The New Good Cake Book: Over 125 Delicious Recipes That Can Be Prepared in 30 Minutes or Less

"With its unfussy instructions and interesting variations, this book could lure cake-mix aficionados toward real home baking." — San Francisco Chronicle

"Let them eat cake" takes on mouth-watering proportions in Diana Dalsass's guide to baking made easy. Forget those fluffy layers, those hard-to-find ingredients and complicated cooking instructions; here are more than 125 recipes for cakes that can stand alone, requiring no icings to make them appealing. Whatever your mood, the occasion, or the season, Dalsass has the cake for you. Try tempting your guests or delighting yourself with Peach and Plum Cake, Guinness Spice Cake, or the elegant Ribbons of Chocolate Cake. In plain language, Dalsass gives a thorough treatment to every imaginable aspect of the baking process, delivering both innovation and simplicity. You'll find rich and hearty cakes, reduced-fat cakes to please even the reluctantly health conscious, and as an added attraction, sections on biscotti and bar cakes. "Ms. Dalsass' recipe for what she considers the world's best brownie comes close." — The New York Times "Home cooks should find these cakes as gratifying to make as they are to munch." — Publishers Weekly

Also available: New Chocolate Classics A selection of the Good Cook Book Club.

Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours

Baking with whole-grain flours used to be about making food that was good for you, not food that necessarily tasted good, too. But Kim Boyce truly has reinvented the wheel with this collection of 75 recipes that feature 12 different kinds of whole-grain flours, from amaranth to teff, proving that whole-grain baking is more about incredible flavors and textures than anything else.  

When Boyce, a former pastry chef at Spago and Campanile, left the kitchen to raise a family, she was determined to create delicious cakes, muffins, breads, tarts, and cookies that her kids (and everybody else) would love. She began experimenting with whole-grain flours, and Good to the Grain is the happy result. The cookbook proves that whole-grain baking can be easily done with a pastry chef’s flair. Plus, there’s a chapter on making jams, compotes, and fruit butters with seasonal fruits that help bring out the wonderfully complex flavors of whole-grain flours.

Praise for Good to the Grain:

“Boyce started playing with a variety of flours when she took a break from restaurant kitchens and wrote her first cookbook, Good to the Grain, a whole grains baking bible that won a coveted James Beard Foundation Award this year.”

—O Magazine

Good Food 101: Cupcakes & Small Bakes: Triple-tested Recipes

The perfect accompaniment to a picnic, party spread, or even just a nice cup of tea, cupcakes and small baked treats can lift your mood and satisfy that craving or sweet tooth. This fantastic collection from the experts at the UK's best-selling cookery magazine brings together all of their favorite recipes into one handy volume. Whether you want quick and easy cupcakes, rich chocolaty muffins, seasonal fruity treats, or that extra-special recipe for birthdays and occasions, you're sure to find it here. With each triple-tested recipe followed by a detailed nutritional breakdown and color photograph, you can bake delicious treats for family and friends with complete confidence.

"Good Housekeeping" Complete Book of Home Baking

Over 220 thoroughly tested recipes which cover every aspect of home baking, including biscuits, breads, teabreads, cakes, pastries, pies, scones and savoury bakes. Along with microwave hints, this book provides everything you need to know about baking delicious, fresh foods from your own oven.

Good Housekeeping Great Baking: 600 Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Breads, Pies and Pastries

From sinfully delicious Boston cream pie to mouthwatering herb focaccia, here's every luscious recipe a baker could want--all triple-tested by Good Housekeeping for guaranteed success, the first time and every time.

More than 600 sweet and savory Good Housekeeping recipes, all shown in beautiful color photos, fill the pages of this home baker's must-have. These are the treats that bring back memories and create new ones for generations to come. They range from classic childhood favorites (moist and scrumptious brownies) to more unfamiliar delights like Oatmeal Quick Bread and tempting specialties such as elegant French fruit tarts. Of course, all the baking basics are here including useful information about: appliances from bread machines to immersion blenders; baking pans, sheets, and dishes that work best; plus the right ingredients and flavorings to have on hand. The book also features step-by-step techniques for each baking category. To please the nutrition-conscious cook, every cookie, cracker, soufflé, custard, pie, tart, and cake comes with a calorie count and key information on proteins, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, cholesterol, and sodium.