The Bakers' Book Recipes, notes and wisdom from the kitchens of Australia's most inspiring bakers

The Bakers' Book is a book by bakers for bakers. Ruby Goss has ambitiously brought together more than 30 of Australia's best - from pastry chefs to home bakers to community bakeries - to share the recipes that excite them and that bring them joy.

The result is this glorious compendium, filled with 60-plus fully photographed recipes, from special occasion bakes to small anytime pleasures to savory treats and life-changing desserts. Served alongside are generous offerings of kitchen wisdom that remind us why we bake and how many life lessons can be found in the art of this craft.

This paperback with a striking graphic jacket by Melbourne artist Beci Orpin is for fans of bakers Natalie Paull, Emelia Jackson, Tilly Pamment, Claire Saffitz and Claire Ptak. 

Recipes include:

• Small pleasures: Marshmallow brownie, Lemon, thyme and honey madeleines, Mohn hamantaschen (poppyseed cookies), Crullers, Pistachio amaretti.
• Morning and afternoon teas: Baker Bleu babka; Chu flans; Ginger and orange blossom cake; Nadine Ingram's Chocolate, amaretto and sour cherry tart, Cinnamon braid; Plum streusel cake; Pandan drommekage cake.
• Special occasions: Tiramisu cake, Miss Trixie's Classic chocolate cake, Strawberry, chocolate and balsamic lamington stack, Preserved lemon layer cake with blackberry and olive oil buttercream.
• Something Savoury: Spinach, leek and smoked cheddar cheese slab pie, Little Picket Potato bread with roasted garlic butter and parsley, Pea and feta tart, Fig leaf sourdough tin loaf.
• Time for Dessert: Negroni chocolate tart, Peaches and cream meringue tower, Cherry pie, Unbaked strawberry cheesecake, Pandan, coconut and mango chiffon roll.

Contributors include Orlando Artavilla, Gad Assayag, Ryan and Seren Chu, Alisa Henderson, Mariana Di Bartolo, Charlie Duffy, Cherie Hausler, Charlie Duffy, Emelia Jackson, Michael James, Belinda Jeffery, Jesse Knierum, Giorgia McAllister Forte, Tilly Pamment, Raymond Tan, Maaryasha Werdiger, Jo Barrett, Sophie Hansen, Nadine Ingram, Dougal Muffet, Rosemary Andrews, Alice Bennett, Nornie Bero, Patchanida Chimkire, Darren Purchese, Gillian Bell, Danielle Alvarez, Haikal Raji, Gareth Whitton, Audrey Allard, Anneliese Brancatisano, Kimmy Gastmeier, Akira Toyama, and Aaron Morgan.

Ruby Goss is a food writer, editor and recipe developer based in Melbourne. Like most food-focused teenagers, she spent Saturday mornings in bed reading Nigella Lawson's baking bible How to Be a Domestic Goddess, waiting to be old enough to steep rhubarb in vodka. Obsessed as ever by the home kitchen, she has edited cookbooks by notable chefs, written for award-winning publishers and magazines, developed recipes and video series for an international cooking platform – and travelled only ever for food. Please get in touch if you have any advice for extracting family recipes from wizened great aunts. She's asking for a friend.

1. Introduction
2. Small Pleasures
3. Morning and Afternoon Teas
4. Special Occasions
5. Something Savoury
6. Time for Dessert