The simple art of perfect baking / by Flo Braker ; photographs by Dana Gallagher.
Material type: TextPublisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 416 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 081184109X
- 9780811841092
- 641.815 22
- TX763 .B76 2003
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 641.815 BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A297974B |
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
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