Bread & Cakes

If you are thinking of buying a bread machine, machine, or you already have one at home, this is the book for you.

Suitable for birthday parties and get-togethers, this title includes 70 whoopie recipes from classics like a mini Victoria sponge, to a whole range of chocolate and fruit-based whoopies and sections on celebration and wacky whoopies too. It features 30 delicious cupcakes.

Celebrate in style with Lindy Smith's gorgeous designs, including cute characters, beautiful flowers and classic patterns.

This book is sure to inspire you to start sifting flour, breaking eggs and stirring up all sorts of delectable homemade goodies.

The earliest version of this book was the result of years of baking for a market stall in Devon .

Everybody loves ice cream, and when you make it at home, you know you're getting the best: frozen treats made with the freshest, most delicious ingredients possible. Ice cream makers are convenient, versatile and lots of fun. With this book you can prepare spectacular desserts, traditional recipes, and new favorites easily and often.

Paint, doodle, and sprinkle your way to stunning one-of-a-kind sweets. The world of Sweetapolita is sparkly and sprinkly and charming as can be, with 75 recipes for everything from pretty homemade cookies to decadent layer cakes. But what really sets these treats apart are interactive designs that let everyone in on the fun of decorating: Painted Mini Cakes are served with edible "paint" for guests to personalize at the table, the fondant-covered tiered Chalk-a-Lot cake is paired with homemade edible "chalk," and Rainbow Doodle cookies are made for kids to go to town on with edible markers. Rosie Alyea, the creator of the Sweetapolita blog, frolics in flour and frosting, and she loves to get her two young daughters involved, too. The pages of her debut book are full of playful ideas that will inspire creativity in bakers of all levels-including a recipe for making sprinkles at home and numerous ways to showcase them, such as the Sprinkle-Me-Silly Pizza with rainbow jimmies and nonpareils galore. With 75 full-color photographs of cookies, cakes, and more plus step-by-step technique tutorials, The Sweetapolita Bakebook will change the way bakers decorate, while entertaining every kid-and kid-at-heart.

This is the Student Study Guide to accompany Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft, 3rd Edition.

The ultimate resource for bread-lovers with 500 tried-and-tested recipes, with every one photographed.

Presents simple and delicious recipes made from some of the most wholesome ingredients. This title includes such creations as Citrus Pound Cake, Raspberry Yellow Cake Squares and Mississippi Mud Cake. It shows how to make long-lasting cakes in little time.

Offers over 30 designs for cakes, cupcakes, minicakes and cookies. This title presents step-by-step illustrated instructions that guide even the most novice decorator through the stages, from baking the cake to adding the finishing touches.

Sugarcraft expert Frances McNaughton has designed 20 wonderful sugar animals that you will want to make using simple techniques and readily available ingredients.

This universally acclaimed book is regarded by many as simply the best book ever written about the making of bread. It covers all aspects of flour-milling, yeast, bread ovens and the different types of bread and flour available. It contains an exhaustive collection of recipes, everything from plain brown wholemeal to drop scones and croissants.

Quality baking is more varied, more exciting, and simply more authentic. This title celebrates this tremendous range with recipes that marry sophisticated European techniques to American tastes and ingredients. It features photographs that demonstrate the basic building blocks of the pastry and bread baker's repertoire.

"Keep this book ... at the ready to satisfy all your cookie whims." -- Flo Braker, author, The Simple Art of Perfect Baking Includes 100 foolproof recipes for melt-in-your-mouth cookies Delight your family and friends with homemade cookies for every occasion! Cookies are all-around pleasers -- you can enjoy making them, others delight in eating them. They're just right for holiday parties, bake sales, housewarming gifts, or making someone's bad day better. This book guides you through cookie-baking techniques, and recipes you'll love -- classic Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies, versatile Sugar Cookies and Shortbread, delectable Very Fudgy Brownies, and more. Discover how to: Stock your cookie cupboard and toolbox Decorate and paint cookies Make baking fun for kids Enjoy tasty healthier cookies Troubleshoot baking mishaps Get smart! www.dummies.com

What birthday, wedding, bar mitzvah or children's party would be complete without it? This book explores the origin of modern cake and its development from sweet bread to architectural flight of fancy, together with the meanings, legends and rituals attached to cake throughout the world.

The acclaimed pastry chef's long-awaited collection of stunning-to-behold yet simple-to-make desserts for every occasion.

There's nothing like the smell and taste of fresh homemade bread. But who has the time to make it anymore? You do with a little help from your automatic bread machine. All bread machines can make good bread; they just need a little help from you to turn out a good loaf.

It is essential for any serious pastry chef to have a comprehensive knowledge of frozen dessert production, and Frozen Desserts provides all the basic information a pastry professional needs.

In today's health-conscious society, it offers delicious and healthy alternatives to traditional "scratch" baked products without utilizing expensive sugar and fat substitutes or artificial ingredients.

A staple food in many diets, bread has been baked since ancient times and is considered as a basic necessity. This work charts the history of baking, from the breads cooked with grain-paste through the introduction of yeast, to modern day variations. It describes the different methods used in baking and the range of tools and machinery used.

A guide to making artisan breads practically and profitably, Bread Baking: An Artisan's Perspective includes step-by-step instructions on mixing, fermentation, shaping, proofing and retarding, and baking.

A well-illustrated collection of 200 easy recipes for ice creams, sorbets, gelatos, and ices contains all the information a reader needs to make wonderful homemade frozen desserts.

"Beginner's Guide to Cake Decorating will show you how to make sugar flowers and leaves, plus many other sugar craft techniques such as fabric effects, piping royal icing, modelling figures and animals. Foolproof methods will ensure impressive results every time, no matter what your level of experience."

Before a pastry chef can create, he or she must understand the basic science underlying baking. The new edition of this invaluable reference provides this information in a concise and accessible way, guided throughout by contemporary baking and pastry research and practice.

Three books in one classic gift box: A guide to breads from all around the world and how to bake them, either by hand or in a bread machine, with 900 step-by-step photographs.