The Basic Basics Baking Handbook
All You Need to Know to Bake Successful Cakes, Biscuits, Breads and Pastries
Published on 12. February 2021
160 pages
978-1-910690-95-6 (ISBN)
Description
The beloved British chef shares her secrets of success and her recipes for cakes, cookies, breads, and more.
Marguerite Patten first became famous during World War II as she helped British cooks make the best of their rations via BBC radio. Her books went on to sell millions of copies and she became one of the first celebrity chefs-though she much preferred to be called a "home economist."
In this classic book, she presents her tried and tested recipes for cakes large and small, biscuits, breads, pizzas, and pastries. She also discusses equipment, ingredients, basic techniques, and what to do when things go wrong. You'll find family favorites such as walnut cake, teacakes, and buns but more modern popular cakes such as honey and blueberry muffins. With Marguerite Patten's expert guidance, even a beginner can discover the pleasures of baking and achieve successful results.
Marguerite Patten first became famous during World War II as she helped British cooks make the best of their rations via BBC radio. Her books went on to sell millions of copies and she became one of the first celebrity chefs-though she much preferred to be called a "home economist."
In this classic book, she presents her tried and tested recipes for cakes large and small, biscuits, breads, pizzas, and pastries. She also discusses equipment, ingredients, basic techniques, and what to do when things go wrong. You'll find family favorites such as walnut cake, teacakes, and buns but more modern popular cakes such as honey and blueberry muffins. With Marguerite Patten's expert guidance, even a beginner can discover the pleasures of baking and achieve successful results.
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Marguerite Patten OBE has written over 160 cookery books, sales of which amount to over 16 million worldwide. Her long and distinguished career, which began before the war, has included regular appearances on radio and television, live and televised cookery demonstrations, lectures as well as extensive journalism and authorship of books and cookery cards. She pioneered easy-to-follow recipes with her classic All Colour Cookery Book and has documented most aspects of British Cooking. This new book pulls together her life's work and is truly an important work of culinary history.
Content
- Intro
- Full Title
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- FACTS TO ENSURE SUCCESS
- BASIC INGREDIENTS USED IN BAKING
- MEASUREMENTS IN RECIPES
- EQUIPMENT FOR PREPARATION
- EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING
- EQUIPMENT FOR PASTRY DISHES
- FOLLOWING THE RECIPES
- MEASURING THE INGREDIENTS
- MADE IN MINUTES
- BISCUITS, COOKIES, MERINGUES and ECLAIRS
- PERFECT CAKES
- SMALL CAKES
- LARGE CAKES
- MAKING PASTRY
- MAKING BREAD
- A FEW FINAL BAKING IDEAS
- BAKING FRUIT
- MICROWAVE BAKING
- BAKED PUDDINGS
- SOME QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
- INDEX
