Everyday Bakes to Showstopper Cakes

by Mich Turner

Overview

In Everyday Bakes to Showstopper Cakes, celebrity baker Mich Turner brings together a collection of recipes to take you all the way from the delicious everyday through to the spectacular.

This cook book is perfect for those looking to sharpen up their baking skills and creat cakes and bakes that truly wow, filled with mouthwatering flavours

Starting out with simple cakes, biscuits and cupcakes, once you have mastered this first level, Mich provides you with a few extra steps to turn these into fabulous creations.

If you’re looking for more of a challenge or to elevate a favourite, these bakes are easily adapted to create a true showstopper cake.

The book is divided into sections with recipes on:

• Cupcakes - Start small with delicate but delicious bakes from carrot cupcakes with citrus drizzle to gin and tonic party cakes or marble ring cakes with double chocolate drip. 
• Loaf cakes, traybakes and meringues - from raspberry and pistachio meringue roulade to a warming ginger loaf cake, these bakes are great for bakers of any ability. 
• Layer cakes - Concoct a true show stopper with delicious and enticing layers, with recipes including red velvet cake with a white chocolate mirror glaze, strawberry shortcake floral stacks and chocolate fondant cake with fresh roses. 
• Celebration cakes - Create pièce de résistance for holidays, events and special occasions, from Halloween mini-rolls to Venetian easter eggs or a pirate piñata birthday cake. 

Covering a full range of bakery goods as well as perfect flavours, whether you are a novice baker or already know your rum baba from your roulade, you can be easily guided through these delicious bakes and simple but spectacular decoration techniques that make the most of wonderful flavours and perfect crumb.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711247079
Publisher:	Frances Lincoln
Publication date:	03/10/2020
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Mich Turner, MBE, is founder of Little Venice Cake Company and is often described as the ‘Queen of Couture Cakes’, thanks to her multi-award-winning designs and A-list clientele. She has baked over 10,000 cakes including those for Her Majesty The Queen, Madonna, Pierce Brosnan, Ozzy Osbourne, Gordon Ramsay, David Beckham and Simon Cowell. Among her many awards and accolades, Mich was named Harper’s Bazaar & CHANEL Entrepreneur of the Year 2006, and in 2010 she was honoured with an MBE for her services to the catering industry.

Mich contributes to various publications and has written five international and bestselling books; Fantastic Party Cakes, Couture Wedding Cakes, Spectacular Cakes (Gourmand World Cookbook Awards ‘Best Dessert Book’ 2006), Mich Turner's Cake Masterclass: The Ultimate Guide to Cake Decorating Perfection, and Mich Turner's Cake School: Expert Tuition from the Master Cake Maker. Mich appears regularly on TV screens, including as a judge alongside Peter Sidwell in the hugely successful series Britain’s Best Bakery (2012–2014), which was among ITV’s top five best performing daytime shows in 2014. In 2021, Mich was inducted into the Great British Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

CUPCAKES
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter and Salted Caramel Cupcakes
Easy Marble Cupcakes
Marble Pup-cakes
Marble Ring Cake with Double Chocolate Drip
Carrot Cupcakes with Citrus Drizzle
Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and Walnut Praline
Vanilla Fairy Cakes with Simple Glace Icing
Pigs and Sheep Cupcakes
The Whole Hog
Raising the Baa
Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
Lemon Meringue Layer Cake
Gin and Tonic Cupcakes
Gin and Tonic Party Cake
Strawberry and Orange Cupcakes
Secret Heart Strawberry and Orange Layer Cake
Black Forest Cherry Cupcakes
Black Forest Roulade
 
LOAF CAKES, TRAYBAKES AND MERINGUES
Warming Ginger Loaf Cake
Ginger Cakes with Lime Buttercream and Pineapple Sunflowers
Raspberry and White Chocolate Traybake
Fab Raspberry and White Chocolate Heart Cake
Salted Caramel Popcorn Loaf Cake
Salted Caramel and Popcorn Layer Cake
Raspberry and White Chocolate Meringue Towers
Raspberry and Pistachio Meringue Roulade
Classic Chocolate Eclairs
Profiterole Tower
Rhubarb and Custard Mini Pavlovas
Cherry, Strawberry and Pomegranate Pavlova
Coffee Traybake
Coffee Layer Cake
 
LAYER CAKES
Vanilla Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberries
Vanilla Layer Cake with Chantilly Cream and Summer Berry Compote
Chocolate and Salted Caramel Cake
The Althorp Chocolate and Salted Caramel Layer Cake
Lemon and Elderflower Layer Cake
Lemon and Elderflower Triple-tier Celebration Cake
Strawberry Shortcake Floral Stacks
Triple-layer Strawberry Shortcake Numerals
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Red Velvet Cake with White Chocolate Mirror-glaze
Chocolate Fondant Cake with Fresh Roses
Chocolate Cake with Hand-moulded Roses
‘Sherbet Pips’ Crown Cakes
Single-tier Pearl Cake
Multi-tiered Bubbles Cake
 
CELEBRATION CAKES
Ruffle Truffle Pinata Cake
Pirate Pinata Cake
Unicorn Pinata Cake
Chocolate Fudge Heart Cake
Chocolate Fudge Heart Cake with Sugar Roses
Passion Fruit Flower Cupcakes
Mothering Sunday Mango and Passion Fruit Cake
Marbled Easter Biscuits
Hand-decorated Easter Biscuits
Chocolate Marbled Easter Eggs
Venetian Easter Eggs
Trick or Treat Mummy Biscuits
Halloween Mini Rolls
Christmas Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Chocolate Biscuit Wreath Cake
Iced Gingerbread Biscuits
Gingerbread Wreath
Gingerbread Houses
Christmas Alpine Village
Simple Celebration Fruit Cake
Teddy Bear Celebration Fruit Cake