What to Bake & How to Bake It

Purchased as a companion to our edition of What to Cook & How to Cook It is exactly as user-friendly with meticulously photographed ingredients and steps to check your progress against. I wish all cookbooks could be as thorough and explicit. Not to mention the recipes are excellent of course.

I first checked this book out from the public library and liked it so much I bought my own copy. I have been baking for about 4 decades, since I was old enough to stand on a chair and help my mom, and therefore cannot comment on the utility of the beautiful step-by-step illustrations. However, the many large color photographs are inspirational—definitely answering the "what to bake" question in a way that is often more compelling than smaller food blog photos. I have tried three different cake recipes from the book. All have worked perfectly as written and all have received rave reviews from guests and family. Ingredients were not hard to find in my small city grocery. This is definitely a fun book to browse when the urge to bake strikes!

This book will make you fall in love with baking. The recipes are detailed with lots of pictures. My favorite is the cake with raisins, I made it the other day and it was gone within minutes. I have many dessert cookbooks, but this one beats them all with its neat design, beautiful pictures and delicious recipe variety.

There are step by step pictures on literally EVERYTHING. The number of recipes are limited but that actually helps beginners focus on basic skills. Absolutely love it.

I love Jane Horby's writing style and the layout of her cookbooks. The recipes are clear, easy to follow and most importantly, delicious! This is definitely a cookbook with a European/British flair, which was a nice addition to my Southern cooking staples.

A must-buy book for beginners.

I bought this as a gift for a friend but am considering getting it for myself as well. As a cook one can always learn more about any subject and this book is one of the best fundamental baking books that I have seen. Great pictures illustrating what to bake and how to bake it. I did not bake anything out of this cookbook, but my brother has and he recommended it highly and has been using it at least once a week to bake something, mostly cakes, with great results.My friend has 3 daughters and she really enjoys teaching them to bake, that is why I got this for her. It is a great book for that purpose and they were really thrilled with it.

Purchased as a gift for an accomplished, frequent baker. I was afraid the book might be too simplified for her, but it wasn't. There are a nice mix of easy and challenging recipes to please any baker.

Para mis nietas ,aprenden a cocinar y a traducir el idioma

Super libro para aprender a hornear cosas más dificiles. Tiene fotos explicando todo con peras y manzanas. Si te gusta cocinar no dudes en comprarlo

Gorgeous book. Great photos accompany every recipe. And so far the results have been delicious!

Fabulous!!!! One of the best cookbooks out there. Love the step by step photos, and the recipes taste delicious!!! The book is very well made, pages don't separate from the spine and there are two ribbon bookmarks, which are extremely convenient. You will not regret this purchase!

I have a lot (a LOT) of recipe books but few that I use again and again. Jane's books make up those few. Her recipes are brilliantly simple and utterly delicious, and this book is my favourite of hers so far. The cookies in particular are really good fun to make and the instructions are so easy to follow, even for a novice like me! I recommend Jane's books to everyone I know, from the experienced chefs to the amateurs just starting out and I hear nothing but good things about them. I can't wait to see what she pulls out of the hat next!