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Top cookbooks 2012

Looking for the perfect gift and have no idea what to buy? How about a cookbook? From Gino D’Acampo to The Hairy Bikers, we’ve rounded up our favourite cookbooks of 2012.

Cookbooks are a great gift and keepsake that will decorate someone’s kitchen shelves for years to come. It’s always great to receive a cookbook as a present – you never know when you’re going to need some inspiration in the kitchen. Cookbooks can be passed down from generation to generation and you’ll always have your favourites that you just can’t get enough of.

Whether you’re treating yourself or buying one for someone special, there are plenty of great cookbooks out this year that are sure to tick all the boxes. Gordon Ramsay and Lorraine Pascale are just a few of the celeb cookbooks in our collection.

And if you love baking we’ve got plenty of great baking cookbooks to choose from including two very special books from top TV show The Great British Bake Off – which we can’t wait to get our hands on.

And if that’s not enough, there are also plenty of savoury cookbooks to choose from for rustling up quick, mid-week dishes, dinners for the kids or a posh slap-up meal for that special someone. If you love spending time in the kitchen or you know someone who does – buy one of these amazing cookbooks to make the New Year that little bit tastier.

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Lorraine Pascale’s cookies and cream fudge brownies

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Lorraine Pascale, star of BBC show Baking Made Easy, has a soft spot for brownies. ‘When I was eight, chocolate brownies were my life,’ she says. Try this clever cookies and cream mix for something different

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You can substitute oreos for toasted walnuts, pecans or sprinkle the brownies with honeycomb.

Ingredients

165g (5 1/2oz) butter, plus extra for greasing
200g (7oz) dark chocolate, grated or finely chopped
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
Seeds of 1 vanilla pod or 2 tsp vanilla extract
165g (5 1/2oz) soft light
brown sugar
2 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
154g pack of oreo biscuits, broken into quarters
Icing sugar, for dusting
20cm (8in) square baking tin

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 6 with the middle shelf ready. Grease the baking tin, then line with baking paper with the paper overlapping the sides a little.
Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat. When the butter has melted, remove the pan from the heat and add the grated chocolate.
Leave to stand for a few minutes until the chocolate goes soft then stir together. Alternatively, you can put the chocolate and butter in bowl and melt in the microwave in 25-second blasts, stirring well each time.
Whisk the eggs, egg yolks and vanilla together in a large bowl until they begin to get light and fluffy. Add the sugar in two additions whisking between each. Pour it around the side of the egg mix so as not to knock out the air that has been whisked in to it. Keep whisking until the mixture becomes stiffer. Once the egg mixture is ready pour the chocolate into it, again around the sides so as not to knock the air out.
Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt and a third of the oreos and stir until fully combined, then pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Scatter the remaining oreos over the top, pressing them in slightly. Bake in the oven for 25–30 minutes. The middle should be very so slightly gooey. Leave the brownies to cool in the tin. The top will sink and crack a little.
Pull the brownies out using the overlapping paper and cut the brownies into squares. Dust with icing sugar.

Taken from

Baking Made Easy

by Lorraine Pascale (Harper Collins, £18.99)

By Lorraine Pascale

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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Cake hall of fame

If you’re in the mood for some serious baking you’ve come to the right place. We’ve rounded up 100 all-time favourite cake recipes for you to try, from classics like chocolate fudge cake, date and walnut and carrot cake through to fashionable cupcakes and cake pops. We’ve got a so many delicious cake recipes that choosing just one is going to be a tough choice.

Some of our all-time favourites cakes include tangy lemon drizzle cake, simple vanilla cupcakes and of course, some naughty but nice chocolate cupcakes. You can make cheesecakes, brownies and even an upside-down cake. If that’s not enough we’ve also got some special recipes from the likes of Rachel Allen, Lorraine Pascale and the baking legend that is Mary Berry.

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