Publisher's Synopsis
This work contains 190 recipes, all of them tried and tested by 100 students and fifteen teachers at Leith's School of Food and Wine. Here are quiche lorraine, eel pie, steak and kidney pie, Cornish pasty, and brioche with wild mushrooms; apple crumble, custard tart, tarte tatin and butterscotch pie; simnel cake, squashy rhubarb cake, chocolate fudge cake, gingerbread and Christmas cake; brown soda bread, beer bread, raisin bread, Italian bread, croissants and hot cross buns; brandy snaps, tuiles amandes, Danish pastries, Eccles cakes and flapjacks. Whether you want something like Mother used to bake or something new and different, you'll find it in "Leith's Book of Baking.";Renowned cookery writer ("The Cook's Handbook", "Leith's All-Party Cookbook" and many others) Prue Leith owns the prestigious Leith's Restaurant, Leith's School of Food and Wine and the catering company Leith's Good Food. Caroline Waldegrave is the Principal and Managing Director of Leith's School of Food and Wine and the author of numerous cookery books, including "Basic Cooking Skills" and "Low-Fat Gourmet" for Sainsbury's and, with Prue Leith, "Leith's Cookery Course" and "Leith's Cookery Bible."
