The Golden Book of Baking: Over 300 Great Recipes

by Carla Bardi, Ting Morris, Carla Bardi

This brand-new title in Barron's lavish series of palate-pleasing and recipe-filled " Golden Books " conjures up those wonderful pastry shops of Paris--rich with heavenly aromas and delights that gratify both the eye and the taste buds. "The Golden Book of Baking " presents 300 glorious recipes and color photos that guide home chefs toward perfection in the art of creating and enjoying the very finest baked delicacies. The kitchen-proven recipes are categorized as follows:
Cookies, Bars, and Brownies: raspberry delights, Bavarian apple cones, marbled cream cheese squares, and many more Small Cakes: apple and pecan cupcakes, strawberry cream cupcakes, pecan and banana friands, and many more Butter Cakes: basic pound cake, double chocolate pound cake, pecan crunch yogurt cake, upside-down apple cake, and many more Layer Cakes: tricolored cake, Black Forest cake, strawberry cream g teau, and many more Pies and Tarts: lemon and lime meringue pie, chocolate and hazelnut tart, fruits of the forest pie, coconut cream tart, and many more Pastries: almond bows, coffee claires, almond and walnut baklava, peach puff, and many more Yeast Cakes: apple crumble kuchen, stollen, brioche, chocolate chelsea buns, and many more Savories: scones, spicy Thai rolls, pepper and olive tart, ham and onion spirals, and many more
This book's team of three expert authors have graded their recipes for classic and modern baked delicacies on a scale of 1, 2, and 3 to indicate level of difficulty. Most recipes fall into categories 1 and 2, but adventurous home chefs who think they can match the expertise of Paris's finest "p tisseries " are invited to test their skill by attempting challenging recipes like the Red Fruit Dacquoise layer cake, or a baking sheet filled with authentically French Chocolate clairs! The book's introduction includes important recommendations regarding ingredients, preparation methods, and baking equipment. More than 300 full-page, taste-tempting color photos show each baked delicacy, fresh from the oven and ready to serve and enjoy. This handsome volume features a ribbon place marker and gold-tipped page edges.

Genres: Cooking, Cookbooks

704 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2009

Reviews

[Alicia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Most recipes are good but every once in a while I find some pretty significant typos in either the ingredient or the instructions. I love baking, but I hate having to throw away an entire cake because the recipe called for icing sugar but my research after the fact shows this was a mistake in the recipe and everything else online says it should have been granulated sugar. I'd like to have a recipe book where I don't have to question the accuracy of the recipe given I'm far from an expert.

[Chelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this cookbook was excellent. Every recipe has a picture, which is massively important to me when trying to envision what I am baking. There is also a great variation in the types of baked goods represented in the book. It is very well organized into separate sections for different types of goods: cookies, cakes, etc. I quite enjoy many recipes out of this book as well as the presentation of all the pieces.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good recipes, nothing too unique though. Got a few recipes from it on traditional desserts.