Penguin Books Australia

Pastry dispels the myth that pastry-making is complicated and beyond the reach of many cooks. Designed in an easy-to-follow format, this chunky compilation presents all the classic pastries in the simplest possible way, along with an inspiring collection of original recipes. Trained in the classic French style, and with more than thirty years experience as a top chef, Michel Roux has a wealth of culinary...

Cupcakes with Attitude is a trove of novel recipes for sweet treats with a twist of individuality.

Tarts

35 microwave recipes for scrumptious cakes and desserts  

'Creating sweet perfection doesn't need to be scary!' says award-winning French pastry Chef Emmanuel Mollois.

Emmanuel's irrepressible enthusiasm and considerable expertise is baked into every page of Et voila.   He shares his passion for cooking and encourages the use of local, fresh, seasonal ingredients in every dish.

With mouth-watering photographs and more than 60 easy-to-follow recipes...

Make sure your baking rises to every occasion

Whether you want to produce the perfect tart, bake a cake fit for a king or serve up a soufflé that won't sink, Step-by-Step Baking guides you through 350 baking recipes for every occasion.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sugar-Free Cooking and Baking

Have your vegan cake and eat it, too! 

As a vegan, you know how challenging it can be to create light and flavorful breads, cakes, cookies, and other baked goods without using eggs, diary, or animal products of any kind.  And if you're not vegan but sill interested in eating healthier foods, you might be perplexed when it comes to swapping out the animal products.

Bread-making made easy

Step-by-Step Breads is the perfect book to have to hand when you're mastering the art of bread-making. Over 130 recipes are made easy with simple instructions and photography helping you every step of the way.

Classic breads, artisan breads, batters and sweet breads; 35 essential bread recipes are featured including rolls, pizzas, muffins and buns plus exciting variations for...

From Eccles cakes to Cornish pasties, Chelsea buns to Scottish gingerbread, The Great British Book of Baking takes us on a tour of the very best in baking our nation has to offer.

From a classic chocolate sponge to lemon meringue pie, award-winning baker Sophie Grey's book on the latest baking craze brings you all manner of delicious whoopies.

With a cream cheese filling and a frosted top, whoopies are set to take over from cupcakes in a big way.  Thought to have originated in the Amish communities of America (the farmers would open their lunch boxes to cries of 'Whoopie!'...

You know you're on to something when the queue for a cafe stretches out to the pavement most weekends. So it is at Little and Friday's two Auckland locations. Those in the know flock to the Little and Friday stores in Takapuna and Newmarket for addictive cream-filled donuts, buttery brioche, melt-in-the-mouth sweet tarts, and moreish savoury pastries.

'What's for Pudding?' is a question that has been asked around New Zealand dining tables for generations. A family will eat the main course and be satisfied, but the main event, the thing waited for with the greatest anticipation by all is, of course, pudding.