Bake It

ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Boston Globe • ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Food Network, The Washington Post, Time Out, Glamour, Taste of Home, Southern Living, Library Journal “As much about a collection of recipes that makes your mouth water and tugs at your heart with food memories as it is about the chronicles and life lessons of a true comeback kid.”—Carla Hall Popular baking personality and lawyer turned baker Vallery Lomas debuts her first baking book celebrating more than 100 recipes for everything from Apple Cider Fritters to Lemon-Honey Madeleines and Crawfish Hand Pies to her Grandma’s Million Dollar Cake. Vallery shares heirloom family recipes from her native Louisiana, time spent in Paris, The Great American Baking Show (which she famously won!), and of course sweets and breads inspired by her adopted hometown, New York City. Vallery’s “when life gives you lemons, make lemon curd” philosophy will empower legions of bakers and fans to find their inner warrior and bake their best life. “Life Is What You Bake It is not only a collection of recipes but also an empowering book that shows us there’s often more possible than we can even imagine.”—Julia Turshen, bestselling author of Simply Julia, host of Keep Calm and Cook On podcast, and founder of Equity at the Table

An all-encompassing baking book for kids aged 9-12 filled with over 150 recipes from simple cookies to creative cakes! Want a baking book filled with mouth-watering recipes that you will actually want to bake? Then this creative cookbook may be what you’re looking for. Perfect for young bakers aged 9-12, whether you’re a baking novice or you can ice cupcakes in your sleep, this is a baking book that teaches you the basics as well as challenges you to flex your bread-kneading, meringue-whipping muscles and try out a more technical bake. Celebrate your child’s creativity as they explore: - Over 150 delicious sweet and savoury recipes to try out - The recipes are written simply and clearly and require readily available ingredients. - Clear and simple photographs for all the step-by-step instructions. - Advice on colours and decorations that complement and finish off all of the baked items. - Advice on how to best present and show off baked goods. By working your way up the levels from basic bread to sophisticated celebration cakes, you’ll become a more confident baker and will soon be creating inspired baked goods like those seen on TV cooking competition programmes, in vlogger’s videos, and in baking blogs online. With more than 150 delicious sweet and savoury recipes to try out, you will quickly be able to perfect classic cakes, create pastries from scratch, make biscuits, cheesecakes, macarons, and much more. Be proud of what you produce and get snapping, sharing, and uploading photos faster than the egg timer’s ping! DK’s Bake It is stylish, easy-to-follow, and so on trend! This kid’s baking book covers the latest cooking trends, from pinata cakes and edible flowers to drizzle icing and painted cake. Budding young bakers can explore a plethora of mouth-watering recipes including cookies, bread, pies, tarts, meringues and so much more. Also featuring a handful of no-bake recipes as well as variations on traditional recipes, there is truly something for every child to explore, indulge and enjoy! A must-have baking cookbook for children aged 9-12 years with a love for cooking, who are looking to take their baking skills to the next level, Bake It is the ideal volume to try and test out over a hundred riveting recipes, accompanied by beautiful photographs of the baked items that is sure to engage and inspire budding young chefs.

A quintessential baking cookbook – with 500 step‐by‐step photographs – for both beginners and seasoned bakers, by Jane Hornby, author of the popular What to Cook and How to Cook It. What to Bake and How to Bake It is destined to be the new favorite cookbook of novice bakers, while offering plenty of inspiration for more experienced home cooks. With ten photos per recipe, the steps are easy to follow for fifty go‐to desserts, including classic cookies, family‐friendly cakes, elegant pastries, and much more. From Salted Caramel Shortbread Bites to Malted Milk Chocolate Birthday Cake, Skinny Blueberry Muffins to One Crust Apple and Blackberry Pie, and Sticky Pear and Pecan Toffee Cake to Vanilla Fruit Scones, there is a homemade treat here for everyone. Hailed as a "Gen Y Nigella Lawson" by Glamour, Hornby has a down‐to‐earth style that makes the impossible possible, and her new collection of foolproof, repeatedly tested, delicious recipes will ensure you’re confident in the kitchen.

A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley, Fake It Till You Bake It. Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego's newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell. When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the struggling bakery and rehabilitate Jada's image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient. Fake it Till You Bake It is a sweet confection of a novel, the perfect story to curl up with and enjoy with a cupcake on the side.

“This is the stuff that cake dreams are made of . . . for those homebakers who love tinkering with tricky batters and pulling out the pastry bags” (Kitchn). Gesine Bullock-Prado says it’s what’s inside that really counts, and in this visually sumptuous book, the author of Sugar Baby and Pie It Forward showcases cakes that are beautiful from the inside out. Each chapter is devoted to a technique of making different types of cake, beginning with the easiest recipe and moving to more technically difficult as the chapters progress. When the cakes are cut, they will reveal intricate layers of patterns and designs—such as hearts, checkerboards, helixes, and colorful stripes—that will bring a smile to everyone who enjoys them. This compendium of gorgeous cake recipes and techniques will yield glorious meringues, sponge cakes, pound cakes, cheesecakes, and tarts for all levels of bakers. With her trademark wit and enthusiasm for the world of confections and baking, Bullock-Prado’s latest book will delight her fans.

A step-by-step collection of show-stopping dessert recipes from the Rachael Ray Presents line demonstrates how to use pre-made cake mixes and other shortcuts while adapting favorites for preferred textures and flavors, offering such options as Dulce de Leche Cheesecake, Biscotti Cherry Chocolate and Raspberry Almond Tart with Chantilly Cream.

Bake it Better: Chocolate includes everything you need to know about baking with delicious chocolate. Whether you are new to baking and looking for simple, easy recipes or a more confident baker seeking to refine your skills, with The Great British Bake Off you can be sure you're getting scrumptious and tried-and-tested recipes. The recipes themselves include classics and modern bakes, from simple to more challenging showstoppers - Bake it Better will take you a journey from first timer to star baker. There are expert tips about ingredients, equipment and techniques, with easy-to-follow step-by-step photographs. The Great British Bake Off: Bake It Better are the 'go to' cookery books which gives you all the recipes and baking know-how in one easy-to-navigate series.

Bake it Better: Classic Cakes includes everything you need to know about baking delicious and beautiful cakes. Whether you are new to baking and looking for simple, easy recipes or a more confident baker looking to develop your skills and repertoire, with The Great British Bake Off you can be sure you're getting scrumptious, tried-and-tested recipes. The recipes themselves include traditional classics and modern bakes, and progress from simple through to more challenging showstoppers - Bake it Better will take you a journey from first timer to star baker. With expert advice about ingredients, equipment and techniques, and easy-to-follow step-by-step photographs. The Great British Bake Off: Bake It Better are the 'go to' cookery books which give you all the recipes and baking know-how in one easy-to-navigate series.