Mix and Bake. Belinda Jeffery baked her first cake at the age of five or six, standing by her beloved mother's side. Ever since then, baking has been her passion. In Mix & Bake, she shares 120 of her favourite recipes for cakes, scones, muffins, biscuits, slices, quick breads, pies and tarts, in the hope that they will become your favourites too. The sweet-toothed will be unable to resist macadamia and chocolate chip brownies, a gooey butterscotch peach cake or a mocha cake with shards of coffee bean brittle. Make a simple meal out of dill, ricotta and parmesan muffins by adding a big bowl of ... View More...
This is the first ever baking book on petit fours, the most adorably delicious dessert for every occasion. It features 50 amazing recipes along with all the instructions you need to perfect this artful treat, as well as the history of the colorful history of the petit four. This is an enchanting recipe collection featuring ornately decorated, bonbon-sized layer cakes. The Petit Four Cookbook reinvents an 18th-century French delicacy and brings it straight to the reader's kitchen. With flavor combinations ranging from classic vanilla, chocolate ganache, and lemon butter cream to tangy apricot, ... View More...
Welcome to the sweet life! This book is for people who want to live healthily, but also love delicious and inviting cakes. For health is not only about diets and guilt. Health is also about having fun and a love of life and the body. All the cakes in this book are based on raw food principles and are completely free of sugar, milk, additives, gluten and animal fats. They are 100% vegan, unheated, natural and bursting with flavour and nutrition. There are tips on how to stop comfort eating and bad and unhealthy habits once and for all. You'll get practical advice on how to fight the craving... View More...
Push the boundaries of cake decorating your airbrush can do so much more than just shading cakes! Get creative with Cassie Brown as she shows you airbrushing techniques to turn all your cakes into showstoppers. This book is not just about using the airbrush to add block colors it includes lots of innovative airbrushing techniques like 3D shading, masking and even crater effects with water droplets. In addition, there are step-by-step instructions on carving and creating a range of beautiful cakes, with techniques ranging from magically turning a sponge cake into a sugar pumpkin to creating de... View More...
Royal icing and piping expert, Christine Flinn, adds a modern twist to this historical sugarcraft technique. Learn all you need to know to produce stunning cakes for all occasions, from covering cakes and boards and making piping bags to piping basic shapes, roses and leaves. Learn how to ice fruit and madeira cakes in various shapes, covering them with marzipan, royal icing and fondant (sugarpaste). There are step by step photographs, instructions and expert tips for piping, from first attempts at making shapes to accomplished cake decorating. Ten stunning step by step projects follow, with t... View More...
Features delicious recipes and modern, basic techniques for successfully covering cakes in buttercream or fondant. The book gives the reader information on creating beautiful, successful and creative cake designs using color theory and design principles with dozens upon dozens of examples. Inside readers will find chapters including: Cake and Frosting Recipes Elements and Principles of Cake Design Textures and Finishes Modeled Figures Sugar Flowers Celebration Cakes Science of Structure Readers will learn to take their cake decorating to the next level with never before seen tutorials on suga... View More...
The internationally bestselling author of 4 Ingredients returns with a gorgeous, full-color collection of easy, delicious, money- and time-saving recipes that are perfect for the holiday season-all using four or fewer ingredients. The holiday season can be the busiest, most expensive time of the year for home chefs. But creating mouthwatering, festive meals doesn't always mean spending a fortune-and hours upon hours-in the kitchen. In 4 Ingredients Christmas, Kim McCosker, co-creator of the bestselling 4 Ingredients books, puts culinary joy back into the season with simple recipes that are sh... View More...
This book deals with delectable home-baked muffins, scones, fruit loaves and quick breads. It is a wonderful collection of 30 tasty recipes for quick and simple traditional home bakes. It features classic cakes such as Blueberry Muffins and Chocolate Chip Muffins, as well as new ideas including Cherry Marmalade Muffins and Parmesan Popovers. You can enjoy a wide variety of delicious breads such as Rosemary Focaccia, Lemon and Walnut Tea Bread and Apricot Nut Loaf, as well as wholesome scones, like Cheese and Chive Scones and Orange and Raisin Scones. It contains a practical guide to baking inc... View More...
Learn to pipe 100 different buttercream blooms to adorn your cakes and cupcakes with this complete visual reference guide from the world's most talented buttercream artists. Described by Chef Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes as "hugely aspirational yet completely approachable," the authors demonstrate how to build up each flower using simple piping techniques that even the novice cake decorator will be able to achieve. Learn how to make stable buttercream icing, get advice on colouring and flavouring, and all the basic cake decorating techniques you need, then discover 100 diverse buttercream flow... View More...
Learn how to create breathtakingly beautiful lace cakes for weddings and romantic occasions with this definitive guide to lace cake decorating techniques from international cake decorating guru Zoe Clark. In Elegant Lace Cakes, Zoe takes you step-by-step through creating her signature style cake designs, which feature delicate and detailed sugar lace on cakes using a range of sugarcraft techniques. Through 12 stunning cake decorating projects, Zoe explores innovative new products such as Sugarveil and Cake Lace, as well as more established techniques for creating lace effects on cakes includin... View More...
