Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Techniques 8
Breakfast foods 16
Flapjacks 18
French pancakes 20
Blueberry & vanilla muffins 22
White chocolate & strawberry muffins 24
Double-chocolate muffins 26
Zucchini loaf 27
Date & walnut loaf 28
Fruity banana bread 30
Apricot & cherry loaf cakes 31
Danish pastries 32
Cakes, cupcakes & pastries 34
Heavenly chocolate cake 36
Chocolate & beet cake 38
Devil's food cake 39
Chocolate & orange mousse cake 40
Pineapple & carrot cake 42
Simnel cake 44
Marbled coffee ring cake 46
Battenburg cake 48
Pineapple upside-down cake 49
Swiss roil 50
Fairy cakes 51
Chocolate cupcakes 52
Lemon cupcakes with lemon frosting 54
Coffee & walnut cupcakes 56
Cupcake tier 58
Baklava 60
Coffee éclairs 62
Religieuses 63
Chocolate profiieroles 64
Cookies, bars & brownies 66
Viennese fingers 68
Pinwheel cookies 69
Fridge cookies 70
Pecan & chocolate chip cookies 71
Gingerbread Christmas cookies 72
Almond tulles 74
Ginger snaps 75
Brandy snaps 76
Shortbread 78
Pink almond macaroons 80
Coconut macaroons 82
Chocolate whoopie pies 83
Iced lime bars 84
Iced orange & lemon bars 86
Best-ever brownies 87
Gingerbread 88
Pies, tarts & cobblers 90
Mincemeat & almond tart 92
Strawberry & rhubarb pie 94
Royal raspberry fart 96
Double-crust apple pie 98
Tarte Tatin 100
French apple tart 102
Tarte au citron 104
French opricot & almond pie 106
Apple tarte au citron 108
Mississippi mud pie 109
Pecan pie 110
Lemon meringue pie 112
Key lime pie 114
Plum & almond tart 116
Raspberry tartlets 118
Tropical tartlets 119
Blueberry puffs 120
Apricot & almond galette 122
Mini apple, apricot & hazelnut crumbles 124
Classic apple crumble 125
Plum crumble 126
Blackberry & apple cobbler 128
Apple strudel 130
British favorites 132
Devon scones 134
Welsh cakes 136
Figgy seeded bites 137
Wimbledon cake 138
Victoria layer coke 140
Dundee cake 141
Treacle tart 142
Bakewell tart 144
Banofti pie 146
Eve's pudding 148
Queen of puddings 149
Treacle pudding 150
Sticky toffee pudding 152
Christmas pudding 154
Steamed jam pudding 156
Magic chocolate pudding 158
Magic lemon pudding 160
Bread & butter pudding 162
Special occasion desserts 164
Cherry cheesecake 166
Rich fruit Christmas cake 168
Rich fruit cake 171
Hot chocolate soufflé 172
Summer berry soufflés 174
Twice-baked lemon soufflés 175
Pavlova with pineapple & ginger 176
Party pavlova pyramid 178
Pear & ginger pavlova 180
Hazelnut meringue roulade with berries 181
Strawberry meringue roulade 182
Ultimate chocolate roulade 184
Fresh fruit baskets 186
Choclate meringue shells 187
Mocha meringue mille-feuilles 188
Index 190
Acknowledgments 192