Victoria Glass Books

An elegant wedding cake is the perfect finale to a wedding breakfast. Whether you are making a cake for your own wedding or for a friend or relative as a thoughtful gift, Boutique Wedding Cakes will show how fabulous cakes are within everyone's reach. Expert baker and sugar-crafter Victoria Glass guides you through the process - from choosing the perfect cake, baking and decorating, how to deliver and present the cake, as well as adapting the recipes to guest numbers. The Basic Techniques teach you how to achieve professional-looking results and step-by-step photography demonstrates clearly how to assemble your spectacular-looking cake. As well as practical advice there are 19 stunning designs for you to follow, ranging from Classic Elegance to the Bold, Bright & Beautiful, each accompanied by their own cake recipe - from a traditional fruit cake to a green tea and ginger sponge. Whatever your taste, you can create an unforgettable wedding cake that is truly unique to you - whatever your baking ability and whatever your budget.

Make food waste a thing of the past, with this guide to getting the very most out of your food, in the most delicious way possible.

Enjoy a taste of simpler times with Victoria Glass' comforting baking recipes for all things retro and nostalgic.

Over 100 chocolate baking recipes for cookies, cakes and bakes that are guaranteed to hit all the right notes of nostalgia and deliciousness!

It’s not hard to see why some cakes and bakes become classics, with family recipes handed down through the generations. You have only to sink your fork into a moist lemon drizzle cake or enjoy the smell of freshly-baked cinnamon buns to understand why there are some sweet treats that we simply can’t resist returning to again and again. This book is a celebration of those recipes, drawing from a broad culinary heritage. From cookies and cakes to pastries and desserts, Victoria Glass charts the delicious range of some of our much-loved classics. Lesser-know smaller bakes such as Jumbles and Fat Rascals feature alongside indisputable classics such as Snickerdoodles and Blueberry Muffins. Larger cakes and pastries range from the quintessential Boston Cream Pie and Hummingbird Cake, to those creations with an international flair: delight with a decadent Austrian Sachertorte or a South African Melktert. To finish, favorite Desserts include Peach Cobbler and Apple Brown Betty. Comforting and economical, these 60 vintage recipes are guaranteed to hit all the right notes of nostalgia and deliciousness.

Delicious chocolate cakes never go out of fashion; they can be comforting and homely or sophisticated and sexy. And what’s not to love about 100 recipes for chocolate bakes? ‘Deliciously Chocolatey’ features ideas that cater for all chocolate cake lovers with child friendly recipes using exciting ingredients like popping candy and homemade marshmallows, afternoon offerings for ladies who lunch, cakes to impress a new girlfriend and recipes for the ultimate birthday cake. Clear step-by-step instructions make even the most complicated recipes feel achievable at home, with guides on how to present your chocolate cakes and bakes as the ultimate eye candy. From biscuits and cookies and small cakes and bakes to larger cakes, pastries, desserts and puddings and petit fours, Victoria charts the delicious range of some of our much-loved classics with a chocolatey twist. Smaller bakes such as Orange and Choc Chip Madeleines and Chocolate and Mint Teacakes feature alongside indisputable classics such as Chocolate Mud Cake, Torta Caprese and Caramelized White Chocolate Cheesecake. Also included are recipes for delicate and decadent petit fours such as Chocolate and Whiskey Truffles, Chocolate Marshmallows and White Chocolate and Champagne Nougat. Whatever the occasion, these 100 chocolate recipes are guaranteed to hit all the right notes of nostalgia and deliciousness.