Learn to Bake Like a Professional at Home with Duff Bakes!

mrbillny: I’d call this a complete soup to nuts instruction manual with inspiration and instructions on how to. Sounds a bit like a manual but at its core it can be considered so. Comprehensive and inspiring like I said in the title of the review.

United States on Oct 03, 2023

Deb: I watch baking competitions on television, and Duff Goldman is frequently one of the judges. I've always been impressed by how he frames his critique in terms of gentle teaching. That's why I bought this book.

This is the first cookbook that I've read. Not just hunted for recipes, but read the same way I'd read a novel. I've been baking for 50 years, and I'm still learning. This is a great book for both new bakers and experienced bakers.

I've read some of the other reviews where the reviewer stated there are errors in the book. I haven't found any, so buy the book and bake with confidence.

United States on Jul 30, 2022

Dr DOO: Easy and tasty recipes for everybody. Love the stories before each recipe.

Canada on Mar 14, 2022

JudoNinja: I enjoy this book, had a digital copy of it for years, manually rewriting the recipes in a notebook for easier access when baking. I have tried 30-40% of the recipes and they are all what u expect from duff. Delicious. There was an error in digital, not sure if there was a fix in the book, but the sugar cookies were light on flour and melted away to blobs first attempt, so added extra flour to create a more proper dough like consistency wanna say like 2-3 cups. Been a while since I made it. I use the scones recipe as my base then i play with it from there depending on season, this is a awesome book, i bought it twice! If u are looking for not only a great cook book, but reading some of the captions and text introducing the recipe, if u are a duff fan the humor is in the book and will male u laugh as well.

United States on Jan 08, 2021

Lorraine Kendel: Great baking book. If you are only looking for a few great books on baking, this is the one. Interesting, easy, consiece instructions, and a great product at the end.

Canada on Sep 16, 2019

jh: Really nice
Simple to follow receipies and so good

Canada on Apr 07, 2019

Texassews: I have not tried the recipes in this cookbook yet, but will review again when I do. I took two days to read the entire cookbook, to get acquainted with it, see the kinds of recipes they chose to put in the cookbook, read how they developed the instructions, and finally to see how doable and at what level of experience these recipes were directed. This cookbook is directed at pretty much all levels. There are recipes for the novice, and the very experienced baker as well, but you do not have to be very experienced, as the directions are so well written that it would be hard not to get great results--except for the Piped Henna Cake. That one is so very detailed and intricate that I am not sure I even want to make it. But....it is there, for those who do. How nice is that? I may get to it someday, but meanwhile, there are so many other things to make. Let's start with the Popcorn Ball recipe that would make children so happy, as well as adults. Duff says, "They are a variation on Rice Krispie treats." So they seem to be. I can see lining your kids up at a table and giving each one measuring cups of their own particular ingredients of peanut butter, milk chocolate chips, and...

United States on Oct 24, 2018

Amazon Customer: Great book. Easy to find ingredients, excellent recipes

Canada on Apr 13, 2017

Caz Gentleman: good book, really good explanations in it, love duff and his show, can't wait to bake some of his recipes

United Kingdom on Jan 23, 2016

BuyAllTheThings: I'm a huge fan of Duff Goldman and think of him and his Charm City Cakes crew as not just bakers, but artists. So I was worried that being as talented as he is, he wouldn't be able to break down the art form into something understandable for weekend bakers like myself. Well, I was wrong to worry. The recipes are mostly easy to follow, for both novice and experienced bakers. If you've only ever baked a slice and bake chocolate chip cookie, you'll definitely find many challenges in here, but plenty of guidance. If you're more experienced and know a thing or two about baking, this book is probably right on your level.

His bar and cookie recipes look easy to moderately challenging. He's got easy bread recipes for people who've never worked with yeast, and more complicated recipes (sourdough, anybody?) for those who are ready. I'm both nervous and excited to try to create my first sourdough starter (which I didn't even know was a thing).

His cake decorating section I felt deviated from the overall aim of the book (i.e., easy and non-intimidating). I would have liked less info on fondant and project ideas, and more instruction on how to frost cake, do pretty piping with...

United States on Nov 11, 2015