Baking for All Occasions
A Treasury of Recipes for Everyday Celebrations
Published on 21. September 2012
613 pages
978-1-4521-2132-1 (ISBN)
Description
Whip up delicious cakes, pies, cookies, and more-from crowd-pleasing favorites for potlucks to singular dessert sensations for intimate dinner parties.
Baking expert Flo Braker rises to the occasion with more than 200 celebration-worthy recipes for baked goods. Whether it's an impressive Dark Chocolate Custard Tart to wish someone a happy birthday, a blue ribbon-worthy batch of Fresh Mint Brownies for the annual family reunion, or an Old-World Braided Coffee Cake to impress the bridge club, each recipe is custom-crafted to commemorate life's special events. Lots of introductory information on techniques and ingredients ensure that each treat will be baked to perfection, making this a fabulous reference for any cookbook library. Baking for All Occasions makes each day something to celebrate.
Baking expert Flo Braker rises to the occasion with more than 200 celebration-worthy recipes for baked goods. Whether it's an impressive Dark Chocolate Custard Tart to wish someone a happy birthday, a blue ribbon-worthy batch of Fresh Mint Brownies for the annual family reunion, or an Old-World Braided Coffee Cake to impress the bridge club, each recipe is custom-crafted to commemorate life's special events. Lots of introductory information on techniques and ingredients ensure that each treat will be baked to perfection, making this a fabulous reference for any cookbook library. Baking for All Occasions makes each day something to celebrate.
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Flo Braker is the author of Sweet Miniatures and The Simple Art of Perfect Baking. She lives in Palo Alto, California.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Dedication and Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part One
- A Baking Primer
- Fundamental Baking Techniques
- Essential Equipment
- Ingredients
- Part Two
- Blue-Ribbon Worthy
- Banana-Bottom Pineapple-Swirl Cupcakes
- Bishop's Cake
- Blueberry Muff ins with Doughnut Topping
- Heavenly Brownie-on-Shortbread Bars
- Double-Crust Butter-Pecan Apple Pie
- Chocolate-Chip Cookie Cake
- Any Day All-Occasion Snack Cake
- Fresh Mint Brownies
- Walnut Breton Cake
- Kouign Amman Express Pastries
- Tangy Lemon Custard Tart with Pomegranate Gelée
- Peanut Butter Pound Cake with Coconut-Date Topping
- Pecan-Pine Nut Tassie Crostata
- Fresh Pineapple Crumble Cake
- Cinnamon Bubble Buns
- Almond-Rhubarb Snack Cake
- Strawberry-Mango Shortcakes with Basil Syrup
- Tender Butter Cake with Nut-Crunch Topping
- Red Velvet Cake Roll
- Crowd-Pleasing Favorites
- Mocha-Almond O'Marble Cake
- Triple-Ginger Gingerbread
- Classic Butter Cake Cupcakes with White Chocolate-Sour Cream Frosting
- Spicy Applesauce Cake
- Prune Plum-Apricot Oversized Frangipane Tart
- Banana-Split Cream Pie
- Butterscotch Spiral Coffee Cake
- Congo Brownies
- Swiss Engadiner Squares
- Luscious Lime Bars with Milk Chocolate Glaze
- Millionaire's Shortbread
- Flourless Banana Chiffon Cake
- Raspberry Sheet Cake
- Chocolate-Sour Cream Pound Cake with Cheesecake Swirl
- Brown Sugar-Almond Slices
- Inside-Out Chocolate Layer Cake
- Special Spritz Cookies
- Orange Chiffon Tweed Cake with Milk 'n' Honey Sabayon
- Double-Crust Sweet Ricotta Galette
- Five-Layer Checkerboard Cake with Dark Chocolate Ultra-Satin Frosting
- Baking for a Rainy Day
- Peanut Butter Crunch Cake, Squared
- Quintessential Cheese Blintzes
- Over-the-Top Super-Duper Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Bundernuss Torte
- Dark Chocolate Baby Cakes
- Sunshine Orange Semifreddo
- Frozen Lemon Glacier
- Great Peanut Butter Grated-Dough Bars
- Frozen Fruit Rainbow Terrine
- Lily's Extraordinary Linzer Tart
- Chocolate Marquise with Graham Crackers
- Naomi's Date-Nut Slices
- Peppermint Candy Ice Cream Cake Roll
- Pumpkin Ice Cream Prof i teroles with Caramel Sauce
- Mile-High Cheesecake
- Hearth and Home All Day Long
- Banana Streusel Snack Cake
- Focaccia for Breakfast
- Popovers with Bourbon-Buttermilk Sauce
- Rhubarb, Apple, and Raspberry Jalousie
- Lemon-Scented Pull-Apart Coffee Cake
- Maple-Pecan Medjool Date Rugelach
- Old-World Braided Coffee Cake
- Overnight Cinnamon Buns
- Pain d'Épices
- Bohemian Kolaches
- Apricot Flaky Scones
- Spicy Citrus Swirly Buns
- Croissant Cinnamon Sticks
- Coconut Twist Coffee Cake
- Ready to Share
- Eggnog Pound Cake with Crystal Rum Glaze
- Almond Tea Cake with Tangerine Glaze
- Evie Lieb's Processor Challah
- Banana-Poppy Seed Cake
- Spicy Yogurt Pound Cake
- Cheery Cherry Chocolate Tart
- Pumpkin Strudel
- Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Spearmint-Lime Glaze
- Cyrano Chocolate Cake
- Autumn Dried Fruit-Nut Tart
- Fruit-Studded Cornmeal Cake
- Gingerbread-Pecan Tart
- Deluxe Lemon-Lavender Mail-a-Cake
- World-Traveling Crispy ANZAC Cookies
- Maple-Pecan Custard Pie
- Old-Time Pound Cake with Candied Cranberry-Pineapple-Ginger Topping
- Chocolate Lover's Angel Food Cake
- Ultimate Cappuccino Cheesecake
- Blackberry-Blueberry Chiffon Cream Pie
- Minced-Fruit Strudel
- Farmers' Market Fresh
- Top-of-the-Crop Blackberry-Ginger Pie
- Warm Mixed Cherry Clafouti
- Golden Blueberry Cake
- Rhubarb-Cherry-Raspberry Crumb Pie
- Double-Crust White Peach-Polenta Tart with Sweetened Crème Fraîche
- Open-Faced Apple Galette with Quince Paste
- Brown Butter Pear Tart
- Pastry-Topped Fig and Nectarine Cobbler
- Flag-Raising Mixed-Berry Potpies
- Sour Cream Custard Tart
- Rustic Sweet-Potato Crostata
- Almost-Last-Minute Summer Fruit Crumble
- Stone-Fruit Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuits
- Apricot-Almond-Berry Buckle
- 24-Karat Cupcakes with Orange Cream Cheese Icing
- Singular Sensations
- Apple Cider Baby Chiffon Cakes
- Banana-Coconut Upside-Down Cupcakes
- Butterscotch-Pecan Mini Pies
- Cheesecake Timbales
- Chocolate-Dipped Cheesecake-sicles
- Coffee Cup Tiramisu
- Miniature Financier Teacups with Candied Kumquats
- Flaky Lemon-Marshmallow Turn-overs
- Double-Cranberry Mini Cakes
- Hand Galettes with Assorted Fruit
- Brown Butter Bundtlettes
- Persimmon Bread Puddings
- Three Cheers for Tiny Pumpkin Pies
- Crème Fraîche Custard with Lacy Brûlée Wafers
- A Dessert from Down Under with a Patriotic American Filling
- Fruit Cocktail Trifles with Crème Anglaise
- Year-Round Little Peach Pies
- Milk Chocolate S'More Tartlets with Homemade Marshmallow Topping
- Say It with Cookies
- Bonnie's Best-Selling Almond Tuiles
- Cacao Nib Meringue Kisses
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Logs
- Chocolate-Vanilla Swirl Cookies
- Trufflewiches
- "Be My Valentine" Heartwiches
- Fruit-Nut Florentine Cookie Triangles
- Simply Sweet Diamants
- Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart Cookies
- Golden Gingersnap Stars
- Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies
- Nancy's Brown Butter Buttons
- Neapolitan Bars
- Buttery Rosette Cookies
- Cookie-Dough Hamantaschen
- Susie's Raspberry Jam Squares
- Espresso Shortbread-by-the-Dozen
- Scalloped Butter Cookies with Pistachio-Rose Water Glaze
- Ultimate Coconut Macaroons
- Mexican Wedding Cookies
- Gingery Crumb Wedges
- Red Letter Day Desserts
- Coffee-Toffee Celebration Cake
- Chocolate Roulade with Chocolate Diplomat Cream
- Dulce de Tres Leches Fiesta Cake with Red Fruit Sauce
- Heirloom Banana Layer Cake with Prune Plum Filling and Seafoam Frosting
- Cupid's Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream
- Black Forest Cake
- Rhubarb and Pistachio Tart
- Black-Bottom Praline Chiffon Pie
- Night and Day Torte
- Deluxe Boston Cream Pie
- Caramel Chocolate Cream Pie
- Dee-luscious Lemon Meringue Pie
- All-American Chocolate Cake with Divinity Frosting and Milk Chocolate Paint
- Flourless Chocolate Torte
- Frangipane Ripple Chocolate Pound Cake
- Creamy Mint Napoleons
- Old-Fashioned Jelly Roll with a Twist
- Part Three
- The Baker's Handbook Basic Recipe Components
- Favorite Buttermilk Cake
- Silver Cake with Poppy Seeds
- Signature Yellow Cake
- Dark Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate Genoise Sheet Cake
- Single-Crust Flaky Pie Pastry
- Double-Crust Flaky Pie Pastry
- All-Butter Flaky Pastry
- Four Pie Crusts at One Time
- Cream Cheese Pastry
- Three Tart Shells at One Time
- Tender Tart Pastry
- Single-Crust Crostata Pastry
- Chocolate Tart Pastry
- Flaky Strudel Pastry
- Croissant Pastry ASAP
- PDQ (Pretty Darn Quick) Puff Pastry
- Crème Anglaise
- Lemon Curd
- Sweet Potato Puree
- Red-Hot Poached Pears
- Dried Plum-Armagnac Purée
- Part Four
- Sources
- Volume and Weight Measures
- Index by Recipe Categories
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
