Mastering the Basics
Baking
Published on 1. March 2013
160 pages
978-1-74343-393-5 (ISBN)
Description
Through techniques, tips and trusted recipes, Mastering the Basics: Baking will guide both the novice cook and the competent baker who wishes to extend their skills through the basics of baking and beyond. From indulgent chocolate cake and melt-in-the-mouth citrus-scented biscuits to Scottish shortbread, French macarons and traditional sponge cake, this collection of reliable recipes, is presented in an aspirational, yet very approachable design. Step-by-step photography and a useful basics chapter that contains all the building blocks, techniques and basic recipes provide extra help to ensure success every time the oven is turned on.Also in the series: Mastering the Basics: Pasta, Mastering the Basics: Desserts and Mastering the Basics: Pies, Tarts & Pastries
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Baking Basics
- Baking ingredients
- Baking equipment
- Freezing
- Basic mixing techniques
- Icings
- Shortcrust pastry
- Preparing cake tins
- Handling cakes
- Secrets to a successful meringue
- Biscuits & Meringues
- Jumbo chocolate fudge cookies
- Gingernuts
- Simple biscuits
- Anzac biscuits
- Greek almond crescents
- Viennese fingers
- Monte creams
- Almond biscotti
- Amaretti
- Gingerbread people
- Scottish shortbread
- Langues de chat
- Digestive biscuits
- Florentines
- Crackle cookies
- Melting moments
- Tuiles
- Parmesan biscuits
- Vanilla meringues
- Espresso meringue kisses
- Macarons
- Slices
- Chocolate caramel slice
- Brownies
- Hazelnut meringue and chocolate fingers
- Peanut toffee shortbreads
- Pecan coffee slice
- Coconut jam slice
- Choc-coconut slice
- Date crumble slice
- Cakes
- Simple chocolate cake
- Vanilla butter cake
- Passionfruit genoise sponge
- Rich fruit cake
- Pound cake
- Upside-down banana cake
- Flourless chocolate cake
- White chocolate mud cake
- Glacé fruit and nut loaf
- Honey roll
- Coffee and walnut cake
- Semolina lemon syrup cake
- Cupcakes
- Madeleines
- Blueberry and almond friands
- Nectarine and almond cake
- Muffins, Scones & Quick Breads
- Banana muffins
- White chocolate and blackberry muffins
- Spinach and feta muffins
- Plain scones
- Rich scones
- Cheese scones
- Raspberry-filled scones
- Damper
- Seeded rye damper
- Cornbread
- Banana bread
- Conversion charts
- Index
- Copyright
