The Great Australian Bake Off allows you to achieve baking perfection in your own kitchen! In this, the official book to accompany The Great Australian Bake Off television series, baking experts and the ten Bake Off contestants take us on a journey through the very best in baking - from simple, mouth-watering cakes, pies, tarts and pastries, to the more technical challenges faced by the contestants. This book highlights some of the most innovative baking recipes from the first series, alongside classic recipes that will be familiar to many and loved by all. With more than a hundred easy-to-follow recipes and numerous expert tips and step-by-step guides to hone your baking skills, this book will delight the new and experienced baker alike. If you want to achieve baking perfection, first time, every time, here is your recipe for success.

*Winner of the Guild of Food Writers First Book Award 2014* Food writer and baker extraordinaire Mary-Anne Boermans has delved into the UK’s fine baking history to rediscover the long-forgotten recipes of our past. These are recipes that fill a cook with confidence, honed and perfected over centuries and lovingly adapted for use in 21st-century kitchens. Here you will find such tempting delights as Welsh Honey Cake, Lace Meringues, Rich Orange Tart, Butter Buns, Pearl Biscuits and Chocolate Meringue Pie. They are triple-tested recipes that do not rely on processed, pre-packaged ingredients and they are all delicious. And Mary-Anne reveals the stories behind the bakes, with tales of escaped princes, hungry politicians and royal days out to sample the delicacies of Britain’s historic bakeries. This very special collection sits confidently among the best of British cookery writing, with recipes that have stood the test of time and that will both surprise and delight for years to come.

"Take one tent. Fill with 12 amateur bakers. Garnish with one venerable cookery writer, one blue-eyed bread-maker, and two comedy queens with a love of innuendo. Mix in some triumphs, disasters and soggy bottoms. Finally, sprinkle with a little television magic. And there you have the recipe for the most popular show of modern times. When The Great British Bake Off made its debut in August 2010, it had the makings of a modest hit. But nobody - not the programme-makers and certainly not those first contestants - could have predicted what was to come. Here was a show in which the biggest weekly drama was whether or not a sponge cake would sink in the middle. And oh, how we loved it. Here is the ultimate Bake Off fan book: from bread lion to bin-gate; heart throbs to Twitter trolls; soggy bottoms to sticky buns. This is the celebration of one of the most watched programmes on British television."--Publisher's description.

Bake your way through the much-loved BBC1 series with this beautiful, fully photographic cookbook of 120 original recipes, including those from both the judges and the bakers. This book is for every baker – whether you want to whip up a quick batch of easy biscuits at the very last minute or you want to spend your time making a breathtaking showstopper, there are recipes and decoration options for creating both. Using straightforward, easy-to-follow techniques there are reliable recipes for biscuits, traybakes, bread, large and small cakes, sweet pastry and patisserie, savoury pastry, puddings and desserts. Each chapter transports you on set and showcases the best recipes from the challenges including Mary and Paul's Signature Bakes, Technical Challenges and Showstoppers, plus the best bakers' recipes from the show. There are step-by-step photographs to help guide you through the more complicated techniques and stunning photography throughout, making this the perfect gift for all bakers and Bake Off fans.

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BAKE OFF is pleased to invite you to celebrate all that is great about Australian baking.Don't just celebrate - bake! With all your favourite bakers' recipes, this is a book for home bakers everywhere.From Lemon Meringue Eclairs to Wild Mushroom Pies, Tiramisu Cake to Pear and Walnut Tart, Celeriac and Haloumi Gozleme to Gateau Saint-Honore, this companion cookbook is a celebration of everything that's great about Australian baking, and these easy-to-follow recipes will help you recreate that magic in your own kitchen.Discover new flavours and techniques and try sweet and savoury ideas from around the world. THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BAKE OFF COMPANION has something for every occasion, from family meals and high teas, to celebrations like Christmas and birthdays.

Making good beer at home is easy, and oh so cheap. Brew takes the novice beer-enthusiast by the hand and talks you through every last step of the process. The craft beer revolution is upon us. All over the world we're enjoying bottles of American craft, old Belgian, real British ale and exquisite German lager, and you can make it all for yourself. You don't need to go out and buy loads of kit. With a plastic bucket or two, you can make beer as good as any beer in the entire world and customise it to your own tastes. With beautiful step-by-step photographs and comprehensive sections on how and what you need to get started, bottling and storing, a glossary of key ingredient types, troubleshooting tips and proven beer recipes that result in complex flavours, every taste and skill level is catered for. Brew isn't like other brewing books. It is for those who have never brewed and want to understand more, for those who have a basic grasp and a few beers under their belt, and it is for those with experience who want inspiration to continue to grow.