Nowadays, there is a plethora of Baking Recipe books to choose from – whether you’re an expert cake maker or a novice. However, as there is so much choice, with new books coming out every year, it can be difficult to know which one will transform you into Mary Berry in no time.

Here are our tips on finding the right Recipe Book depending on your baking needs.

GBBO Fans

If you are a fan of the Great British Bake Off – or GBBO, as it is known to its fans – there is probably no point in looking any further. The popular BBC series has dominated the baking world since it launched in 2010.

There is now a book for each of the six series so far, as well as several spin-offs, according to baking specialities, such as Christmas bakes, puddings and desserts, showstoppers and everyday cake-making.

Novices can buy Learn to Bake, which includes tips and easy-to-follow recipes that aim to teach the reader what they are doing at the same time.

However, if you fancy yourself a future contestant, why not get your hands on Crème de la Crème? This recipe book provides recipes from the country’s best patisserie chefs, so you can show off your impressive skills with finesse!

Hummingbird Bakery Devotees

Of course, you might prefer buying a cookbook from the Hummingbird Bakery collection. This bakery first opened in Notting Hill in 2004, and has won itself a huge following ever since.

People love it for its rich, decadent American cake recipes, particularly its delectable cupcakes – a dessert that has shot up in popularity in the UK ever since!

If you want to know the secrets to baking the very best – and naughtiest – of American puddings, including famous cupcakes, red velvet puddings, buttermilk pancakes, lemon pie, huge chocolate cookies or peanut butter ice-cream, you should get your hands on one of these cookbooks.

Bread Addicts

Someone who has fared particularly well out of GBBO is chef Paul Hollywood, who was only well-known in the Bread world before the television show catapulted him into notoriety (well, in the UK at least).

He is most famous for its bread-making skills, and even has his own enterprise – the Paul Hollywood Artisan Bread Company – that supplies good-quality bread to some of the country’s biggest supermarkets.

So, if you want to learn how to bake a baguette, offer your guests delicious focaccia in your stylish Alaris kitchen, or treat your family to a sweet Panettone at Christmastime, he is the man to go to.

You can choose from a variety of Hollywood’s cookbooks, including 100 Great Breads, Bread, and How To Bake. Savoury bakers may also love Pies and Puds, in which he gives his tips on how to create delicious pork, apple and cider pie, and a sausage plait, among many other treats.

Cake Sale Bakers

Many people are thrown into the baking world when they have to start producing treats for their children’s school bake sales. Some are even pressurised into creating masterpiece cakes for their kids’ birthday parties, completed with quality decorating skills.

If this sounds like you, you may enjoy Lisa Faulkner’s Tea & Cake. This cookbook offers recipes on your all-time afternoon tea favourites, including Earl Grey tea loaf, tarts, and biscuits.

You will never be short of ideas for the next bake sale with the array of tray bake, cookie and loaf cake recipes in this book.

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