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Gorgeous Cakes: 100 Sweet Indulgences for Every Occasion
In this book you will find over 100 ideas for beautiful cakes, all of them easy to make at home, without the need for fancy kitchen appliances or special cake-making skills. This collection offers you your pick of fuss-free recipes for the perfect cake, whatever the occasion.
The choice includes gloriously girly cakes-as-fashion-statements, comforting favorites, and classics that include tempting little mini-cakes and cupcakes, the most wickedly indulgent chocolate cakes, and sublimely creamy cheesecakes. There are inspiring cake ideas for festive occasions, from traditional and modern cakes for Christmas and Easter to pretty Valentine's Day cakes, and yummy creations for children's birthday parties. There's also a stunning selection of dream cakes, as fabulous to look at as they are to eat, as well as meringues, patisserie, old-fashioned standbys, and teatime treats. There are even suggestions for those of us who, perhaps because of food intolerances, normally say no to a slice of cake.
Behind all the recipes is a recognition that baking a cake is something special. For most of us it was our first experience of cooking, and it remains a satisfying one, conjuring up the innocent pleasures of childhood. It's a lovely, giving thing to do, and this book is as much about the rewards of making cakes as of eating them. The only decision you have now is to choose which one to try first...
Annie Bell began her career as a chef before becoming a full-time cookery writer and author. Her books include Annie Bell's Vegetable Book and Evergreen, which was short listed for the Andr
The choice includes gloriously girly cakes-as-fashion-statements, comforting favorites, and classics that include tempting little mini-cakes and cupcakes, the most wickedly indulgent chocolate cakes, and sublimely creamy cheesecakes. There are inspiring cake ideas for festive occasions, from traditional and modern cakes for Christmas and Easter to pretty Valentine's Day cakes, and yummy creations for children's birthday parties. There's also a stunning selection of dream cakes, as fabulous to look at as they are to eat, as well as meringues, patisserie, old-fashioned standbys, and teatime treats. There are even suggestions for those of us who, perhaps because of food intolerances, normally say no to a slice of cake.
Behind all the recipes is a recognition that baking a cake is something special. For most of us it was our first experience of cooking, and it remains a satisfying one, conjuring up the innocent pleasures of childhood. It's a lovely, giving thing to do, and this book is as much about the rewards of making cakes as of eating them. The only decision you have now is to choose which one to try first...
Annie Bell began her career as a chef before becoming a full-time cookery writer and author. Her books include Annie Bell's Vegetable Book and Evergreen, which was short listed for the Andr
192 pages, Paperback
First published October 13, 2005
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March 4, 2008
I am obsessed with cookbooks on cakes, cookies, cupcakes, any kind of sweet basically, I never bake anything out of them so I can't vouch for the actual recipes, I pretty much judge the book by its pictures and this one is gorgeous!
March 18, 2008
I got this as a birthday gift, from a dear friend of mine.
Thank yooouuu, Inet!!
I love the pictures and recipes, the best part is the measurements are written in metric.
Now, the hard part is choosing which one I should bake first :))
Thank yooouuu, Inet!!
I love the pictures and recipes, the best part is the measurements are written in metric.
Now, the hard part is choosing which one I should bake first :))
July 20, 2012
Not so much 'read' this book but salivated and baked my way through it. Why haven't I heard of this cook before - she's brilliant!
July 22, 2010
such good ckes in here, ultimate cake porn.
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