

In Bake Yourself Happy she shares her favourite recipes and shows how every stage of the process will boost your mood and improve your wellbeing.įrom foolproof bakes and weekday bread to decadent cakes and sweet tarts, Steph provides mouth-watering recipes guaranteed to make you (and your friends and family) smile. Baking allowed her to release stress and anxiety and restore a sense of calm contentment. Great British Bake-Off finalist, Steph Blackwell, discovered the healing power of baking while struggling with her mental health.

Put a smile on your face with 50 delicious bakes, each designed to bring you joy in both the making and the tasting.
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How to be good at baking: general notes Store cupboard Sweet & savoury breakfasts Elevenses Lunch Teatime Traditional desserts There’s something sweet, something in the oven for everyone, all day long – welcome to Honey & Co. (There’s no need to worry, whatever you choose will be great!) After dinner there might be poached peaches with roses or something more traditional, sweet and salty Knafe drenched in orange blossom syrup, or maybe just a small piece of fresh marzipan. Lunch is a crisp, crumbly shell of pastry filled with spiced lamb or burnt aubergine, and at teatime there are cheesecakes and fruit cakes, small cakes and massive cookies – so many cakes that it’s hard to choose one. Our day is marked by what comes out of the pastry section, and there’s always something good on the way: sticky buns full of cherries and pistachios in the morning a loaf of rich dough rolled with chocolate, hazelnuts and cinnamon that has been proving since dawn and comes out of the oven fresh for elevenses. Here are some of our top picks to help you on your baking journey: Honey & Co. With the return of Great British Bake Off to our screens, it’s got us all in the mood for a little baking.
