The more, the merrier.

This book is for anyone who has to serve a large gathering of friends, family or formal acquaintances. It covers every type of occasion, from dinner parties or early evening canapés to weddings, huge barbecues – and even funerals. One chapter deals with school or sport camps, with recipes for anything from 25 to 100 kids.

From starters to desserts, the recipes serve 12, 25 or 50 lucky people.

With loads of advice and numerous practical tips for working with large quantities of food, cooking for a hungry hoard has never been as simple.

The delectable recipes include:

• Breakfast, brunch and light lunch
• By hand or by fork
• Dinner parties
• Funeral food
• One dish wonders
• Wedding bells and family celebrations
• Camping kids
• Extreme cuisine

Both stylish and playful, Cakes to celebrate love and life offers a wide variety of bakes from across the world, including traditional cakes, modern creations and everything in between. Each contribution features the creative twist so characteristic of the Cakebread team and its motto ‘We don’t make mistakes, we simply keep inventing new recipes’. Now available in soft cover, this unique collection of 89 recipes marries exotic with local, old with new, stylish with school fete, and each is lavishly photographed in colour. Whatever milestone you may be celebrating – a christening, a child’s birthday, an anniversary, a wedding or any other special event, you will ?nd inspiration in these easy-to-make cakes. In fact, it’s enough to make any cake lover, from novice to experienced baker, grab an apron and mixing bowl with renewed enthusiasm.

Callie en Mari-Louis maak jou lewe makliker met maaltye in een pot, braai- of oondpan – spaar elektrisieteit en arbeid met boonop die minimum skottelgoed.

Heerlike en moeite-vrye resepte vir bees-, hoender- of varkvleis, asook wors, spekvleis en ham, frikkadelle en selfs vleislose geregte. Elk met ’n stysel en groente om ’n volledige maaltyd te maak.