The Lost Art of Baking With Yeast: Delicious Hungarian Cakes & Pastries [Paperback]

Baba Schwartz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2010

Baking with yeast is becoming a lost art. Many cooks would love to utilise the incredible properties of yeast, but lack a guide to inform and inspire them. The Lost Art of Baking with Yeast shows how simple baking with yeast can be, and how irresistible the results. The book includes recipes for cakes, slices, pastries, buns ... and Baba s famous golden dumpling cake. Baba Schwartz introduces the principles of yeast baking and gives handy hints for kneading and proving dough to perfection. These recipes, with their distinctive Hungarian flavour, will delight your family and friends. If you love baking, you will love discovering these recipes, some unique and some classic.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A delightful book ... you can almost smell a warm, yeasty kitchen aroma wafting from the pages --The Age

Lovely ... a great book that rises to the occasion for those who already love baking with yeast, and those who would like to learn --Australian Gourmet Traveller

About the Author

Baba Schwartz, a Hungarian-born baker renowned for her superb cakes and pastries, lives in Melbourne. Her book The Lost Art of Baking with Yeast is the culmination of a life-time of baking.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Black (Aus) (April 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1863952594
• ISBN-13: 978-1863952590
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #924,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > Hungarian