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Basics: Desserts

Techniques, Tips, and 60+ Recipes to Confidently Make All Things Sweet

By: Caroline Bourgeois

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Hardcover | 29 July 2025

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151 Pages

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24.5 x 19.5 x 1.91

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A beginner-friendly guide to dessert, featuring step-by-step photography and clear instructions for over 70 delicious recipes.

Basics: Desserts is the second in a series that will completely demystify cooking through step-by-step photography. Bake your way through everything from big celebration cakes to an easy single-serve chocolate mug cake, plus fruit tarts three ways, a 3-tier showstopping pavlova, classic creme brûlee, and more. It is a short but comprehensive photographic primer with recipes and techniques that showcase staple recipes like pastry dough, cake batter, and cream fillings plus how to use them in your favorite classic desserts. From there, learn to bake, assemble, and decorate desserts for any occasion.

Basics: Desserts is for anyone looking to gain confidence in the kitchen, grow their dessert repertoire, and generally add a little extra sweetness to life.

Step-by-step Photography: Learn to bake and prepare dessert with ease by following the abundant photographs and clear instructions
A Dessert Primer: Perfect the foundational recipes of baking as well as techniques for perfect desserts
A Range of Recipes: Some recipes bake up in a matter of minutes and others are longer projects; this book has the recipes you need with the time that you have

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