Good Home Baking: How to make your own delicious cakes, biscuits, pastries and breads [Paperback]

REVIEWS OF GOOD HOME COOKING ' - a book we'll keep near to hand - it's also a great gift for a child leaving home.' --www.lowcostliving.co.uk

'simple, inexpensive recipes that ensure you eat well every day.' --The Good Life Press

From pastries to cakes, bread to biscuits, this book shows you how easy it is to do your own baking. In a world filled with preservatives and additives, home baking provides you with one of the healthiest, tastiest and cheapest ways of giving you and your family a treat. The mouth watering recipes in this book cover the basics - such as wholesome bread, delicious cakes and tray bakes (some with as little as three ingredients) - as well as a range of special treats for celebrations. Diana Peacock shows you just how enjoyable preheating the oven can be! As well as a vast recipe section, Diana includes in-depth techniques for perfectly risen cakes, the softest loaves and the crispest shortbread (as well as many more) that will ensure your tins are packed with goodies all year round. When home baking is this easy and tasty, why buy ready made?

Baking is both a pleasure and a way to relax for me and it has the added benefit of bringing delicious goodies for family and friends to enjoy. I love to be able to share with readers the pride and great satisfaction one gets from baking. It has been something I have shared with my own three children as they were growing up and also with the many hundreds that I have taught in my teaching career of over 27 years. It doesn't matter if things go wrong they still do for me, thay always end up being eaten with great delight, it is having a go and having pride in what you produce. Buying cakes and biscuits will always be second best when you make your own.

Diana Peacock has over thirty years experience of feeding a family of five on a tight budget. She and her husband Paul edit the Home Farmer magazine and practise self-sufficiency in Manchester. She has also cooked with children in schools, and is the author of two other books on home baking. Diana is also the author of Good Home Cooking and co-author with Paul of Grandma's Ways for Modern days, both available from Spring Hill.