Baking EasytoMake Great Home Bakes Author:Carole Clements (Editor) Amazing recipes with photos to guide you — The photographs alone draw one in immediately and inspire a strong desire to get baking. I bought this book for the Panetonne recipe (a family favorite at Christmas), but I have found many, many favorites in this cookbook, and each recipe tried comes out wonderfully. I appreciate the interna... more »tional recipes (Danish wreath coffeecake, apple strudel, kugelhopf), along with regular American favorites (muffins galore, key lime pie, brownies, sticky buns, shoofly pie, and several great cheesecake recipes). There are also a number of nice party cakes with great decoration techniques, although I am much more likely these days to turn to one of the scrumptious pie recipes, or one of the tortes.
Making bread is also baking, and there are some fine bread recipes here too, as well as some delicious quiches and savory tarts. It's a very comprehensive collection (over 300 recipes with lots of photos accompanying each one) -- truly an inspirational cookbook! Most importantly, everything cooked from this cookbook has been downright delicious.