Duff Bakes: Think and Bake Like a Pro at Home - Hardcover

Goldman, Duff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062349805 ISBN 13: 9780062349804

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2015

Synopsis

An inviting, down-to-earth, full-color baking book filled with 130 recipes for irresistible must-bake favorites, from cakes to cookies to brownies to muffins to breads, from the New York Times bestselling star of Food Network s hit series Ace of Cakes and owner of Charm City Cakes and Duff s Cake Mix.Duff Goldman may dazzle fans with his breathtaking cake decorating, but behind the rigged-up gravity-defying cakes and fancy fondant is a true pastry chef who understands the fundamentals of making incredibly delicious baked goods at home.In Duff Bakes, he truly gives home bakers the down-to-earth essentials they need for creating mouthwatering favorites. Inside you ll find the perfect muffin recipe to eat straight while waiting for your morning bus, an easy pizza dough recipe for a quick weeknight dinner, and cookie recipes for every occasion. Filled with Duff s engaging earthiness and hilarious personality, Duff Bakes includes chapters on different types of pastry dough, a variety of cookies, brownies, muffins, bread, biscuits, pies, cakes and cake decorating, gluten-free and vegan desserts, and much more.Duff provides 130 recipes for a diverse range of goodies, including nutter butter cookies, white chocolate blondies, apple streusel muffins, cereal bars, bacon jalapeno biscuits, banana bourbon cream pie, zucchini lemon cake, and savory bread pudding. Here are a few classics as well, like a re-make of the childhood favorite, Twinkies. Duff Bakes will help both novices and seasoned bakers master the best, most delicious home baked goods, build on their baking successes, hone their skills, and understand the science behind the fundamentals of baking."

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Review:

A litany of tips and practical recipes for all things flour based reliable sources for ingredients and guidance help readers feel comfortable making their own pie crusts and blueberry muffins before trying their hand at more challenging fare Goldman and Gonzales thoughtful instructions are sure to inspire and embolden readers. --Publishers Weekly"

With a commitment to using authentic, quality ingredients, and a flair for innovation, the authors have evolved familiar recipes for breads cookies and, of course, cakes Casual, accessible Sure to be popular with the author s fans but inventive and engaging enough to add to the shelves of all bakers. --Library Journal Advance Reviews"

"A litany of tips and practical recipes for all things flour based...reliable sources for ingredients and guidance help readers feel comfortable making their own pie crusts and blueberry muffins before trying their hand at more challenging fare...Goldman and Gonzales' thoughtful instructions are sure to inspire and embolden readers."--Publishers Weekly

"With a commitment to using authentic, quality ingredients, and a flair for innovation, the authors have evolved familiar recipes for breads... cookies...and, of course, cakes...Casual, accessible...Sure to be popular with the author's fans but inventive and engaging enough to add to the shelves of all bakers."--Library Journal Advance Reviews

About the Author:

Duff Goldman studied at the Corcoran School in Washington, D.C., and was a young graffiti artist of some notoriety. He started working for acclaimed Baltimore chef Cindy Wolf while attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He studied pastries at the Culinary Institute of America and worked at the French Laundry under acclaimed pastry chef Steven Durfee, at the Vail Cascade Hotel and Resort, and at Todd English's Olives restaurant in Washington, D.C., before opening Charm City Cakes in Baltimore in 2000. Duff is also a sculptor and artist, and a musician who plays bass in the rock band . . . soihadto . . . . He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062349805
• ISBN 13: 9780062349804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352