THE Best of Mrs Beeton's Cakes and Baking

From simple and economical recipes such as gingerbread, banana cake and breads for everyday filling-up to extravagant gateaux oozing with fruit and cream, from basic breads to muffins and crumpets, this selection of international classics provides the modern cook with everything he or she needs to provide delicious freshly-baked goods for all occasions. With helpful tips, serving ideas and the basic recipes you need to allow your own culinary creativity to take flight, this bakery bible deserves a place in every kitchen. There are all the much-loved favourites that provide the basis of British bakery, plus international recipes and items for special occasions, such as hot cross buns and Twelfth Night cake. The mouth-watering treats inside -Black Forest Gateau -Chelsea Buns -English Muffins -Sacher Torte -Pork Pies -Treacle Tart -Pavlova -Pineapple Upside-down Cake -Hot Cross Buns -Shortbread Isabella Mary Beeton was born in London is 1836, where she grew up in a household of twenty-o.