Sweet Delights from Across the Pond: Discover the Flavors of Britain in ‘New Edition: British Home Baking’ by Mariko Yasuda
British Home Baking: A Collection of Traditional Sweet Recipes
Discover the art of traditional British baking with this revised edition of “British Home Baking.” This charming book takes you on a journey through the world of sweet treats that have been lovingly passed down through generations of British home bakers. With a lighthearted narrative and beautiful photographs, you’ll feel like you’re baking alongside the author in the heart of Britain.
This new edition features 11 brand-new recipes, including Date & Walnut Scones, Fig Rolls, Raspberry Jam Buns, and Digestive Biscuits. You’ll also find plenty of tea sweets to soothe your soul, such as the classic British shortcake, perfect for special occasions like Christmas.
What’s New in This Edition
This revised edition is based on the 2018 publication “BRITISH HOME BAKING – Make British Sweets at Home” (Sotec Publishing), with corrections, additions, and over 10 new recipes to try.
Contents
- Chapter 1: Scones & Biscuits
- Basic scones
- Cherry scones
- Fruit scones
- Date & walnut scones
- Apple round scones
- Cheese scones
- Rosemary & potato scones
- Crumpets
- Fig rolls
- Raspberry jam buns
- Macaroons
- Rock cakes
- Cornish fairings
- Viennese swirls
- Welsh cakes
- Empire biscuits
- Shortbread
- Digestive biscuits
- Chapter 2: Cakes
- Victoria sandwiches
- Carrot cake
- Lemon drizzle cake
- Zucchini chocolate cake
- Coffee & walnut cake
- Dolly set pie cake
- Treacle gingerbread
- Chocolate Guinness cake
- Marmalade tea bread
- Date & walnut loaf
- English madeleines
- Chapter 3: Pastries
- Bakewell tart
- Jam tart
- Treacle tart
- Yorkshire curd tart
- Manchester tart
- Chorley cake
- Lemon meringue pie
- Banoffee pie
- Apple pie
- Chapter 4: Puddings
- Sticky toffee pudding
- Queen of puddings
- Self-sourcing lemon pudding
- Self-sourcing chocolate pudding
- Eve’s pudding
- Apple dappy
- Meringue roulade
- Chapter 5: Oats (oatmeal)
- Melting moment
- Oat biscuits
- Flapjack
- Date squares
- Cherry oat squares
- Derbyshire oatcake
- Something Special Sweets
- Sherry trifle
- Rhubarb trifle
- Baked Alaska
- Strawberry hazelnut shortcake
- Hedgehog cake
- Columns
- Successful scone making
- Biscuit story
- Elderflower story (Elderflower cordial / Elderflower syllabub / Elderflower & poppy seed cake)
- Basic shortcrust pastry (Shortcrust pastry / Rich shortcrust pastry)
- Piebird story
- Custard story (Homemade custard)
- Oats (oatmeal) story (Porridge / Bircher muesli)