1991 The Victorian Book of Cakes by T. Percy Lewis and A.G. Bromley
Great gift for baking lover!
- Book overview: A treasure from the past, this book was originally published at the turn of the last century, during the heyday of cake-making, designed to be the standard work on cakes and confectionery. There are recipes for all kinds of of traditional Victorian cakes, biscuits and cookies, petits fours, shortbreads, pound and slab cakes, gingerbreads, marzipan and nougat, as well as a multitude of fillings, icings and frostings. Notes for the modern reader have been included to assist today's baker in adjusting and adapting recipes, with tips on unusual equipment and archaic ingredients.
- Condition: Dust jacket and hardcover corner at the top of spine has small damage, otherwise in very good vintage condition.
- Format: Hard cover with a dust jacket
- Length: 336 Pages
- Weight: 3.70 lbs.
- Dimensions: 8.81 x 1.1 x 11.42 inches
