Table of Contents
Welcome to Finch Bakery 6
Finch Basics
Equipment 10
Ingredients 11
Lining tins 12
Colourings 14
Flavourings and sprinkles 15
Buttercream 16
Chocolate ganache 18
Fillings 20
Piping bags and nozzles 24
Piping techniques 26
Tempering chocolate 30
Tempered chocolate decorations 32
Assembling cakes 34
Naked cakes 36
Crumb coating and applying buttercream 38
Smoothing buttercream 40
Scraper techniques 42
Drip techniques 50
Half and half cake 52
Cake jar tutorial 54
Celebration Cakes, Cupcakes & Cake Jars
Classic Victoria sponge 58
Chocolate fudge cake 62
Funfetti layer cake 66
Cherry Bakewell cake 70
Carrot cake 76
Candy floss cake 80
Red velvet cake 84
Peanut butter cake 88
Sticky toffee pudding cake 94
Lotus Biscoff cake 98
Creme Egg cake 102
Vanilla and chocolate half and half cake 106
Cookies & Cookie Cups
Chewy chocolate chip cookies 112
Chunky chocolate chip cookies 114
Pumpkin spice cookies 116
Red velvet stuffed cookies 118
Nutella stuffed cookies 120
Lotus Biscoff stuffed cookies 122
Cookie dough stuffed cookies 124
S'mores cookies 126
Giant personalized cookie 128
White chocolate ganache cookie sandwiches 130
Milk chocolate ganache cookie sandwiches 132
Raspberry and white chocolate ganache cookie sandwiches 134
Dark chocolate and sea salt ganache cookie sandwiches 136
Red velvet cookie sandwiches 138
Funfetti cookie cups 140
Lotus Biscoff and caramel cookie cups 142
Cookie dough cookie cups 144
Peanut butter cookie pie 146
Tray Bakes
Chocolate brownies 150
Chocolate caramel brownies 152
Creme Egg brownies 154
Slutty brownies 156
Vegan chocolate chip brownies 158
Loaded white chocolate blondies 160
Jammie Dodger blondies 162
Apple and cinnamon blondies 164
Frosted unicorn blondies 166
Lemon and blueberry blondies 168
Chocolate orange blondies 170
S'mores brownie pie 172
Banoffee pie 174
Cinnamon rolls 176
No Bakes
Summer fruits white chocolate cheesecake 180
Battenberg cheesecake 182
Triple-layered cookie dough cheesecake bar 184
Lemon and ginger cheesecake 186
Hard candy lollipops 188
Milk chocolate rocky road 190
White chocolate rocky road 192
Salted caramel rocky road 194
Lotus Biscoff rocky road 196
Hot chocolate bombs 198
Peanut butter cups 200
Chocolate ganache balls 202
Geo-heart cake shapes 204
Cake pops and cakesicles 205
Small Bakes
Classic scones 210
Lemon and blueberry scones 212
Cinnamon roll scones 214
Basic macaron shells 216
Battenberg macarons 220
Candy floss macarons 222
Caramel mocha macarons 224
Unicorn macarons 226
Strawberry doughnut macarons 228
Ice cream cone cupcakes 230
Terms and translations 232
Conversions 233
Index 234
Acknowledgements 239