Catherine Best – författare

This title features 80 traditional family recipes, shown in over 220 photographs. You can recreate the kitchen of your childhood with this collection of traditional recipes. You can create puddings and desserts for family suppers with Bakewell Tart, Lemon Meringue Pie, Apple and Blackberry Crumble, Baked Cheesecake or Raspberry Trifle. You can learn how to make spectacular cakes and breads, trying your hand at Swiss Roll, Marmalade Teabread, Cottage or Farmhouse loaves and Drop Scones. You can fill your larder and cake tins with teatime treats like Gingerbread, Custard Tarts, Ginger Biscuits, Sugar Cookies and Chocolate Brownies. It is a classic collection of 80 recipes, each shown step by step with a stunning image of every finished dessert, cake or bake, and complete nutritional notes. With this book you will be able to fill your home with the smells and tastes of childhood. You can learn how to make the classic recipes that your grandmother made with chapters on desserts, cakes and breads, and of course bakes and cookies. You will find familiar recipes here that conjure up a gentler age of home-baking, family meals and a warm, welcoming kitchen.Use the delicious cake and cookie recipes in the book to pass on your best sweet treats to the next generation, and fill your oven with the scents of Lemon Drizzle Cake, and Old-Fashioned Treacle Cake.Revive the tradition of afternoon tea and make special treats for the weekends, like Brandy Snaps with Cream and Jam Tarts. In doing so you will make the kitchen the heart of your home, and the evening meal or afternoon tea the day's focal point. All the recipes are presented in a clear and accessible format, with step-by-step instructions and photographs.