakes and meringues - from raspberry and pistachio meringue roulade to a warming ginger loaf cake, these bakes are great for bakers of any ability. Layer cakes - Concoct a true show stopper with delicious and enticing layers, with recipes including red velvet cake with a white chocolate mirror glaze, strawberry shortcake floral stacks and chocolate fondant cake with fresh roses. Celebration cakes - Create piece de resistance for holidays, events and special occasions, from Halloween mini-rolls to Venetian easter eggs or a pirate pinata birthday cake. Covering a full range of bakery goods as well as perfect flavours, whether you are a novice baker or already know your rum baba from your roulade, you can be easily guided through these delicious bakes and simple but spectacular decoration techniques that make the most of wonderful flavours and perfect crumb.

This title features 25 bite-sized sweet treats. You can celebrate the irresistible world of cake pops with this delightful collection of little sweet creations on sticks - from cakes and cookies to tarts and pies. Recipes range from fun and frivolous, such as Frog Pops and Fairy Wand Pops, to exquisite adult indulgences, such as Tiramisu Pops and Amaretto Pops. There are some wonderfully seasonal pops, including Easter Cookie Pops, 4th July Pops and Christmas Tree Pops. A concise introduction covers key techniques and ingredients and the book is illustrated with fabulous photographs by Nicki Dowey. The latest sensation taking the baking world by storm, cake pops are the ultimate in cakey cuteness. A cross between a cake and a lollipop, these bite-sized morsels look almost too good to eat. The classic cake pop is a dense round ball made from a mixture of crumbled cake and rich frosting, dipped in a candy coating. In this little gift book, we take the concept even further with 25 winning recipes of miniature cakes, cookies, tarts, pies and many more sweet treats.Try handing them out at the end of a child's birthday party instead of party bags, or use Alphabet Pops as fun place settings at a dinner party - and Halloween Ghost Pops will be popular with trick-or-treaters of all ages. All the recipes are written in clear step-by-step format and are illustrated throughout. Whatever the occasion, with this selection of recipes you are sure to impress friends and family.

This is the complete practical guide to using your bread machine, fully revised and updated, with a collection of step-by-step recipes, shown in over 600 photographs. It includes over 150 recipes from simple basic breads to more skillful loaves and cakes, all specifically created to use in your bread machine. A detailed reference section examines all aspects of the bread machine, including different settings and programs, techniques and troubleshooting, as well as part-making handmade breads. It includes topics ranging from traditional breads and cakes, such as Farmhouse Loaf and Danish Pastries, to recipes adapted for modern bread machines such as Bread Machine Sourdough Bread and Goji Berry and Yogurt Teabread. This comprehensive guide to baking bread using a bread machine will show you how to make more types of loaf, roll and flatbread than you could ever imagine. The recipes are organized by styles of bread and include examples from many countries. Each has been specially tested on and adapted for a large range of bread machine models. The recipes cover world-famous classics such as Ciabatta and Soda Bread to fresh, modern creations such as Wholemeal Apple and Cider Bread, and Gluten- and Wheat-free Bread. Stunning photography, step-by-step techniques and a multitude of helpful cooks tips make this the ultimate book on bread machine baking.

As a follow-up to Layered, Tessa Huff returns with Icing on the Cake to dive deeper into dessert decoration and the presentation of layer cakes and other showstopping treats. Providing the confidence home bakers need to get creative, Icing on the Cake guides readers from cake pan to presentation to dessert plate. Organized by style, each dessert showcases a different decorative element, artistic pastry technique, or presentation idea. With hundreds of beautiful photos, including lots of step-by-steps, Icing on the Cake is a richly illustrated guide for creating delicious, beautiful desserts that will be the grand finale of any gathering.

Bread is a staple part of our diet in the West, yet all too often we rely on processed, packaged loaves that are low in nutrients and uniform in taste. Bread brings the excitement back to bread. The emphasis is on the pleasures of daily home-baking, whether you own a bread machine or mix your dough by hand. An authoritative introduction sets out the basics of bread making, from the equipment and ingredients you will need to the techniques necessary to achieve perfect results every time. The chapters that follow present a collection of more than 100 superb recipes for breads of all kinds - including everyday rolls and loaves, exotic flat breads, mouthwatering teabreads and bakes, rustic Mediterranean-style breads, and festive loaves for special occasions. Also featured is a number of gluten-free breads for those on a restricted diet, and a selection of recipes specially developed for use in breadmachines. Whether you are an experienced baker or a complete novice, Bread will revolutionise your morning toast, your lunchtime sandwich and your evening meal.

This title includes: recipes, techniques and decorations from the golden age of cake-making. It is a classic Victorian book by T. Percy Lewis and A.G. Bromley, brought to the modern reader with a foreword by Nicholas Lodge. Hand-tinted illustration plates of the finished cakes appear throughout the book, as well as close-ups of piping details. Notes for the modern reader have been included to assist today's baker in adjusting and adapting recipes, with tips on unusual equipment and archaic ingredients. It includes everything from making wedding cakes, gateaux and tartlets to piping lettering and making marzipan flowers. This nostalgic book will enchant all cake-makers, providing a fascinating source of baking and decorating ideas, as well as an insight into forgotten techniques. This book is a treasure from a golden age. Originally published at the turn of the century, during the heyday of cake-making, it was intended to become the standard work on cakes and confectionery, for use by both amateurs and professionals. There are recipes for all kinds of traditional Victorian cakes, biscuits and cookies, petits fours, shortbreads, pound and slab cakes, gingerbreads, marzipan and nougat, as well as a multitude of fillings, icings and frostings. The illustrations in the book are remarkable examples of the photographic techniques of the time; the original publishers claimed that the high-quality image work was unique, with 'every illustration reproduced from the actual cake'. The detail of the original volume has been preserved, resulting in a book to delight the eye and inspire the modern baker.

The acclaimed chef featured in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS series The Mind of a Chef and the Netflix docuseries Chef's Table explores the rich baking tradition of the Nordic region, with 450 tempting recipes for home bakers

Nordic culture is renowned for its love of baking and baked goods: hot coffee is paired with cinnamon buns spiced with cardamom, and cold winter nights are made cozier with the warmth of the oven. No one is better equipped to explore this subject than acclaimed chef Magnus Nilsson. In The Nordic Baking Book, Nilsson delves into all aspects of Nordic home baking - modern and traditional, sweet and savory - with recipes for everything from breads and pastries to cakes, cookies, and holiday treats.

No other book on Nordic baking is as comprehensive and informative. Nilsson travelled extensively throughout the Nordic region - Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden - collecting recipes and documenting the landscape. The 100 photographs in the book have been shot by Nilsson – now an established photographer, following his successful exhibitions in the US.

From the pubisher of Nilsson's influential and internationally bestselling Fäviken and The Nordic Cookbook.

This title offers 20 delectable recipes shown in 100 photographs. It is a delightful collection of pastries, from the wonderfully simple to the seriously indulgent. The recipes are inspired by many different cuisines and are divided into Little Tarts, Lunchtime Tarts and Fancy Tarts. Ideas include Onion and Mushroom Tartlets, Greek Feta Tart, Smoked Salmon Tart with Potato Pastry, Peach and Redcurrant Tartlets, and Apricot and Almond Tart. Straightforward instructions are accompanied by inspirational photographs to make every tart easily achievable and enjoyable to make. It includes a useful section of step-by-step techniques for making different types of pastry and fillings, with advice on using a food processor, rolling out and baking blind. Tips and variations are provided throughout, giving you a wealth of extra ideas. There are few things as irresistible as a freshly baked tart, whether it is filled with a simple custard or topped with golden, caramelized shallots. For those new to baking, the mysteries of light and crumbly pastry can seem a little daunting. This wonderful collection of recipes includes all the essential techniques you will need to ensure success every time. One of the most appealing aspects of tarts is their versatility, and this book contains delicious ideas for all sorts of occasions. There are ideas for mid-morning snacks, sweet tartlets to have with afternoon tea and elegant desserts for special suppers. Try Tomato, Feta and Olive Tartlets for a light lunch and serve Blueberry Frangipane Flan as the perfect finish for a dinner party. The useful techniques section provides all the guidance you will need to make perfect pastry, including basic recipes for shortcrust, rich shortcrust and pate sucree, and step-by-step techniques for rolling pastry out, lining tins and pans, and baking blind. This little book is a perfect addition to any kitchen shelf.