Marguerite Patten, doyenne of British cookery shares her wealth of knowledge and her tried and tested recipes for cakes large and small, biscuits, breads, pizzas and pastries.

Baking is Marguerite's most natural culinary territory and she starts by explaining the equipment and the basic techniques, as well as what to do if things go wrong. She covers not only family favourites such as Walnut cake, teacakes and buns but more modern popular cakes such as muffins.

The book has been planned to introduce the pleasures of baking in such a way that even a beginner will achieve successful results under the expert guidance of Britain's best loved cookery writer. This book is the fifth in Grub Street's best-selling The Basic Basics series, with previous titles The Basic Basics Jams Preserves and Chutneys Handbook, The Basic Basics Combination and Microwave Handbook, The Basic Basics Home Freezing Handbook and The Basic Basics How to Cook from A-Z.

Marguerite Patten is Britain's top selling cookery writer with sales totalling over 17 million copies. She pioneered easy-to-follow-recipes with her All Colour Cookery. She lives in Sussex.