The simple art of perfect baking /
Braker, Flo,
The simple art of perfect baking / by Flo Braker ; photographs by Dana Gallagher. - 416 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-407) and index.
Introduction -- Perfectly simple favorites -- The "secrets" of perfect baking -- Equipment for perfect baking -- A note about eggs -- About the organization of recipes -- Understanding cake making -- Butter cakes -- Tips for perfect butter cakes -- Sponge (or foam) cakes -- Tips for perfect sponge cakes -- Genoise Cakes -- Sponge Cakes -- Tips for whipping egg-white foams successfully -- Angel Food Cakes -- Chiffon Cake -- Meringues -- Dacquoise -- Simply perfect essentials: fillings, frostings, glazes, toppings, and finishing touches -- Splitting and frosting cakes perfectly -- Working with Chocolate -- Working with Sugar -- Understanding pastry making -- Pastry making -- Tips for developing gluten properly -- Pies and galettes (unsweetened short pastry) -- Tips for making perfect unsweetened short pastry -- Tarts (sweetened short pastry) -- Tips for making perfect sweetened short pastry -- Puff pastry -- Tips for making perfect puff pastry -- Cream puff pastry -- Tips for making perfect cream puff pastry -- Appendix -- Baker's shopping sources -- Conversion table for weights -- Baker's Measure and Weight Equivalents -- Bibliography -- Index.
The award-winning author of Sweet Miniatures offers an organized, methodical approach to baking that features some two hundred tested dessert recipes--for cakes, tortes, tarts, pies, pastries, and more, along with step-by-step instructions for a variety of useful cooking and decorating techniques. 1
081184109X 9780811841092
2004004079
Baking
Desserts
Cooking.
TX763 / .B76 2003
641.815
The simple art of perfect baking / by Flo Braker ; photographs by Dana Gallagher. - 416 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-407) and index.
Introduction -- Perfectly simple favorites -- The "secrets" of perfect baking -- Equipment for perfect baking -- A note about eggs -- About the organization of recipes -- Understanding cake making -- Butter cakes -- Tips for perfect butter cakes -- Sponge (or foam) cakes -- Tips for perfect sponge cakes -- Genoise Cakes -- Sponge Cakes -- Tips for whipping egg-white foams successfully -- Angel Food Cakes -- Chiffon Cake -- Meringues -- Dacquoise -- Simply perfect essentials: fillings, frostings, glazes, toppings, and finishing touches -- Splitting and frosting cakes perfectly -- Working with Chocolate -- Working with Sugar -- Understanding pastry making -- Pastry making -- Tips for developing gluten properly -- Pies and galettes (unsweetened short pastry) -- Tips for making perfect unsweetened short pastry -- Tarts (sweetened short pastry) -- Tips for making perfect sweetened short pastry -- Puff pastry -- Tips for making perfect puff pastry -- Cream puff pastry -- Tips for making perfect cream puff pastry -- Appendix -- Baker's shopping sources -- Conversion table for weights -- Baker's Measure and Weight Equivalents -- Bibliography -- Index.
The award-winning author of Sweet Miniatures offers an organized, methodical approach to baking that features some two hundred tested dessert recipes--for cakes, tortes, tarts, pies, pastries, and more, along with step-by-step instructions for a variety of useful cooking and decorating techniques. 1
081184109X 9780811841092
2004004079
Baking
Desserts
Cooking.
TX763 / .B76 2003
641.815