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Good Food: 101 Cakes & Bakes
Whether you want to make a moreish snack for tea, or bake a perfect cake for a special occasion, Good Food 101 Cakes and Bakes serves up fabulous baking ideas for tasty treats. Taken from Britains top-selling BBC Good Food magazine, these imaginitive and easy recipes are guaranteed to guide you to baking success.
From such delicious classics as Authentic Yorkshire Parkin and Shortbread, and the imaginative combinations of Raspberry and Blueberry Lime Drizzle Cake or Cranberry and Poppy Seed Muffins, to spectacular cakes such as Seriously Rich Chocolate Cake, there's plenty to keep your family and friends happy.
These quick and easy recipes have been specially chosen to help even the busiest people enjoy delicious, fresh, home-cooked food. Each recipe is written with simple step-by-step instructions and is accompanied by a useful nutritional analysis and a full-colour photograph, so you can cook with complete confidence.
From such delicious classics as Authentic Yorkshire Parkin and Shortbread, and the imaginative combinations of Raspberry and Blueberry Lime Drizzle Cake or Cranberry and Poppy Seed Muffins, to spectacular cakes such as Seriously Rich Chocolate Cake, there's plenty to keep your family and friends happy.
These quick and easy recipes have been specially chosen to help even the busiest people enjoy delicious, fresh, home-cooked food. Each recipe is written with simple step-by-step instructions and is accompanied by a useful nutritional analysis and a full-colour photograph, so you can cook with complete confidence.
216 pages, Paperback
First published July 15, 2004
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32 books7 followersBBC Good Food is a global food media brand, with a monthly magazine, website, app, live events and series of books. It has had four editors since launch: Mitzie Wilson, Orlando Murrin, Gillian Carter & Keith Kendrick.
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April 29, 2012
If you are on a diet, it might be best to turn away now. A further entrant to the popular range of recipe books by the BBC now provides 101 additional cakes and bakes that could add a few kilos or more without trouble to your waistline… and since the recipes look so easy to make as well one cannot rely upon prevarication to help reduce calorific intake.
These praiseworthy little books feature the recipe on one side and a full colour photograph on the facing page, put together into a tight little package that gives 101 different dishes for an unbeatable price.
Reviewing these books is actually quite hard. One cannot be critical of the approach taken by the entire series as there is nothing that can go wrong (doing a "King Alfred" not withstanding). . One cannot complain about the breadth of recipes, the price, the appearance, so one might be forced to complain about the sheer tempting nature of the recipes if one has to find something to complain about.
Split into six sections - large cakes, fresh fruit cakes, chocolate cakes and bakes, loaf cakes, small cakes and tray bakes and finally muffins and cookies - and backed up by a good little index you can, at-a-glance dig out that favourite recipe, find inspiration based on a particular ingredient or, of course, just browse through and be inspired.
Each recipe has even been "triple tested" by different cooks to ensure that the average home cook will have no problems, something some other cook books could well emulate. So far we have not found a bad book in this series and long may it continue.
GoodFood: Cakes & Bakes, edited by Mary Cadogan and published by BBC Books. ISBN 978-0-563-52114-3, 216 pages. Typical price: GBP5.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
These praiseworthy little books feature the recipe on one side and a full colour photograph on the facing page, put together into a tight little package that gives 101 different dishes for an unbeatable price.
Reviewing these books is actually quite hard. One cannot be critical of the approach taken by the entire series as there is nothing that can go wrong (doing a "King Alfred" not withstanding). . One cannot complain about the breadth of recipes, the price, the appearance, so one might be forced to complain about the sheer tempting nature of the recipes if one has to find something to complain about.
Split into six sections - large cakes, fresh fruit cakes, chocolate cakes and bakes, loaf cakes, small cakes and tray bakes and finally muffins and cookies - and backed up by a good little index you can, at-a-glance dig out that favourite recipe, find inspiration based on a particular ingredient or, of course, just browse through and be inspired.
Each recipe has even been "triple tested" by different cooks to ensure that the average home cook will have no problems, something some other cook books could well emulate. So far we have not found a bad book in this series and long may it continue.
GoodFood: Cakes & Bakes, edited by Mary Cadogan and published by BBC Books. ISBN 978-0-563-52114-3, 216 pages. Typical price: GBP5.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
December 31, 2013
I got this for Christmas, shame I bought a copy for myself several years ago! However, I realised I'd never reviewed it here so...
This book features 101 GoodFood baking recipes, which are easy to follow and even give you the nutritional breakdown for anyone on a diet seeking a sweet treat ;-)!
Each recipe has a full colour photo, which I love because I like idly flicking through baking books to see what new recipe I fancy trying out on my work colleagues next!
I would recommend this book both for people new to baking and seasoned bakers.
This book features 101 GoodFood baking recipes, which are easy to follow and even give you the nutritional breakdown for anyone on a diet seeking a sweet treat ;-)!
Each recipe has a full colour photo, which I love because I like idly flicking through baking books to see what new recipe I fancy trying out on my work colleagues next!
I would recommend this book both for people new to baking and seasoned bakers.
January 30, 2011
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March 10, 2012
There are a few recipes I will be trying.
June 12, 2013
Best cake book ever with great photos, for a fiver.
February 21, 2014
My godmother brought me this book from England, It's very helpful when you have to make an easy cake, or a cupcake.
June 4, 2021
I have been getting in to baking recently and this has some good recipes in it! I enjoyed it 👍!
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