Mary Berry's Baking Bible

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This republication of one of her classic cookbooks incorporates American measures and includes recommendations for swaps for British ingredients, such as light corn syrup for golden syrup. The use of extra large eggs and salted butter (or buttery spread) in most recipes was unusual (to me).

After an introduction loaded with baking advice and equipment explanations, the very first recipe is a British standard, a Victoria Sandwich. Filled with 250 fool-proof recipes, from the classic Victoria Sponge, Very Best Chocolate Cake and Hazelnut Meringue Cake to tempting muffins, scones and bread and butter pudding, this is the most comprehensive baking cookbook you’ll ever need. Thank you NetGalley and Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press for this eARC in exchange for my honest review. I received an ARC of from NetGalley and Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press in exchange for an honest review.

In this completely modernised reissue, you will find 250 recipes (including 20 new additions) all newly tested and photographed.

I greatly appreciated the use of one-bowl recipes and learning apricot jam is one of her secret ingredients, it shows up in many recipes and how she uses it applied to warm cakes before frosting is genius. Absolutely loved it, there are some recipes I didn't like, but probably 95% of them I did and would bake again. A broad range of savoury and sweet, complex and simple, recipes is included with lots of hints and tips.It has the big, lavish wedding, birthday and occasion cakes, the everyday treats and the perfect recipes to bake with your children. The recipes are astonishingly reliable, fabulous and work every time ( provided you follow the recipe in full). I freely admit that I have a *thing* for the British, and especially anything dealing with British cuisine, and for good reason.

In this completely modernised reissue, the 250 bakes include 20 brand-new recipes alongside all of the much-loved originals, which have been newly tested and photographed. It includes traditional British bakes, recipes used in challenges on Great British Bake-Off, and some yummy looking options from around the world. There's recipes for beginners and more advanced bakers, recipes that can engage kids and challenge adults. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications that are exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers.With beautiful photography and easy-to-follow instructions, this timeless classic is a must have for every baker, big and small. What’s it about: Mary Berry’s Baking Bible was first published in 2009 and quickly became an essential guide for bakers of all levels. If you're a fan of traditional fruit cakes, this is definitely a book for your library, who knew just how many fruit cake variations there are. There has been the odd quirk with things like icing quantities and Mary makes smaller biscuits than I do – could be why she is tiny and I’m not ;). The metric measurements have all been converted to US standard, plain flour is now all-purpose and so on.