Fast Cakes: Easy Bakes in Minutes

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If you miss Mary's wisdom and inspiration in The Great British Bake Off, or want a brand-new companion to Mary Berry's Baking Bible, this is the cookbook for you, with over 150 easy recipes to make with confidence. To start with the book is beautiful. It is so pretty, and heavy and everything that a cookbook should be.

Measure all the ingredients except the cocoa and icing sugar into a large bowl and beat well with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Put half the mixture in another bowl and add the cocoa powder. Mix well. Return to the oven for a final 10 minutes, until the cheesecake is just set with a slight wobble in the middle. Melt the butter in a pan over a gentle heat. Take off the heat and add the biscuits. Mix together very well. Tip into the tin and press flat over the base using a spoon. I haven't actually managed to bake any cakes from this book so far but i have read it from cover to cover. I like how brief and un-fussy all the instructions are and how commonplace the ingredients are, meaning the recipes won't all have you rushing out to the shops to get ingredients you've never even heard of before like a lot of recipe books do. There are scones, buns and biscuits that you can whip up for tea, traybakes and fruit loaves perfect for a school or village fete and of course foolproof cakes for every occasion from everyday recipes such as a Honey and Almond Cake to Mary's First-Rate Chocolate Cake.Mary Berry's Fast Cakes: Easy bakes in minutes is a fantastic recipe book that has all the cakes and bakes you could need in one book! With around 200 recipes it is full of tasty treats and there's sure to be one everyone likes. Not forgetting recipes you can make with your kids from Happy Face Biscuits to Traffic Lights and Jammy Buns.

Loosen the edges, then set aside to cool in the tin. When cold, take out of the tin and leave to chill in the fridge. I love Mary Berry. Everyone loves Mary Berry. This book is Mary Berry at her finest, sharing easy bakes that only take minutes to prepare. I will be trying out everything in this book, I hope. It's that wonderful.Sounds fantastic Moulins! This cake has become a firm favourite in this family . . . the only cake I make nowadays! The recipe has been given to several friends, including a 78 year old widower at the croquet club which is lovely :) Measure the cream cheese and flour into another bowl and beat with an electric hand-held whisk until smooth. Add the vanilla, eggs, sugar and double cream, whisk again until well blended, then pour the mixture over the crumb base. Put all the remaining ingredients in a large bowl and pour over the cooled sauce. Mix well until evenly coated.

Cream the margarine and sugar until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs and almond essence, adding a tablespoon of flour with the last amount of egg. Fold in the flour and baking powder and all the fruit. To make the icing, measure the icing sugar and lemon and lime juice into a bowl. Whisk until smooth, then spread the icing over the cake. Fast Cakes is an unmissable, definitive new baking book from Mary Berry. Proper cakes that take 10 minutes or less to make and under an hour to bake. Put large spoonfuls of both cake mixtures in the tin, then swirl the two together with a skewer to create a marbled effect.Excellent cookbook from Queen Mary. Almost all the bakes in here are great. I have tried a couple of them and they have turned out well.