Nothing equals the satisfaction of home baking, and this technique-led collection contains over 400 recipes to inspire the home baker. It takes you through all the processes from keeping your kitchen stocked with the right ingredients and equipment to baking blind, making a lattice top for a pie and mixing the perfect choux pastry. The recipes range from simple shortbread to the more complicated lemon coconut layer cake. Also included is a section on breads and bread making - from everyday loaves to classic international specialities. A comprehensive techniques section covers all the equipment, ingredients and skills you will need: try making a sun-dried tomato plait as a modern accompaniment to a steaming bowl of pasta, or prepare a tempting teatime treat such as Italian almond biscotti, or pumpkin pie. With recipes for biscuits, bars, buns, tea breads, cakes, gateaux, pies, tarts, low-fat cakes and bakes, everyday breads and classic bread recipes, this book is a one stop reference that should meet all your baking needs.
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There's a good reason why supermarkets use a bread-scented aroma in their aisles - it recalls childhood days in the kitchen with mother with homemade bread in the oven and cakes and biscuits cooling on the side. Although today most bread is bought sliced and cakes packaged in cellophane, there is no denying that homebaked treats go down better and are more satisfying all round. This celebration of baking by Martha Day covers breads such as traditional Welsh bara brith together with the more exotic banana and cardamom; muffins in all forms; cakes from luscious walnut layer cake to the unusual lemon yoghurt ring; pies and tarts from traditional treacle to Georgia peanut butter; and cookies and bars encompassing drop cookies to shaped biscuits. Produced in true Lorenz style, it is an extremely attractive, well laid-out book. Special techniques are well illustrated and clearly explained whilst the luscious photographs almost make you think the delicious treats contained herein are real and edible. For anyone who loves baking and enjoys giving friends and family a treat, this offers a wonderful range of traditional and modern recipes to suit all tastes. - Lucy Watson
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Martha Day, consultant editor, has compiled this comprehensive reference work. She has contributed to many cookery publications and magazines.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I picked up this book in my local library, flicked through the pages, and thought "Yes! I need this book asap". There are recipes given here for what seems like every cake / biscuit / bread you might possibly want to bake, and every one has a gorgeous picture to illustrate what it OUGHT to look like. Even if you don't think of yourself as a mad, keen baker then you should buy this book - I have, I've tried a few of the recipes, and they worked with no hassle whatsoever. What else does anyone want?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I am a big big fan of baking, but cannot claim to yet be a master of my kitchen. I've tried a good couple of dozen recipes from this book since I've had it, and although there have been a few not-quite-perfects, there have certainly been no disasters, and the majority of things have worked really very well. Normally I'm sceptical about how useful the photos given will be (this edition boasts 1500), but actually here they're really good for guiding you over some of the less obvious bits. It could be a good or a bad thing, depending on the kind of baker you are, that there isn't e.g. one standard recipe for shortcrust pastry used throughout or one standard tin size used - it keeps you on your toes, but it does mean that if one thing doesn't work you have many alternative options. I'm a particular fan of the Farmhouse biscuits (right at the beginning) and the treacle tart (p209).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Mary Maccabe
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I bought this book when I saw it in my local supermarket. I have made so many cakes, biscuits, breads etc and without exception, all turned out to be delicious. I have since ordered further copies for my family and friends from Amazon and they all agree it is well written and easy to follow. My only gripe was that the instructions for using yeast were misleading in each recipe. To use correctly, you MUST read the paragraph on yeast at the beginning of the book. I feel there should have been a reference to this paragraph in each of the recipes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
love it
i bought this book for myself, then ended up buy two more for my mother and my aunt. its a very comprehensive book and full of really great recipes.
Published 2 months ago by Ms D. Milne
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Great book
Lovely book, great photos and loads of recipes. The most basic techniques are explained but the recipes are aimed at the novice to the expert home baker. Read more
Published 11 months ago by SC
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worst cookbook ever
Have tried a number of recipes all have been rubbish,after 3hours carrot cake is now in bin uncooked have binned this book as well
Published on 14 April 2011 by trish f
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Baking by Martha Day
I borrowed this book from my local library and knew I just had to buy it. It is clearly written, well illustrated and the receipes are very easy to follow and the results are... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2011 by Julie R
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excellent book
A very good book well worth the price. Delivered quickly.
Excellant service all round. Thank you
Excellant service all round. Thank you
Published on 13 May 2010 by Miss Dimond
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martha day
I found this book at work and fell in love with it! I've lent it to so many people who all love it too. Never had a cake, biscuit or bread not turn out right. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Christina Pasley
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baking a cake from this book
I received this book as a gift. My husband decided to do some baking with my twin girls and he followed the recipie by the 'T'.
What a disaster the cake turned out! Read more
What a disaster the cake turned out! Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by Sam
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very nice book and lovely recipes
That is a nice book, in good value. many pictures and great recipes.
all in one.
perfect for people like bake.
all in one.
perfect for people like bake.
Published on 17 April 2009 by A. Clark
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eating
Highly reccomend am a prodigious user of item no problems after 18 months.
does exactly what it says on the tin. Read more
does exactly what it says on the tin. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2009 by Dr. Martin D. Maguire
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