Baking Books

I have this one and it's really good and you can never go wrong with Mary Berry!

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/13902/Mary-Berrys-Baking-Bible?src=gfeed&gclid=CKPjpJzOwbMCFUbKtAodnQUA0Q

And I would like Lorraine Pascal's one as well:-

https://www.whsmith.co.uk/Products/Baking-Made-Easy+Hardback+35217695

Also have you sent off your app for GBBO?

plan to this weekend as finishing a wedding cake tomorrow and need the pictures!!!!!!! the application is done tho eeek!

Exciting!!! You have to include pictures in the application or is that by choice?

You have to include pictures!

I'm going to get my mum the PH book. I've not got a lot of baking books either, but it would be a good start to get Mary Berry's ones and get revising!

I'm not applying, I'm not up to the standard they'd need, no way!

I've got the Primrose Bakery book too, it's similar to the Hummingbird ones but less American.

what!! u said you woudl if i did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!im not up to the standard they want either not on stuff thats not cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I did - I got the form and when I started filling it in I realised I'd only baked cakes (simple ones at that!) and that I'd never made anything else they'd asked for so the questions like "what is the most advanced type of bread you've made?" my answer is 'erm, buying posh bread from the delhi?!"

I have Mary Berry's Baking Bible, it's fab.

My SIL bought me this last Christmas: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Who-Bakes-Edd-Kimber/dp/0857830457/ref=sr_1_23?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352456333&sr=1-23 which has some interesting recipes, not tried many yet though!

This one...

https://www.be-ro.co.uk/f_about.htm

Honestly, it's £2.50. It's got fabby recipes in it (even for a non-cook like me) and I had an early copy that was my mum's! Coffee kisses anyone?

You go all the way to India for posh bread?!! Jeez thats dedication haha!

Flow I have the GBBO book its ace! And I have a baking book by Jane Asher which is good for reference.x

I neeeeeed the Mary Berry book. I love baking but I need to expand my repertoire beyond cakes, muffins, cookies and fudge. I really want to get into doing pastry but am scared of mucking it up!

Nigella- domestic godess?

Is the only one I can think of off the top of my head but do have tonnes of great cook books at home.

I have the BBC GoodFood 101 Chocolate Treats book - I could spend hours just looking at it!

Great British bake off (have most of them free from Lakeland ex display!)

Lorraine Pascal

Bbc good food. Just bought a little set of three cake and treat ones for £5!

Mostly I look up recipes on the Internet and adapt them. I have a recipe book full of scribbles!

I have the Primrose Bakery book and the Hummingbird bakery book.

I did cupcake decorating a couple of weeks ago and it was really fun!

Is there a baking for dummies book?

Hey Flow, good luck with your application to GBBO I tried to apply but im not allowed :-( One book that i would recommend that was recommended to me on my patisserie course is 'The roux Brothers on patisserie' it is quite an old book but has all of the basic techniques in and using them you can tweak them to make pretty much anything you want. i recently bought Eric Lanlards master Cakes which is pretty good too!

Paul Hollywood's book is bloody amazing!! There's a bias towards bread, but plenty of sweet stuff too. I've made a few things - recipes were fairly straightforward and the end results were delicious

Good luck with your GBBO application

Rachel Allen's bake is one of my faves Flow.

Don't laugh!! I got 2 books for my friends birthday on Tuesday from the pound shop. Cakes and Cup Cakes, , she loves them. Worth a look for £2....