The Old-fashioned Hand-made Sweet Shop Recipe Book: Make Your Own Confectionery With over 90 Classic Recipes for Irresistible Sweets, Candies and Chocolates, Shown in 450 Stunning Photographs. This item is unavailable.The Old-fashioned Hand-made Sweet Shop Recipe Book: Make Your Own Confectionery With over 90 Classic Recipes for Irresistible Sweets, Candies and Chocolates, Shown in 450 Stunning Photographs

Out of print, please go to 9780754835608 for the new extended 2022 edition. The book opens with an insightful overview of the history of sweets and chocolates, from their earliest inception to modern confectionery around the world. A directory of key ingredients and equipment comes next. Step-by-step techniques reveal how to do some of the more specialist techniques, such as tempering chocolate or using a sugar thermometer, enabling you to produce perfect results every time. More than 90 easy-to-follow recipes follow, and include well-known classics such as Peppermint Humbugs and Honeycomb, as well as modern twists on traditional ideas, like Rosewater Edinburgh Rock and Fresh Coconut and Cardamom Caramels. Each method is clearly set out and illustrated, and there is a stunning picture of each finished confection to help you achieve a professional result.

Claire Ptak trained as a pastry chef for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, before moving to London with her husband, where she started Violet Cakes, her stall at the popular Broadway Market in East London.