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Small cakes – From Fondant Fancies to Florentines

by David Whitehouse
Small cakes – From Fondant Fancies to Florentines

The first surprise you get when looking through this book is that quite a few of the recipes are not, in fact, for particularly small cakes!
There’s a very proud looking Dundee cake (one of several recipes made in 16cm diameter tins), and even a 26cm chocolate cheesecake, for example. But this is only a slight [...]

Cookbook for Girls

by Zoe Perrett
Cookbook for Girls

I’m not quite sure that I get the idea of a cookbook aimed at girls rather than children in general, but presumably the publishers had thought about this when choosing a title which excluded all those budding Jamies and Gordons in favours of the Delias and Nigellas.
However, having gone down this path, Dorling Kindersly have [...]

Round-up: some little books on baking

by David Whitehouse
Round-up: some little books on baking

The best cookbooks aren’t necessarily massive tomes devoted to every fiddly detail. Some books get straight to the point and when space is at a minimum they don’t muck about. Here are a five little baking books that make short work of it.
 
Just Like Mother Used to Bake
A real pocket-sized volume, this book nonetheless packs [...]

Children’s Cookbook

by Zoe Perrett
Children’s Cookbook

The Dorling Kindersley imprint now offers quite a selection of titles aimed at encouraging children into the kitchen as more than mere observers. This book is aimed squarely at beginners – of all the DK books, I felt it contained perhaps the most helpful introductory tips – and explains basic techniques like melting chocolate and [...]