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Cake: 200 fabulous foolproof baking recipes [Hardcover]

Rachel Allen
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Book Description

30 Aug 2012

Whether it’s classic cakes, tiered cakes or small cakes, free-from cakes or wedding and birthday cakes Rachel has the perfect, foolproof recipe.

Rachel Allen knows home baking. It’s her fail-safe recipes, with easy-to-follow methods, thoughtful tips and advice that have been helping her readers over the years to make the most gorgeous cakes and bakes that work every time. Sponges, muffins, brownies, pop cakes, cheesecakes, tortes, pudding cakes, whether they are indulgent or healthy(ish), chocolaty, nutty or fruity, sweet or savoury, or gluten-free, you’ll find them all in this ultimate cake bible.

Try classics such as Victoria Sponge and Carrot Cake, new bakes like Beetroot Brownies or White Chocolate and Macadamia cake, festive treats such as Caramel Yule Log or a St Patrick’s Day Guinness Cake as well as every day cakes like Raspberry Bakewell Cake or Butterscotch Banana Cake. Cake for grown-ups such as the Orange Cake with Campari Icing or children’s party favourite Cake Pops. Cakes for when you have no time as well as more adventurous wedding and birthday cakes.

Rachel will show you how to bake and decorate simple special occasion cakes, then give additional instruction for making it special – or even of professional quality. Whether it is a golden anniversary, wedding or 4th birthday party, you’ll never have to buy a cake again.

In this comprehensive collection you’ll find a mix of delicious easy and everyday cakes, teatime treats, classics, festive baking, hearty puddings and even some free-from and healthier cakes. And when you’ve finished baking, Rachel will show you the best tips and tricks for decorating and icing.

The wait is over! Enjoy more baking from Rachel Allen in Cake.


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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Collins (30 Aug 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007309058
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007309054
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 18.6 x 24.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Praise for Rachel Allen:
‘A natural TV chef: relaxed, articulate and knowledgeable’ Sunday Times

‘Food for real people’ Irish Examiner

‘If you haven’t heard of Rachel Allen, you will soon. Ireland’s blond and beautiful equivalent of Nigella Lawson…is taking her place on the international culinary scene with her everyday food that focuses on simple suppers and divine puddings.’ Daily Mail YOU Magazine

‘As wholesome and attractive as its charming author, Home Cooking is well thought out and accessibly written, with the emphasis on relaxed family meals. Ideal for anyone who needs to cook on a regular basis but hasn’t much experience.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘The book I've taken to most this season is by the Irish Nigella (except prettier, blonde and a better cook), Rachel Allen. Her ‘Bake’ is simply and engagingly written: one irresistible thing after another.’ Evening Standard

About the Author

Rachel Allen was brought up in Dublin and at the age of eighteen left to study at the prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School. Today, she not only teaches at the school, she also writes regular features for national publications, presents highly acclaimed television programmes which have been broadcast internationally and in her spare time authors bestselling cookery books. She is also the winner of the Irish Book Awards Best Non-fiction 2012 for Easy Meals.

Cake is her ninth cookbook.


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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Companion volume to Bake 27 Aug 2012
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This is definitely a companion volume to bake. In Rachel's usual style the recipes are easy to follow and bake regardless if you are a newcomer to baking or an experienced one. As its title suggests it is jam packed with many different cakes to cover all sorts of cake baking and eating occasions.

Not every single cake is pictured but the ones that are look good. The chapters are: Easy, Fast, Healthy, Classic, Teatime, Dessert, Children's Decorating Ideas, Celebration, Festive and Cake Essentials. The healthy chapter also contains cakes suitable for some food allergies including - vegan, dairy and egg free, gluten free and sugar free.

Here is a cake from each of the first 9 chapters as an idea of what you will find: Tropical cake, Raspberry and Blueberry Friands, Sugar free Banana Bread (sweetened with agave nectar), Victoria Sponge, Cappuccino Squares, After Dinner Mint Cake, Artic Roll, White Chocolate Anniversary Cake and Halloween Pumpkin Squares.

If I'm being pick I'd say I would have liked ALL the recipes in the Children chapter photographed, as I know my little one likes to see a picture of what is going to be made. Also there is not a fan oven temperature on the individual recipes. There is a paragraph at the back, but as my oven is a fan I do like the fan temps in the actual recipes. I'd give this one 4.5 stars, but I've ranked it 5 as to me it is nearer a five than a 4.

On my cooling rack at the moment I have the cover cake - Hazelnut Meringue Cake, and my next bake from this book will be Rachel's Dulce de Leche Cake. I'm looking forward to dipping into this one for years to come. If you liked Bake, you'll like this one too.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Tons of great recipes, but very few pictures! 26 Nov 2012
By Gemma TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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I already had Rachel Allen's 'Bake' so kind of knew what to expect with Cake. Tons of great recipes in here and I like the ordering done this time. Various chapters from easy or quick to more difficult recipes, which I don't dare venture onto yet!

Unfortunately the problem for me, as with her previous 'Bake' book is the lack of pictures. There are a few in there but the majority of recipes don't have a picture and for a more novice baker like myself, this is especially frustrating as I'm unsure of what my bake should be looking like!

I have tried a couple of the recipes, the Bakewell cake near the front was especially tasty (and it had a picture!) and was easy for me to bake. I will undoubtedly try more of the recipes, probably in the easy and quick sections!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Let her eat (more) cake! 12 Nov 2012
By Chappers TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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As anyone who knows me will attest to, I am a sucker for cakes and desserts. I need help making them though, as I haven't developed the skills to know exactly what I'm doing in this regard. I like that for a lot of recipes in this book, there is an opening paragraph describing the cake in a bit of prose detail, such as it's origins or variations. But I don't think I'm alone in the belief that inspiration is as much a driver is cooking as anything else and I always start with my eyes (because I'm not very imaginative!). Yet this is another example of a recipe book that doesn't feel the need to illustrate each recipe with a photo of the finished article. Take "Perfect Peanut Butter Cake" on page 293 for example. Was it so perfect that it didn't warrant a photo to prove it? I have no idea what this would look like, or how to dress it. "Fast Cinnamon Yoghurt Cake" on page 44 gets to be illustrated with a companion photo of Rachel herself staring slightly off-camera with her hand on a turned-out cake base - which didn't even get to be in the full shot. Hang on a minute? I thought this book was about the cakes, not about the author?

In a nutshell, this book does contain a lot of good recipes. Those that are illustrated properly look do-able enough (except maybe that chocolate castle?). For me though, I need a recipe book to be consistent and formulaic in its approach. I like to see at least a picture of every end result, perhaps a couple of in-progress shots to help people know that they are on the right track. I also want a clear ingredients list, tin sizes, suggested utensils and cooking instructions. This book does get it right, but only occasionally.

I personally have never heard of Rachel Allen before, so she can't ride on her "celebrity" status with me. I therefore am not interested in the various pages of her modelling her latest grey cardigan instead of granting the pages to show what the cakes might look like.

At £12.00 on Amazon at time of writing (instead of the ridiculous RRP of £25.00), it's OK value for money, but in direct competition to Mary Berry - who I have heard of, as well as various non-"celebrity" books that will also do the job, but with less razz-matazz,

Less artsy photography, more cake!
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5.0 out of 5 stars lovely present
great book easy to understand and good results, one of my best cook books i use it all the time ,
Published 3 days ago by C. Elton
5.0 out of 5 stars great
so far all i have tried came out as promised and it is so easy to follow, would recomend to everyone
Published 10 days ago by jana
5.0 out of 5 stars top book
very baked recipies, wow, yummy, yummy,yummy,
favourite book from favourite chef from favourite amazon, top of the range book , recommended
Published 11 days ago by Mr. Muhammad Naseer
3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of recipes, but a bit too sweet!
So far I have only baked two cakes from this book as I have only had it a couple of weeks. These were the pistachio orange cake and the chocolate fudge cake. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Juliet
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book but need more photos!
Good variety of cakes (including yet another version of cake pops - I've found 4 in different cake books in the last week or two - is there a definitive original recipe?). Read more
Published 26 days ago by Mrs A Rosie
5.0 out of 5 stars A Winner!
Rachel's book offers a wide range of tempting recipes, all of which are "doable" by all but the most inexperienced baker. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mike McLean
5.0 out of 5 stars Yummy recipes
Great book from Rachel Allen for easy to follow fool proof recipes that offer great results to impress family and guests alike.
Published 1 month ago by Mrs H A Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Get out those baking tins!
Once you've flicked through the pages of this cookery book the hardest thing is to then decide just which recipe to start with. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Steven
5.0 out of 5 stars cake
wonderful book well presentes good demonstrations and heelpful hints to help you with your baking this is to be recommended
Published 1 month ago by Wendy Barrett
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice gift
My sister asked for this book for her birthday, I had trouble getting it in the stores as it had sold out. I ordered it through Amazon and it arrived very quickly. Read more
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