Photography by Peter Williams

In Baking with Passion you will find simple but authoritative recipes that can easily be achieved in your own home, at your own leisure. With the reassuring instruction of tried and tested techniques, and the comfort of carefully adapted combinations of flavours, readers will be able to produce delicious breads, cakes and pastries. Baker & Spice have shared their secrets and used their experience to provide superb recipes as well as an essential guide to ingredients, notes for the cook and tips on how to make, handle and shape the dough. From wild yeast starters and basic quick breads through to delicious cakes, cookies and pastries, this book provides step-by-step recipes that will not fail to impress.

Cakes Section

Achieving cakes with the perfect texture and flavour, pastries with a light crispness and cookies with an irresistible, crumbly softness is now within the grasp of all readers.

Bread Section

Passes on the secrets of the renowned Baker & Spice, so readers can learn how to bake their own amazing breads at home. Techniques are carefully explained and fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs. This authoritative, yet easy-to-follow handbook is an essential guide for every home bread-maker.

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We have long been fans of Dan Lepard and this is a wonderful selection of his best recipes, combining both breads and cakes. With Dan one of his secrets of success is not so much the ‘what’ as the ‘how,’ his detailed descriptions of how to handle, knead and shape bread will guide you through to creating your own wonderful home-baked bread. You will be absolutely spoilt for choice with wonderful recipes such as San Francisco
Sour Dough, English Granary and Sunflower Seed Bread, Roast Pepper and Paprika Bread, Blueberry Bran Muffins, the delicious Benedict Bar
and other mouth-watering pastries. Absolutely Delicious! Highly Recommended!