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"Every baker will be richly rewarded by this wonderful book." Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma
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Baking expert Flo Braker rises to the occasion with more than 200 celebration-worthy recipes for baked goods. Whether it's an impressive Dark Chocolate Custard Tart to wish someone a happy birthday, a blue ribbon-worthy batch of Fresh Mint Brownies for the annual family reunion, or an Old World Braided Coffee Cake to impress the bridge club, each recipe is custom-crafted to commemorate life's special events. Lots of introductory information on techniques and ingredients ensure that eachtreat will be baked to perfection, making this a fabulous reference for any cookbook library.'Baking for All Occasions' makes each day something to celebrate.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I love Flo!,
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This review is from: Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Every Celebration (Hardcover)
This book is full of great recipes such as the Butterscotch Spiral Coffee Cake (a giant cinnamon bun) and the Lemon Scented Pull-Apart. There is a nice mixture of classics and new flavors in this book. The recipes are generally more involved than one-bowl recipe books written for beginners but they are all doable. They just require a bit more steps and bowls to wash.My only issue with it is the way the recipes are organized. Instead of the traditional way (ie. cookies, cakes, pies) they are divided up into categories such as "Blue Ribbon Worthy" or "Anytime Treats". It just makes it a bit harder to browse for recipes since you have you look in all the sections to see the bread recipes instead of just flipping to "Breads".
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4.5 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A cookbook that makes you Swoon,
By A. L. W. "sweetbaker" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Every Celebration (Hardcover)
Years ago I stumbled upon Braker's first book and immediately contacted her about where to get almond paste. This was the first time I had encountered such a heavy usage of almond paste, and it made an almond paste lover out of me. Since then I keep a food service size tin of the stuff on hand as does she. In Baking for All Occasions, Braker, stays true to her love of almonds and almond paste and contributes a good amont of recipes with them included in the book. But if your are not an almond lover, don't be turned off, there are many delicious recipes in this book that don't include it. I had been waiting for this book for over a year and so when I got it I immediately starting baking from it was and was pleased as usual. First off, I love that she included cups, ounces and grams, which is true to her style.I also loved some of the really different recipes. The Zebra Cookies, which are called "chocolate-Vanilla Swirl are so cute along with the Chocolate-Dipped Cheesecake-sicles. Many of these could be served at an A-list event but they are easy. There is the Red Velvet Cake Roll, that is visually stunning and the Dark Chocolate Baby Cakes with Coffee White chocolate Ganache. There is a really nice variety of recipes and if you are not familiar with her work after baking from this book, you will likely go and try and find her older books. A nice set of 23 photos is included in the book as well as two indexes. One index is by recipe categories. Therefore looking for tarts and crostatas or yeast cakes, you'll find them more easily in this index. She also includes the standard index, just in case you are looking for all the almond paste recipes. These are not your grandmother standby recipes but they are so good you won't care with recipes to choose from like Old World Braided Coffee Cake. My advice to those who do like almond paste, try the Bundernuss Torte. Its a buttery tart pastry with a almond macaroon filling and hazelnut caramel topping. It is labor intensive and requires an overnight rest so be warned. 37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
In a crowded field, this is a winner!,
By Milda Ruffo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Every Celebration (Hardcover)
I am a baking book collector and own dozens of books on the subject. This one stands out from the pack in many ways. First of all, the book is very well laid out with good clear large-enough print, excellent directions and photographs of many of the recipes. The recipes themselves are most interesting and include some very original ones that I haven't found in any other books. So far, I have made the Banana Bottom Pineapple-Swirl Cupcakes (Banana cake and pineapple cheese cake baked together). What a heavenly combination! I also tried the Banana-Poppyseed Cake with Lemon Icing drizzled over, another smash hit. If you are looking for a spectacular bar cookie to add to your Christmas goodies, try the Neapolitan Bars (pastry bottom, almond filling with a layer of raspberry jam and topped with a chocolate glaze). Wow! I also made the Heavenly Brownies on Shortbread Bars. Another delicious and original treat. None of the recipes were difficult or even very time-consuming but the results were just wonderful. I also appreciated that there was a choice of measuring cup quantities and weighed measures. I find weighing things like cake flour much more accurate than just sifting and measuring in a cup. I intend to bake my way through most of the book. All of the recipes are worth a try. You won't regret buying this book, I assure you.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Recipes Up to Flo Braker's Standards -- Great!,
By Jay - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Every Celebration (Hardcover)
I've been baking for 45 years (scares me to think about it!), and I have found the recipes Flo Braker publishes to be consistently of high quality. If a recipe intrigues me, I can pretty much bet I am going to love the results. As in all of her recipes, she provides plenty of instructions for those who might require a bit of guidance in the kitchen, and I can't imagine anyone going wrong following her recipes due to getting confused about the directions.One of the sections that I really enjoyed (simply due to the quality of those recipes) was a section on some tried-and-true basic cake and pastry recipes that then become the basis of some of the more detailed recipes that precede it. While the organization of the recipes -- by "occasion" -- may not be to everyone's taste, there is an index at the back that organizes the recipes in a more conventional way by category (which I appreciate, although I also enjoyed at least perusing her categorization as well). I also appreciate the fact that quantities are provided not only by what have been conventional measures (i.e., by cups), but also by weight, including metric measures. I would have given the cookbook 5 stars instead of 4 had it not been for one frustrating element: the typeface. While it works for alphabetic characters and integers, I have found it very difficult to read when it comes to fractions in the list of ingredients. My eyes aren't as great as they used to be, but no cookbook should require ANY reader to pull out a magnifying glass or open the cookbook under a bright light and hold it just so to make out the amounts. I blame the publisher for not having more sense -- there are easier typefaces to read, and even boldface would have worked better. |
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