num_pages: 320
description: Twelve new amateur bakers are ready to rise to the Great British Bake Off challenge. While they don their aprons adjust to their new ovens and get used to baking in a tent this book takes you through the challenges from the series and shows you how to achieve baking perfection. Throughout the book Mary and Paul are on hand with expert advice and practical tips to help you create perfect cakes biscuits breads pastries pies and teatime treats every time. Each chapter begins with a specific baking skill which once mastered allows you to tackle Mary and Paul's technical challenges as seen on the show with confidence. There are over 120 recipes in this book including traditional British bakes and imaginative twists using classic ingredients as well as the best contestant recipes from the series. There is plenty to challenge keen bakers here from brandy snaps to elaborate pastries pavlovas to iced celebration cakes and with a sensuous and yet practical design and full-color step-by-step photography this really will become the baking book that you will turn to for years to come. Includes metric measures and conversion chart.
language: English
title: The Great British Bake Off: How to Bake: The Perfect Victoria Sponge and Other Baking Secrets
publisher: BBC Books