Banana breads, loaf cakes & other quick bakes: 60 deliciously easy recipes for home baking Hardcover – October 12, 2021

I decided to write this review... though I didn’t want to simply because I don’t feel Amazon as a company really appreciates my reviews (bad past experience), BUT... the reviews thus far for this spectacular book have appeared overly critical... shockingly so.This book of all things loaf cakes is geared toward this type of baker:1. You enjoy cooking with REAL ingredients... slice your own apples, zest your own lemons (no imitation lemon flavoring), using actual coffee for a mocha cake... etc. TO BE HONEST, This causes LESS GUILT when cooking all of these tasty loaves as I can say to myself... well... I did use ACTUAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES to make these! Haha...2. You want recipes that are practical for when you SUDDENLY WANT TO BAKE but haven’t put too much planning ahead into it... as they are short, and with most of these recipes, you won’t need to search high and low for the ingredients to make them. “Hey hun, pick up some more bananas and peanut butter while you are out. We’re baking a cake.” No super exotic ingredients.3. You want recipes that are practical for REPETITION PURPOSES... The recipes are so easy, eventually, you may just learn them and no longer need the book. You may learn how to bake with this book... the recipes often have the same base ingredients with additional ingredients for making the cake special... make enough, and you can think up your own recipes.4. This book is a dream for someone who doesn’t have advanced culinary design skills for baking... they are loaf cakes (with some muffin recipes)... most won’t require icing... and those that do... THERE IS A PICTURE FOR EVERY RECIPE... copy what you see... the icing designs for loaf cakes in this book are easy.5. Going back to #3... newbies may love this book, because again, the recipes are short, the authors are quite specific when explaining the steps of these recipes, “... Tip the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix, being careful not to over mix otherwise the bread will be too tough”.6. It looks like home... I want to spoil my family, but I don’t want to SPOIL my family. Them coming home to cakes that look like they were made in a royal bakery is just too much... I think they may appreciate them less. I’d rather them come home to loaves where they can tell what’s inside and know mom didn’t spend five hours on it... only 45 minutes, and it’s marvelous.

Book was very attractive. Arrived quickly. I bought this for myself, but I could have used it as a gift.

I only received this book today so I haven’t tried any recipes but from skimming them over I’m sure they’ll be just fine. I’m not a great cook but I do like to bake. I decided to review it immediately because it is a beautiful book. The size of the book, photographs, the type, the colors…it’s amazing. It’s crazy but even if I never baked bread I’d still want to keep this book.

Wow, what a find, all the recipes ive been looking for and more

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I didn't realize these were British recipes. There are American conversion measurements, but I feel like the author makes things overly and unnecessarily complicated. Someone just learning to bake might be confused. Sifting flour? Really?! These breads are too dense and heavy for my liking (I've tried about 6 recipes). Luckily, I've been baking for many years so I'm able to make my own modifications. The print is small too, which adds to the frustration!

this book contains many good recipes and of course the requisite pictures

Nice easy and delicious recipes

Easy; basic recipes for every day baking

Nice recipes easy

Like all the books by Ryland Peters & Small, this book contains, great and delicious recipes with easy, fool-proof instructions.

Full of a range of great recipes, including a few gluten free ones. The ones I’ve tried have turned out well, so I’m looking forward to trying others

Like all cookery books, you look through it and think "Im not making that, or that or ....." but there are some recipes that I will make and sound really good.