The most popular baking books

Baking books cover bread, cakes, cookies, pastry and desserts. Clear recipes and good technique make the difference, and the best books explain why as well as how. Whether you want a reliable birthday cake or your first sourdough loaf, you will find a patient teacher here.

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Joy of Cooking
Cover of Joy of Cooking

Joy of Cooking

Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, John Becker, Megan Scott

1973 · 2002 edition

128 pages

Hello, Cupcake
Cover of Hello, Cupcake

Hello, Cupcake

Alan Richardson, Karen Tack

Published 2008

240 pages

The Cake Bible
Cover of The Cake Bible

The Cake Bible

Rose Levy Beranbaum

1988 · 1991 edition

636 pages