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The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook  by Tarek Malouf
The Hummingbird Bakery is the destination bakery for Londoners with a passion for great cakes. In this irresistible book, the chefs from the bakery share their recipes for a delicious range of 60 bakes, from deliciously light cupcakes with pretty buttercream frosting to moist chocolate layer cakes and zesty lemon meringue pie. Hummingbird recipes not only taste great but also look spectacular – without resorting to fussy recipes and hours in the kitchen. The chapters include Cupcakes, Cakes (including loaf, layer, ring and cheesecakes), Pies, Brownies and Bars, Muffins and Cookies

,  144 pp,  $35.00. Buy now

Passion for Coffee  by Patricia McCausland-Gallo
A beautiful cookbook that tells the rich history of coffee and includes delectable yet unusual recipes made with coffee! Patricia McCausland-Gallo provides the reader with a wealth of information about the origin and history of coffee along with recipes that include savory main dishes, salads and sides, desserts and drinks of all kinds. Not just for the coffee lover, the food lover is surely to enjoy the interesting recipes and tales. Truly something for everyone.

,  216 pp,  $41.95. Buy now

Afternoon Tea Parties  by Susannah Blake
Whether it’s a summer tea party in the garden or a cosy gathering in front of a fire, afternoon tea is a treat any time of the year and the perfect way to celebrate a special occasion. Choose from an elegant Classic English Tea with finger sandwiches and Lemon Drizzle Cake a Fireside Tea with Toasted Teacakes and Sticky Marzipan and Cherry Loaf or an indulgent Champagne Tea with Smoked Salmon Crostini and Strawberries and Cream. Irresistibly girlie get-togethers include a Bridal Shower, a Sweet Sixteen Party and a Baby Shower. The men are invited too! Why not prepare a Gentleman’s Tea, perfect for Father’s Day or host a Russian Tea, with Blinis with Sour Cream and Caviar or exotic Moroccan Tea with glasses of sweet Mint Tea and Almond and O

,  144 pp,  $39.95. Buy now

Serendipity Parties  by Stephen Bruce and Alia Akkam
Everyone comes together at Serendipity–Hollywood stars, young trendsetters, and families from all over the world. With its dessert-loaded menu, fun decor, and carefree vibe, this is the place to celebrate a birthday–or any occasion that calls for lots of chocolate. Here, the impish impresario Stephen Bruce, like a modern-day Willy Wonka, has created a candy-colored wonderland where all feel welcome and even the host has a great time. Now, Serendipity Parties brings the restaurant’s madcap sense of hospitality home. Whether it’s for a birthday, the holidays, or a summer poolside soiree, this book has a party plan for you. Offbeat decor tips, must-have music playlists, and hilarious anecdotal sidebars accompany delicious recipes that reflec

Hardback,  128 pp,  $29.95. Buy now

Baking with Agave Nectar  by Ania Catalano
Even before its health benefits were being touted on Oprah’s daytime show, agave nectar was finding fans among dessert lovers seeking to reduce or eliminate processed sugar in their diets. In Baking With Agave Nectar, natural foods chef Ania Catalano shows how to creatively integrate this up-and-coming natural sugar substitute into every sweet tooth’s repertoire through a variety of delectable recipes. From breakfast goodies (Pumpkin Muffins, Stuffed French Toast) to cookies (Chewy Double Chocolate Meringue) to desserts (Bread Pudding Souffles with Bourbon Sauce, Pear Frangipane Tart), Catalano makes agave nectar accessible and appealing to health-conscious bakers of all levels.

Paperback,  144 pp,  $22.95. Buy now

Lost Desserts; Baked Alaska, Souffle Rothschild, Charlotte Russe, and Many More Recipes from Legendary Restaurants and Famous Chefs  by Gail Monaghan
‘Lost Desserts’ is lavish, elegant, and evocative of other times and worlds, with new photographs by Eric Boman illustrating 30 of the 75 recipes and including memorbilia of menus, logos, and other ephemera from the heyday of some of such beloved restaurants The Brown Derby, Blum’s, and La Pyramide. Organised by such conceptual categories as “Lost Hollywood”, “Lost Tradition,” and “Old World Elegance,” to name a few, the book also has an appendix in which all recipes are cross-referenced according to type of dessert. The 75 recipes featured will be adapted to work for the home cook and tweaked for the modern palate to taste as good as they looked and are remembered. Each recipe is prefaced by an informative and entertaining header giving th

Hardback,  192 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

Jello & Cool Whip Favorite Desserts 
More than 175 wonderful recipes! Color photo on each page to help you choose what to prepare

,  96 pp,  $11.95. Buy now

Pure Dessert  by Alice Medrich
When you are working with great ingredients, you want to keep it simple. You don’t want to blur flavour by over-complicating a dish. ‘Pure Dessert’ offers the simplest of recipes, using the fewest ingredients in the most interesting ways. There are no glazes, fillings, or frostings – just dessert at its purest, most elemental, and most flavourful. Alice Medrich deftly takes us places we haven’t been, using, for example, whole grains, usually reserved for breads, to bring a lovely nutty quality to cookies and strawberry shortcake. Pound cake takes on a new identity with a touch of olive oil and sherry. Unexpected cheeses make divine soufflés. Chestnut flour and walnuts virtually transform meringue. Varietal honeys and raw sugars infuse ice c

Hardback,  272 pp,  $48.95. Buy now

Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Hc  by Jill O’Connor and Jill O’Connor
Here’s a collection of desserts that gives you more than 75 Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey reasons to stock up on napkins. Chocolate Caramel-Pecan Soufflé Cake Cinnamon-Donut Bread Pudding Chewy Lemon-Pistachio Financiers Double-Crumble Hot Apple Pies Butterscotch-Bourbon Macadamia Nut Pie Still not satisfied? How about Cheesecake Pops, Giant Coconut Cream Puffs, Hawaiian Caramel Corn, Milky Way Tempura-on-a-Stick, or Sticky Pear and Walnut Upside-Down Gingerbread? And there are plenty more where they came from.

Hardback,   $32.95. Buy now

Farmer’s Wife Baking Cookbook  by Lela Nargi
Farmer’s Wife Magazine connected farm wives from 1890 to the 1930’s, and they shared recipes, advice, tips through this essential magazine for rural women in the days before high-speed communications. One of the magazines most popular offerings proved to be the sections on baking and running a farm kitchen – providing everything from basic bread to much-loved holiday desserts. Elaborate company pies, dainties and muffins for club luncheons, rich breads for a warming breakfast or hard-working lunch sandwich, a profusion of pies for threshing parties, specialities like Cornish Pasties and Danish Kranse – all the mouth-watering range is here, inviting readers to recreate the fragrant kitchens and delectable tastes of farm days gone by. Adapted

,  224 pp,  $20.95. Buy now

The Splenda World of Sweetness  by Alison Miksch
The SPLENDA® World of Sweetness Cookbook has 97 sweet-tooth recipes created with SPLENDA® Sweeteners. Reduced-sugar sweets and drinks for every occasion, including Peach-Berry Muffins in the morning, Pecan Pie to welcome a new neighbor, Dulce de Leche Swirl Cheesecake for special occasions and Chocolate Chip Cookies for a midnight snack. For a thirst-quenching treat, there is the refreshing Ruby Red Chiller, or warm-up with a hot mug of Mulled Cider. A special chapter includes original masterpieces by celebrity chefs, such as Park Avenue Café’s Richard Leach.

Paperback,  188 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Pillsbury Best of the Bake-off Desserts 
This is the first ever all-in-one collection of prizewinning dessert recipes from the legendary Pillsbury Bake-Off[registered] Contest. The Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest, which began in 1949, presents the very best, most exciting, and uniquely American recipes the country’s home cooks have to offer, from everyday dinners to the special-occasion desserts that are at the heart of this classic all-American event. There is nothing like the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest: It appeals to cooks of all ages and levels of experience, packing high-stakes excitement and pop culture into one fateful ballroom filled with 100 mini-kitchens, where contestants put their creativity, style, and stamina to the test as they compete for the ultimate $1 million prize. K

Paperback,  160 pp,  $25.95. Buy now

300 Teatime Treats, Cakes, Sweets & Desserts   by Valerie Ferguson
A fantastic recipe collection offering sweet treats and inspiration for every occasion, whether a family bake-out, a festive high tea, or a grand finale to an elegant dinner. This book includes over 300 recipes to suit everyone, from more everyday tempting teabreads, cookies and muffins to wickedly indulgent chocolate cakes, irresistible fruit tarts, light and moreish pastries, filled crêpes and iced fancies.

Paperback,  640 pp,  $45.00. Buy now

River Cafe Pocket Books  by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers
A collection of pudding recipes that brings together some of the best puddings from the River Cafe. This work contains recipes ranging from chocolate cake served with a steaming espresso; a tangy lemon sorbet or a creamy pannacotta with rhubarb, and more

Paperback,  176 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Real Fast Puddings  by Nigel Slater
This is an inspiring collection of quick and delicious puddings made with simple and fresh ingredients from Nigel Slater, the master of the easily prepared dish. In four sections – Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring – he offers ideas for a wide range of mouth-watering and irresistible desserts all of which can be prepared in under half an hour

Paperback,  208 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

Cheesecakes  by Australian Women’s Weekly editors
You can start planning your Christmas celebrations with these two wonderful food books from the inspirational team at the Australian Women’s Weekly. These books contain both traditional fare and new twists on old favourites

Paperback,  128 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

One Cake, One Hundred Desserts: Learn One Foolproof Cake Recipe and Make One Hundred Desserts   by Greg Case
ith One Cake, One Hundred Desserts master just one basic cake recipe and you’ll be able to turn out one hundred other desserts simply by adding a pinch of this or a dash of that. The basic cake is easy. While the rich golden vanilla flavor is scrumptious on its own with nothing more than a sprinkle of powdered sugar, why stop there? The same recipe can be transformed into gooey, guilty-pleasure favorites such as Peanut Butter and Jelly Upside-Down Cake, Root Beer Float Ice Cream Cake, or Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake. The basic recipe can also be turned into other show-stopping desserts, from cookies and brownies to pies, puddings, and petits fours. Whip up delectable treats like Banana Cream Roulade, Orange Vanilla Baked Alaska, Double Ch

Hardback,  224 pp,  $41.95. Buy now

Perfect Light Desserts: Fabulous Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and More Made with Real Butter, Sugar, Flour, and Eggs, All Under 300 Calories Per Gene   by Nick Malgieri
verybody loves dessert, but nobody loves the calories. Perfect Light Desserts offers recipes for desserts rich enough to satisfy any sweet tooth — but with sensible calorie counts. Master baker Nick Malgieri and healthful food expert David Joachim have joined forces to create 125 exceptional desserts without the usual quantities of fats and sugars. The focus is on flavor and texture achieved through balanced ingredient combinations and superior baking techniques. Not a single recipe has more than 300 calories per serving. The results are nothing short of spectacular, with desserts that range from devil’s food cake (complete with fluffy icing) to a lemon custard highlighted with a colorful raspberry sauce. Old-fashioned American favorit

Hardback,  336 pp,  $41.95. Buy now

Chocolate & Vanilla  by Gale Gand
Vanilla is the lingerie of baking: It’s an invisible essential, but when given the spotlight, it’s sexy and alluring. In this flip/cookbook, Gand offers recipes for irresistible sweets that showcase vanilla’s beguiling flavour. With one section devoted to desserts using whole vanilla beans-think Vanilla Raspberry Rice Pudding with Lemon-Vanilla Caramel and Late-Night Vanilla Flan-and another focusing on extract-such as Vanilla-Blueberry Crumb Cake and Boston Cream Cupcakes. Love Chocolate? Gand offers thirty luscious, tempting recipes, from simple treats such as Chocolate-Praline Cake in a Jar and Creamy Dreamy Walnut Fudge to impress-the-guests desserts that include Mexican Hot Chocolate Fondue.

,  144 pp,  $31.95. Buy now

Buttercup Bakes at Home  by Jennifer Appel
When prepared the old-fashioned way, nothing tastes as delicious and comforting as homemade sweets fresh from the oven. Now Jennifer Appel, cookbook author and owner of the world-famous Buttercup Bake Shop, shares more of her popular recipes in Buttercup Bakes at Home, a collection of more than 75 new and tempting treats from the much-loved bakery and her own kitchen, for home cooks to enjoy. Family and friends will swoon over the Lemon Coconut-Filled White Buttermilk Cake, Buttercup Golden Layer Cake with Chocolate or Vanilla Buttercream, and Banana Oatmeal Crumb Cake. A wide variety of cookies, bars, and other goodies, such as Dried Cranberry Pumpkin Bars, Marshmallow Crunch Brownie Bars, Pear Nectarine Crisp, Mixed Berry Trifle, and Choc

,  125 pp,  $36.95. Buy now