Lucy's bakes

Lucy's Bakes is Lucy Cufflin's baking bible - a kitchen essential for anyone to loves to cook. The queen of kitchen shortcuts shares her many secrets on how to make mouth-watering, show-stopping cakes and bakes that can be prepared with minimum fuss or baking knowledge. Uncomplicated and delicious, these recipes are perfect for novice bakers, busy mums, and cake-lovers who want impressive treats, and fast! Whip up some two-minute blueberry muffins for breakfast on the run, or some delicious lavender, pumpkin seed and honey flapjack for a midmorning snack. You'll be spoilt for choice with the impressive but superspeedy cake recipes - try the mouth-watering Italian citrus cake or wow your friends with the nutella cake for a birthday party treat! Making bread isn't a daunting task with Lucy's cheat's sourdough, and boring bakes become a thing of the past with her 10 variations on classic crunchy biscuits. Lucy clearly specifies quantities, timings and instructions and suggests ways to adapt recipes, giving bakers the confidence to to experiment with flavours and ingredients. Covering savoury and sweet bakes, Lucy's Bakes is a comprehensive collection of your favourite recipes.