 This is the first ever cake book for Aga owners, all the lovely things cooks want to make but often find tricky to get right in the Aga. With 100 recipes for large cakes, cupcakes, buns, muffins and traybakes, ranging from the classic to the contemporary, this book is perfect for both the keen cake baker and the complete beginner.
There are ideas for all occasions, or simply fast cakes for the busy person, and even recipes children will enjoy making themselves.
Secrets of Aga Cakes features100 mouth-watering recipes including…
· Simple cakes: quick and easy traybakes, Swiss rolls, all-in-one cakes – ideal for beginners
· Chocolate cakes: brownies, chocolate roulade, death-by-chocolate – sumptuous delights that are equally good served as teatime cakes or dinner-party desserts
· Traditional cakes: Victoria sandwich, Christmas cake, Simnel cake, Dundee cake, parkin, teabread, scones, plus old English regional classics
· Baking with kids: fairy cakes, drop scones, Welsh cakes, flapjacks, cookies, fork biscuits - quick, easy and fun to make
· Cupcakes: beautiful little iced gems in a variety of colours and flavours
· Coffee-shop cakes: muffins, flavoured shortbread, banana loaf, gingerbread - the ideal accompaniment to a cappuccino
· The healthy option: fruit bars, oatcakes, carrot cake, courgette buns, wholewheat cake, fat-free cakes – remove some of the guilt from cake baking
All of the recipes have Aga and conventional instructions, there’s also advice about baking equipment and useful tips throughout, making cake baking in the Aga absolutely foolproof.
Secrets of Aga Cakes by Lucy Young is published by Ebury, price £16.99
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