Soulful Baker: From highly creative fruit tarts and pies to chocolate, desserts and weekend brunch

"Julie bakes with love. It's her secret ingredient." Pierre Koffmann. From apple rose and plum and frangipane tarts, to lemon madeleines and muddle cake, trampoline bread and grissini to chocolate ganache, delizia di limone to banana, pecan, and chocolate muffins and fluffy pancakes, this incredible bake book has all the recipes you need to create something beautiful, imaginative and impressive. Whether you're making pies or cakes, bread or brunch, this stunning book is full of recipes that bakes that feeds your soul as well as your stomach. Baking became a form of therapy for Julie Jones when her mother, who taught her to bake, was diagnosed with dementia. They began baking together again, and Julie started her Instagram account as a way to document this precious time and now her delicious recipes are available for the first time as a sumptuous cookbook that would make an inspired addition to any kitchen bookshelf! Learn to cook crafted, beautifully styled pies, tarts, cakes and bakes, but be sure to cook with Julie's secret ingredient – love. Across the 175+, heavily illustrated pages, you’ll find chapters on:Fruit Tarts and Pies, containing recipes like apple rose tart and plum and frangipane tart, plus pastry decoration techniques. Cakes, Bakes and Treats, with dipped lemon madeleines and muddle cake, as well as tips for getting cream fillings right every time. Bread and Yeasted Dough, with trampoline bread and grissini. Chocolate, including a stunning triple chocolate celebration cake and chocolate ganache. Desserts, with delizia di limone and a meringue sharing nest wreath. Weekend Breakfast and Brunch, with banana, pecan, and chocolate muffins and fluffy pancakes.