Recipes include the marble cake my mum would make when I was small and the coffee walnut gateau which was one of my grandma's favorites. If you miss Mary's wisdom and inspiration in The Great British Bake Off, or want a brand-new companion to Mary Berry's Baking Bible, this is the cookbook for you with over 200 easy recipes to make with confidence. I went for this one for both of those reasons, and I know with this one, I will be trying a few recipes. There are tray bakes, no-bake cakes, tea breads, scones, biscuits as well as such delights as praline meringue and mocha gateau. If you don’t have a piping bag to decorate the top, Mary advises using two plastic food bags, snipped off at one corner to create a funnel.

And here is a peek at seven more of our favourites from the book, which you'll be able to make when you get hold of your copy of Mary Berry's Baking Bible. She has been a judge on the BBC One (originally BBC Two) television programme The Great British Bake Off since its launch in 2010.

This is a cookbook includes a wonderful variety of quick cakes that you might bake for every occasion, whether it's for an after school snack, or drop in guests. Note: Fast Cakes was first published by Piatkus in 1981 and was an instant hit with classic recipes that could be made in minutes. I love that the directions are very easy to follow and the cakes are simple to make they can even be done by kids.

Not forgetting recipes you can make with your kids from Happy Face Biscuits to Traffic Lights and Jammy Buns. To make the filling and topping, measure the butter, honey, almond extract and icing sugar into a bowl and mix well until thoroughly blended. Set aside to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then turn out, remove the paper and finish cooling on a wire rack. Made in less than 5 minutes from start to finish, this must be the quickest, most satisfying pudding for one! There are hints and tips at the start of the book to help with common mistakes, tips to get the best out of your ingredients and equipment.She wrote the Baking Bible to help everyday cooks learn the basics of what it takes to make a good cake, with a collection of classic bakes, as well as hot puddings and pies, soufflés and meringues, cheesecakes and biscuits to satisfy all your baking needs. There's a section of very simple recipes that children can make, we've tried nearly all of these and they worked well and we're delicious. Story has it that the Battenberg Cake was first made in 1884 in honour of Princess Victoria's marriage to Prince Louis of Battenberg. A bestseller of its time, many families are still baking with it now, but 37 years on, Mary Berry has completely revised and updated this much-loved book.

Mary Berry’s Fast Cakes: Easy bakes in Minutes is an awesome book for people who love to bake but just don’t feel they have the time. Add the vanilla, eggs, sugar and double cream, whisk again until well blended, then pour the mixture over the crumb base.

It is said they can be made in 10 minutes and cooked in less than an hour but unless you have someone weighing out your ingredients for you then it takes a bit longer than 10 minutes from my experience. After being encouraged in domestic science classes at school, she went to college to study catering. Her instructions are clear, most recipes have photos (that was my one quibble - I would have liked all the recipes to have photos). The recipes are lovely and we have enjoyed trying out quite a few of them, our favourite is still a classic though, chocolate cake!

Very basic recipes that are easy to make, pretty pictures, and a Mary Berry tone throughout the book, which is nice if you are a fan.

Mary Berry's Fast Cakes: Easy bakes in minutes is a fantastic recipe book that has all the cakes and bakes you could need in one book! A real treat for a special gathering, you can fill and cover ahead of time so that the cake keeps moist for longer. In addition to the easy tray bakes and family cakes there are some recipes to interest the seasoned baker such as battenberg cake, or my favorite brandy snaps that need to be rolled around a wooden spoon while still warm to achieve their tube-like form, ready for filling with cream!