Sift

"An essential guide to baking that takes away the fear of baking failure by combining easy-to-follow, science-based advice with 100 reliable and delicious recipes for both novices and more experienced bakers--from a renowned pastry chef … Sift begins with the foundational ingredients that underpin great bakes--flour, sugar, eggs, fat--before delving into the techniques that bring recipes to life: texture, color, how things rise, and a technical overview. 100 tested, tried, and true recipes follow and are organized by difficulty and time commitment, ranging from easy 30-minute cakes to spectacular showstoppers you can devote a weekend to, including: bake in an afternoon: plum sandwich cake, mocha chocolate chip cake bars, and 10-minute mango cheesecake; bake in a day: chocolate mousse cloud cake, fancy rhubarb tart with pistachio custard, and olive oil brie-oche; bake over a weekend: clementine crème fraiche ice cream cake, grilled cheese za'tar pain suisse, and honey Mandarin buns. Gorgeous photos accompany every recipe and the infographic-style illustrations help home bakers easily grasp the hows and whys of baking, making disasters and flops a thing of the past"--