Recommended baking books

Richard Hart Bread

Richard Hart

A guide to the craft of baking bread, featuring more than 60 recipes from the former head baker at San Francisco's Tartine and the founder of Copenhagen's Hart Bageri.

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Turkuaz Kitchen

Betuel Tunc

85 recipes for transforming sweet and savoury doughs into delicious main meals and desserts.

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Some of My Best Friends are Cookies

Emelia Jackson

A universe of cookies - from drop, bar, sandwiched, thumbprint, quirky and classy - in one joyous volume by an internationally bestselling baking queen.

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Taboon

Hisham Assaad

‘There is bread and salt between us.’ This phrase, symbolising the act of breaking bread together, of welcome, of gratitude, friendship, and trust, epitomises the spirit of the baking culture…

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The Elements of Baking

Katarina Cermelj

The Elements of Baking is the definitive guide to making any recipe gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegan or even gluten-free vegan

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Crumbs

Ben Mims

Whether enjoyed at breakfast, with afternoon tea, on holidays, or as a late-night snack, cookies are a universally beloved treat.

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Bake with Brooki

Brooke Bellamy

100 iconic recipes from the internet’s favourite bakery: Brooki Bakehouse.

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Sweet Seasons

Michael James, Pippa James

Celebrated baker Michael James and wife Pippa present essential sweet recipes, from wholegrain pastries and classic cakes to tarts, puddings, biscuits, brownies and more.

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Sicily, My Sweet

Victoria Granof

A love letter to the iconic and often over-the-top desserts of Sicily, gorgeously styled and endearingly written by Victoria Granof, one of the great tastemakers in the food world.

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Good F*cking Dough

Kane Bergman

Tasteless behavior, Tastiest bakes. Make the best damned baked goods of your life with the help of Kane Bergman, A.K.A. the tasteless baker.

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Love Crumbs

Nadine Ingram

Nadine Ingram’s latest book features 50 utterly original, natural and romantic cakes that belong at the heart of every celebration. Her reliable cake recipes are written with the precision of…

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Tarts Anon: Sweet and Savoury Tart Brilliance

Gareth Whitton, Catherine Way

Tarts Anon does one thing exceptionally well – tarts – and in this cookbook the team behind the legend reveal the secrets to making the perfect one for every occasion

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Desi Bakes

Hetal Vasavada

Desi Bakes brings Indian flavors to Western-style desserts and amplifies basic decorating ideas to make showstopping sweets.

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Beatrix Bakes: Another Slice

Natalie Paull

Sweet-toothed superstar and bestselling baker Natalie Paull returns with Beatrix Bakes: Another Slice, an all-new compilation of colourful, creative recipes to delight fans and newcomers alike.

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The Sweet Polish Kitchen

Ren Behan

A collection of traditional and modern Polish baking and dessert recipes including Babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries and all things sweet and celebratory. Ren Behan takes you from everyday baking to…

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Tigga Mac’s Cake Hacks

Tegan MacCormack, Katie Scoble

Solve the kids' birthday cake dilemma with 30 achievable, affordable and amazing-looking cake hacks from internet sensation Tigga Mac!

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Baker Bleu: Bake It till You Make It

Mike Russell

The many exciting roads to bread glory and the best ways to enjoy it from a powerhouse couple who threw in their corporate jobs to realise their bakery dream.

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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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Sweet Enough: A Baking Book

Alison Roman

A delicious tour through Alison Roman’s go-to collection of chic and simple sweets.

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Love Is a Pink Cake

Claire Ptak

From the author of The Violet Bakery Cookbook and the baker of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding cake comes this selection of wholesome and indulgent recipes.

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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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The Plain Cake Appreciation Society

Tilly Pamment

A recipe a week for a year of delicious, uncomplicated cakes - the perfect reason to sit down and connect with your community.

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Small Batch Bakes

Edd Kimber

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

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Start Here

Sohla El-Waylly

Delia Smith for the TikTok Generation | Culinary school in a single book- learn the science of food and become a more confident cook and baker through 150 recipes for…

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Baking Yesteryear

B. Dylan Hollis

A decade-by-decade bakebook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th century

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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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The Vegan Home Baker

Georgia Irwin

Welcome flaky pastries, rich cinnamon scrolls and melt-in-your-mouth cookies back into your life with 80 recipes from Instagram and Tik Tok vegan baking sensation 'The Kindness Echoes'.

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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

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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First, Cream the Butter and Sugar

Emelia Jackson

An instant modern classic: an exquisite baking bible with over 150 recipes for beginners and experts alike.

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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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Nadiya’s Everyday Baking

Nadiya Hussain

Be it beautiful cakes and bakes for celebrations, effortless weeknight dinners, easy sweet and savoury tray bakes, quick-fix lunches, tasty snacks or mouth-watering treats, Nadiya will show you how to…

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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

Edd Kimber

One tin + one book = even easier bakes.

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Mary Berry’s Baking Bible

Mary Berry

The only baking book you'll ever need.

The definitive baking collection from the undisputed queen of cakes.

This stunning new edition brings together the best of Mary Berry's most mouth-watering…

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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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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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Recommended baking books

Richard Hart Bread

Turkuaz Kitchen

Some of My Best Friends are Cookies

Taboon

The Elements of Baking

Crumbs

Bake with Brooki

Sweet Seasons

Sicily, My Sweet

Good F*cking Dough

Love Crumbs

Tarts Anon: Sweet and Savoury Tart Brilliance

Desi Bakes

Beatrix Bakes: Another Slice

The Sweet Polish Kitchen

Tigga Mac’s Cake Hacks

Baker Bleu: Bake It till You Make It

Chocolate All Day

A New Way to Bake

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

What’s for Dessert

Beatrix Bakes

Sweet Enough: A Baking Book

Love Is a Pink Cake

Middle Eastern Sweets: Desserts, Pastries, Creams & Treats

The Plain Cake Appreciation Society

Small Batch Bakes

Start Here

Baking Yesteryear

Sweet

Butter, Butter

All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet

The Vegan Home Baker

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

First, Cream the Butter and Sugar

The Tivoli Road Baker

Nadiya’s Everyday Baking

Torta della Nonna

One Tin Bakes Easy

Mary Berry’s Baking Bible

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

How to Raise a Loaf

Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes

The Art of Cake

Nonna Knows Best