Artisan Home Baking

by Day, Julian

• ISBN13: 9781788792028
• ISBN10: 1788792025
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-02-11
• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small

Summary

Share in the joy of quintessential home baking with over 50 classic recipes from Meg Rivers, Bakers of Happiness.

A light Victoria Sponge, gooey Chocolate Fudge Brownies, and a sweet Treacle Tart are all delicious treats that do so much more than satisfy your appetite. They bring together loved ones, help celebrate occasions, and, most of all, evoke pleasant memories of when these sumptuous treats first passed your lips. In this delightful collection of bakes you’ll find classic recipes that are at the heart of home baking; this is the essence of the Meg Rivers bakery, to create traditional cakes, cookies, tarts, and puddings to cherish and enjoy.

Nestled in the English countryside, the bakery started its life when Meg wanted to make cakes for her family that not only tasted good, but were also fresh and wholesome. Soon—after her popularity grew at home and abroad—the bakery was born and, now, its mail-order treats travel all around the world for everyone to savor.

If you’ve been searching for the comforting, traditional bakes that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face, look no further than these marvelous recipes.

Author Biography

Julian Day ran his own food wholesaling business based in rural Warwickshire for many years. In 2001 he was approached by Meg Rivers’s family to take over the mail-order bakery business of Meg Rivers Cakes. Establishing a new bakery in a converted barn near Shipston on Stour, he began production again, using the original Meg Rivers recipes. He lives in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, in the UK, and continues to run the business with the help of his four daughters.