Baking & Desserts - Page 1

Paul Hollywood, the star of BBC2's The Great British Bake Off reveals all the secrets of his craft in the glorious hardback How to Bake. In the baking book, Paul shares his finely honed skills and shows that, with the right guidance, anyone can achieve baking success time after time. Packed with easy-to-follow, clearly explained and utterly delicious recipes, Paul takes the reader through the basic techniques and explains how to make an abundance of breads, pastries, cakes and biscuits. Among the tasty treats on offer are wholemeal loaf, tin bread, ciabatta, focaccia, sour cherry and chocolate loaf, fresh croissants, chocolate temptation cake and buttery shortbread. A great book for anyone who wants to start baking!

Full of sweet treats for you to make at home, MasterChef finalist Hannah Miles's Milkshake Bar is a tremendous read for anyone who has a sweet tooth and enjoys customising and drinking delicious milkshakes. From classics to light and healthy fruity delights, this will give you ideas for treats and desserts all year round. The book contains recipes for shakes, malts, floats and other soda fountain classics - ranging from a banana caramel milkshake to an apple snow shake and a doughnut float. Complemented by Kate Whitaker's gorgeous photography, this is a delightfully nostalgic book that comes with a number of inspired new milkshake creations!

The Ice Cream Sandwiches Book offers 50 recipes for incredibly cool and tasty treats that are suitable for kids and adults alike. Ice cream sandwiches are a scrumptious new hit with food lovers and this pretty book has every easy-to-make recipe you will need to create your own frozen delight. From decadent peanut butter dreams and fresh & fruity rose meringues to child-friendly S'more sandwiches, the book contains stunning colour photography of all the treats on offer. Eating ice cream has never been so much fun!

From a Dorset-based artisan chocolate company, whose award-winning chocolates use only the finest ethically-sourced ingredients, Chococo Chocolate Cookbook by Claire Burnet is a choco-addicts dream! Exciting and modern in their approach, the chocolatiers at the Purbeck confectioners create little masterpieces and this gorgeously presented hardback contains all the detailed information and beautiful photography that you need to recreate their distinct recipes and flavours in your own kitchen.

Written by Susannah Blake, Cupcake Heaven shows you how to bake and prepare cupcakes for almost any occasion and even for special diets! Her cupcakes are cute, colourful and diverse in flavour, ranging from orange and poppyseed to apple and cinnamon, along with more indulgent treats like lemon meringue or strawberry cheesecake cupcakes! The cookbook includes more than 50 recipes, and also gives the lowdown on baking equipment, ingredients, decorating and serving suggestions. A treat for anyone with a sweet tooth.

Joanna Farrow's gorgeous little book, Wedding Cupcakes, shows you how to choose, cook and style your own wedding cupcakes. Perfect for adding a fashionable spin to your wedding feast as well as a touch of glamour and flavour, the designs range from the subtle to the more outrageous and will ensure your wedding cupcakes really stand out from the crowd. The hardback includes a set of foolproof step-by-step instructions for 28 recipes that will help ensure your wedding day is as stress-free as possible.

Popina are the award-winning makers of organic cakes, bakes and tarts who started their business life with a stall in London's Portobello Market. This delightful book offers a unique opportunity to create their artisan-style treats at home. With easy, no-fuss recipes and a wealth of really original and exciting ideas, this is a book you'll be turning to again and again.

A delightful book that is guaranteed to inspire, The Biscuiteers Book of Iced Biscuits includes recipes for fabulous treats, no matter what the occasion! Full of vivid and charming photography as well as simple instructions to get even a baking novice up to speed, this hardback guide from Sarah Moore and Harriet Hastings includes recipes for basic biscuit doughs such as vanilla, lemon, chocolate, ginger, almond and spice. The real joy of this book though is its inspirational icing tips and templates that will help you create beautiful biscuits to wow your friends and delight your kids.

Having brought deliciously healthy frozen yogurt to London, Pablo Uribe and Rob Baines are now bringing it to our homes with the Snog Healthy Treats Cookbook. Utilising delicious natural ingredients, particularly no-fat organic yogurt, agave nectar and fresh fruit, this pair have concocted tasty treats that can be enjoyed without the guilt. In this hardback they include 60 of their favourite recipes, with chapters on frozen treats, gluten-free baked treats, raw food treats and smoothies & drinks. Inspirational, colourful and clearly presented, this is a top guide to the tasty side of watching your diet.

If you are looking for a new baking challenge, Julie Duff's Cakes From Around the World may be just for you as it is packed with recipes for unique and wonderfully tasty delicacies from all around the globe. Featuring baking ideas from such far flung places as Iceland, the Middle East and New Zealand, this book is sure to extend your dessert-making repertoire. Each cake is given an intriguing history and Duff's instructions are clear and easy to follow, making White Mountain Cakes, the Bibinca and many more exotic treats easily achievable! This is the follow up to the Glenfeddich Award-nominated Cakes, Regional and Traditional.