Simple Cakes - Mary Berry

Simple Tasty Cakes? Mary Berry Simple Cakes! (891 words)
by beckles88 - written on 08/11/09, updated on 09/04/10 (Very useful, 851 readings)
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and buy. I recently bought this recipe book from the book man at work whose sells a selection of brand new books at discount prices. I got this Mary Berry Simple Cakes recipe book for £3.50 when the R.R.P is £9.99. This paperback book is a BBC Book and it has 40 recipes in it, the book book tells us to: "Let Simple Cakes dispel the myth that cake-baking is all fuss and fiddle . The book is about a centimetre thick it has the title a photo of Mary Berry and a photo of a Victoria Sponge on the front, on the back is various photos of a marble loaf being made and different facts and information about the book. There is also a comment from the Sunday Telegraph: The ...

Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book: Over 200 Classic Recipes - ...

Cake? Dont mind if I do! (517 words)
by Carole_M - written on 21/10/09 (Very useful, 90 readings)
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Please note this is a review of the 2nd revised edition (the paperback version with the white strip across the top). I have been very impressed with this book, having been given it as a Christmas present last year, the recipes are simple to understand and follow, without talking down to you. So far all the recipes I have used have been successful first time, and delicious. I have just made the chocolate Victoria sponge, and it is incredibly light, fluffy and moist. The walnut loaf is also particularly popular with my family. From the recipes I have used I have found that they all use the all-in-one-method, i.e. they all ask you to 'put everything in the bowl at once ...

Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook - Mary Berry

Mmmmm!!! Lovely! (380 words)
by Redhillmum - written on 27/10/00, updated on 27/10/00 (Very useful, 88 readings)
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Can't cook? Good cook? Buy this book, you won't regret it. I used to be a pretty naff cook (even though I say it myself - before anyone else does!), but, like everything else, you get better with practise (hopefully). I just make things up as I go along now (cooking that is), it all seems to come together in the end. But, when I first started, I had no idea, which flour do I use, plain or self-raising, what is gas mark 5 in electric terms? Just the basic stuff really, well, time-saving tips and ideas are plentiful in this book. There are more than 1,000 recipes, each of which are fully llustrated, so you have no excuse for cooking the same old ...