Recommendations for baking books

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I want to buy my sister a cookbook for her birthday next week. She's just acquired a Kenwood Chef (very jealous!) and has suscribed to a cake baking/decorating magazine, and is enjoying trying them out. Any recommendations of books that would get the most out of her new toy?

Hummingbird Bakery cookbook is excellent, or or this one by Lindy Smith which is an excellent guide for decorating or even some by Peggy Porschen, although those are very advanced.

ps, I am SO jealous of anyone with a Kenwood Chef - or Kitchen Aid. I have a measly food processor.

The Dan Leppard one is great, I think it is called Short and Sweet?

Have a lok at the Book People, I got a load of lovely and cheap baking books from there to go with my new Kenwood too. I got Tea with Bea, the Baker Brothers one, the Eric Lanlard-Home Bake(wouldn't esp recommend), and I can't remember what else. They also had the Fiona Cairns birthday cakes book and WI celebration cupcakes. Dan Lepard one is fab esp for breads as well as cakes this one

I know, I bought too many

Tea with Bea is lovely to look at but I have only cooked one recipe and I think there was errata in it - not a book I would expect to actually cook from very much.

Mary Berry and Delia Smith are the best for fail-safe recipes.

If she enjoys baking and wants something different I like Gorgeous Cakes by Annie Bell. Bit pretentious in places but very different recipes and I haven't had a problem with any of them, some are very fun to make.

Aargh, so many choices now! Thank you!
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I like the look of the Baker Brothers, and Mary Berry is a good idea, but I think she would probaby love the Hummingbird company one, so thanks Eggy! I'm tempted by the Dan Lepard book too, but don't think she would have heard of him.

I might see if I can get her a few bits she wouldn't buy herself to go with it, like pretty buncases. Any ideas for a budding baker?

Gel food colourings if she does cakes? Pretty cake cases etc in the supermarkets. Or flour sifter? Loaf tins. Any of those would go down well here

Good Food 101 cakes and bakes is fab, cheap, small and I haven't had a failure yet. I've had it years and made at least half the things in there. I do change the recipes a bit to suit my taste but it's brill and it's the one I always go back to despite having loads of baking books.

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THE best baking book is Leith's Baking Bible.

Not loads of pics so not baking porn, but unbelievable array of recipes and advice. I've made about 20 recipes from it and all have worked a dream.