Recommended baking books

Chocolate All Day

Kirsten Tibballs

These recipes are the keys to the chocolate kingdom. The simplest route to chocolate happiness by the doyenne of chocolate, Kirsten Tibballs.

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A New Way to Bake

Philip Khoury

A New Way to Bake reinvents and reimagines cakes, bakes and desserts, using whole, natural ingredients that are available globally.

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Children’s Birthday Cake Book (40th Anniversary Edition)

The Australian Women's Weekly

A generation of Australian children have grown up with the cakes from the Australian Women’s Weekly. Celebrate it’s 40th anniversary with this special hardcover edition.

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What’s for Dessert

Claire Saffitz

A love letter to dessert by the New York Times bestselling author of Dessert Person.

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Beatrix Bakes

Natalie Paull

Embrace the unparalleled joys of baking seasonally and creatively with this mouth-watering collection of recipes brought to you by Melbourne’s tiny beloved bakery, Beatrix.

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Middle Eastern Sweets: Desserts, Pastries, Creams & Treats

Salma Hage

The latest culinary treat from Salma Hage, one of the Middle East’s most-loved home cooks - an authentic, indulgent collection of dessert recipes for all tastes and occasions

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Small Batch Bakes: Baking cakes, cookies, bars and buns for one to six people

Edd Kimber

Accessible, easy baking for singles, small households, students or anyone who likes to bake a lot.

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Sweet

Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh

‘There’s nothing like a perfectly light sponge flavoured with spices and citrus or an icing-sugar-dusted cookie to raise the spirits and create a moment of pure joy.’

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Butter, Butter

Petra Galler

Inspired by the author's Jewish heritage, these recipes have a very European sensibility, with a touch of Middle Eastern flavours.

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All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet

Michael James, Pippa James

A savoury-focused baking cookbook with an emphasis on wholegrains and seasonally-led ingredients from a UK-trained chef who is one of Australia’s best-regarded bakers.

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Advent: Festive German Bakes to Celebrate the Coming of Christmas

Anja Dunk

Traditional German baking for the festive season, all in one gorgeous package.

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Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence

Claire Saffitz

Claire Saffitz is a baking hero for a new generation.

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The Italian Bakery: Step-by-Step Recipes with the Silver Spoon

The Silver Spoon Kitchen

Bake like an Italian with this latest Silver Spoon treasure - a culinary inspiration and go-to kitchen companion

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Modern Asian Baking at Home: Essential Sweet and Savory Recipes for Milk Bread, Mooncakes, Mochi, and More; Inspired by the Subtle Asian Baking Community

Kat Lieu

Inspired by the global Subtle Asian community, Modern Asian Baking at Home features exciting, contemporary Asian-inspired ingredients and techniques bakers of all levels will want to add to their repertoires.

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Nadiya’s Everyday Baking: From weeknight meals to celebration bakes, let your oven do the work for you

Nadiya Hussain

PRE ORDER your copy of Nadiya’s latest baking book. Be it beautiful cakes and bakes for celebrations, effortless weeknight dinners, easy sweet and savoury tray bakes, quick-fix lunches, tasty snacks…

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Torta della Nonna

Emiko Davies

Take your sweet tooth on a tour of Italy with this collection of sixty much-loved sweets recipes.

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One Tin Bakes Easy: Foolproof cakes, traybakes, bars and bites from gluten-free to vegan and beyond

Edd Kimber

One tin + one book = even easier bakes.

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Baking with Fortitude: Winner of the Andre Simon Food Award 2021

Dee Rettali

A one-of-a-kind, handsomely-designed four-color guide to artisan baking, featuring modern approaches to old-fashioned methods.

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How to Raise a Loaf

Roly Allen

A new generation is discovering the chewy texture and rich flavour of real bread, and sourdough is one of the biggest stories in food.

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Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes

Giuseppe Dell'Anno

Bring a taste of the Italian bakery to your home with Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes.

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Lazy Baking: Really Easy Sweet and Savoury Bakes

Jessica Elliott Dennison

A modern guide to fuss-free sweet and savoury bakes.

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The Tivoli Road Baker

Michael James,Pippa James

In The Tivoli Road Baker, British-born pastry chef Michael James and his team share the knowledge that goes into creating standout bread and pastries

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The Art of Cake

Alice Oehr

Cakes offer a kind of magic, turning the everyday into the exquisite. In this unapologetic ode to cake, Alice Oehr’s engaging writing and distinctive, playful illustrations tell the stories of…

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Nonna Knows Best

Jaclyn Crupi

In Nonna Knows Best, Jaclyn Crupi celebrates the passion, generosity of spirit and good old- fashioned wisdom of nonnas and shares the secrets that make them so special

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Dark Rye and Honey Cake: Festival baking from the heart of the Low Countries

Regula Ysewijn

Celebrated author Regula Ysewijn explores sweet and savoury bakes from Antwerp to Amsterdam.

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How to Be a Domestic Goddess

Nigella Lawson

The classic baking bible by Nigella Lawson. This is the book that helped the world rediscover the joys of baking and kick-started the cupcake revolution, from cake shops around the…

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New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries

Laurel Kratochvila

From sweet to savory, basic breads to fancy pastry, this elegant and thoroughly modern cookbook distills centuries of European tradition and heritage into mouthwatering recipes that home bakers can create…

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Now for Something Sweet

Monday Morning Cooking Club

The irrepressible, unstoppable women of the Monday Morning Cooking Club are back, with the very best, most delicious sweet recipes curated and perfected from Jewish homes across Australia and the…

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Fitwaffle’s Baking It Easy: All my best 3-ingredient recipes and most-loved cakes and desserts. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Eloise Head,Fitwaffle

I’ve collected 100 of my most-loved and brand-new recipes to make baking so simple. Find fifty 3-ingredient recipes, including my crowd-pleasing Oreo Cake and delicious White Chocolate Fudge, plus all…

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Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries

Kristina Cho

Mooncakes and Milk Bread takes you on a culinary adventure through the world of Chinese bakeries, as architect-turned-food blogger Kristina Cho introduces everyone to her unique twists on traditional Chinese…

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Ostro

Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Since launching Ostro online in 2014, Julia Busuttil Nishimura has gained a strong and loyal following for her generous, uncomplicated, seasonal food. As an Australian of Maltese descent and a…

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BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics

Paul Hollywood

The ultimate baking book from internationally beloved baker Paul Hollywood, judge of The Great British Baking Show.

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All About Cookies: A Milk Bar Baking Book

Christina Tosi

A mind-blowing collection of more than 100 new cookie recipes and inspiration to create your own masterpieces, from the founder of Milk Bar, host of Bake Squad, and inventor of…

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Good & Sweet: A New Way to Bake with Naturally Sweet Ingredients

Brian Levy,Amy Chaplin

Groundbreaking recipes for real desserts-sweetened entirely by fruit and other natural, unexpectedly sweet ingredients-from a pastry cook who’s worked at acclaimed restaurants in New York and France –

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Ballymaloe Desserts, Iconic Recipes and Stories from Ireland

JR Ryall

Attainable, reliable, and inspirational recipes for the home baker from the acclaimed pastry chef at the iconic Ballymaloe House in Ireland

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Modern Baking

Donna Hay

Donna Hay, Australia’s bestselling, favourite and most trusted cook, brings you one of her most beautiful books yet: Modern Baking, with over 250 mouthwatering recipes for cakes, biscuits and all…

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Justice of the Pies: Sweet and Savory Pies, Quiches, and Tarts plus Inspirational Stories from Exceptional People

Maya-Camille Broussard

75 sweet and savory pie, quiche, and tart recipes from one of the stars of Netflix’s Bake Squad.

Maya-Camille Broussard launched her social mission-based bakery, Justice of the Pies, as…

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Phillippa’s Home Baking

Richard Cornish,Phillippa Grogan

Phillippa Grogan is the face and name behind Phillippa’s, a well-respected bakery known for its delicious range of traditional baked goods, such as fruit muffins, slices, chocolate cakes and the…

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Recommended baking books

Chocolate All Day

A New Way to Bake

Children’s Birthday Cake Book (40th Anniversary Edition)

What’s for Dessert

Beatrix Bakes

Middle Eastern Sweets: Desserts, Pastries, Creams & Treats

Small Batch Bakes: Baking cakes, cookies, bars and buns for one to six people

Sweet

Butter, Butter

All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet

Advent: Festive German Bakes to Celebrate the Coming of Christmas

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence

The Italian Bakery: Step-by-Step Recipes with the Silver Spoon

Modern Asian Baking at Home: Essential Sweet and Savory Recipes for Milk Bread, Mooncakes, Mochi, and More; Inspired by the Subtle Asian Baking Community

Nadiya’s Everyday Baking: From weeknight meals to celebration bakes, let your oven do the work for you

Torta della Nonna

One Tin Bakes Easy: Foolproof cakes, traybakes, bars and bites from gluten-free to vegan and beyond

Baking with Fortitude: Winner of the Andre Simon Food Award 2021

How to Raise a Loaf

Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes

Lazy Baking: Really Easy Sweet and Savoury Bakes

The Tivoli Road Baker

The Art of Cake

Nonna Knows Best

Dark Rye and Honey Cake: Festival baking from the heart of the Low Countries

How to Be a Domestic Goddess

New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries

Now for Something Sweet

Fitwaffle’s Baking It Easy: All my best 3-ingredient recipes and most-loved cakes and desserts. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries

Ostro

BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics

All About Cookies: A Milk Bar Baking Book

Good & Sweet: A New Way to Bake with Naturally Sweet Ingredients

Ballymaloe Desserts, Iconic Recipes and Stories from Ireland

Modern Baking

Justice of the Pies: Sweet and Savory Pies, Quiches, and Tarts plus Inspirational Stories from Exceptional People

Phillippa’s Home Baking