There is nothing quite so appetizing as the warm aroma of freshly baked bread and cakes. Home baking is not the difficult, time-consuming task it is often assumed to be, and the results are most rewarding. With a few well-planned hours in the kitchen, you can produce a delicious variety of tea-time goodies. For most bread, cake and biscuit making you will need very little equipment. A set of round cake tins, two square ones, a set of sandwich tins and a couple of loaf tins will be sufficient for most of the recipes in this book. For gâteaux, a French moule a manqué tin is ideal, as it produces a cake with sloping sides which allows the icing to spread evenly. Pâtisserie is one area of baking tat requires a certain amount of skill; but with practise and attention to detail, it is not difficult to achieve a professional result. Whether you are experienced at baking or a beginner, the recipes in this book will prove enjoyable to make and the resultsdelicious!