Claire Ptak Boeken

This gorgeous little book brings together traditional treats and contemporary confections, with easy-to-follow instructions.

The Violet Bakery is bustling cake shop and cafe in Hackney, east London. Famed for its exquisite baked goods and contemporary feel it has become a cult destination. In this book, structured around times of the day, she shares the flavour secrets of her delicious Violet bakes for home cooks.

Create all your childhood memories: boiled sweets, taffies, toffees, fudges, nougats, marshmallows, truffles and more!

Indulge your sweet tooth with this gorgeous collection of classic confectionery, from traditional hard candies and suckable lollipops to chewy taffies and shaped fondants. Every recipe and technique is described clearly, with the help of 100 tempting photographs.

"A complete step-by-step guide to making home-made fudges, toffees, boiled sweets, nougats, marzipan, pastes, chocolates and much more." -- back cover

Although often associated with childhood, the taste of candy and chocolate is a pleasure that we enjoy all our lives. This fabulous boxed collection of three gift books offers 70 recipes for sweets, candies and chocolate confections, whether hard, chewy, soft or sticky. It includes old-fashioned treats, such as Sugar Mice, Cinder Toffee and Chocolate Peppermint Creams and some modern twists on traditional classics, like Honey and Star Anise Chews, Pistachio Cracknel, and Salted Caramel Chocolates. Lots of hints and tips will help you create smooth, creamy ganache fillings, heat up a sugar syrup, work with taffy, and learn how to make irresistible fudge. This boxed set is the perfect way to confidently recreate best-loved candies in your own home.

'Absolutely enchanting' Nigella Lawson | 'Marvellous... a ravishing trove of recipes and baker's lore' Jeremy Lee | 'My favourite baker ... A Violet recipe always works perfectly' Anna Jones | 'Generous, intuitive, beautiful' Laila Gohar The very best cakes are always the ones we bake with love at home. Inspired by the best ingredients found in her native Northern California and her adopted home in England - from fresh-picked berries to peaches straight from the orchard - these 85 recipes for cakes, cookies, desserts and savoury treats showcase how seasonal local produce is the key to creative, memorable and delicious homemade bakes. Be inspired by the Californian way of life with English classics that take on a west-coast twist, such as Brown Sugar Victoria Sponge, Chocolate Violet Babka Buns, Tahini Halva Brownies, and English Angel Cakes that are perfect for a birthday party. You'll also find Californian favourites reimagined with British flavours like Ras el Hanout Snickerdoodles, Coconut Pudding Cake and Black Tea and Poppy Seed Muffins. You'll even find the recipe for Prince Harry and Megan Markle's famous Lemon and Elderflower Wedding Cake.

Re-create best-loved candies in your own kitchen 150 recipes for sweets, candies and chocolate confections, whether hard, chewy, soft or sticky.

Dark chocolate with salted caramel. Raspberry and nectarine with vanilla bean. Red velvet with buttercream Welcome to the irresistible world of the whoopie pie. Whoopie pies are two discs of sponge cake sandwiching a thick buttercream filling. Like cupcakes, they come from America, where they were originally baked by the Amish community.

Die erfolgreiche Konditorin Claire Ptak zeigt, wie Sie wahre Kunstwerke aus Zucker und Schokolade, Marzipan und Nugat, Karamell und Nüssen, Blütenblättern und Früchten zaubern können. Farbenfrohe Bilder und Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen erleichtern die Herstellung. Mit Informationen zur „süßen Geschichte“ sowie Tipps zu Zutaten, Techniken und Ausstattung. Hübsch verpackt eignen sich die Köstlichkeiten auch hervorragend als Geschenk.