by David Whitehouse
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 [...]
by Zoe Perrett
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 [...]
by David Whitehouse
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 [...]