How to Cheat at Baking: 70 Quick & Easy Recipes for Busy Bakers

Bake it ’til you bake it with 70 deliciously simple recipes and supermarket cake hacks. ’Proof that baking can be low-effort and deeply satisfying’ - Rachel Khoo

Why make life harder than it needs to be? If you love home-baked treats but don’t have the time, energy or budget for complicated recipes and endless ingredient lists, How to Cheat at Baking is your new secret weapon. From biscuit-based tray bakes and freezer cakes to air fryer wonders and microwave miracles, every foolproof recipe is designed to save you time without skimping on flavour.

Whether you’re a tired parent, a hungry student or just someone who likes a cheat code, this is baking for real life – no pastry-making, proving time or piping skills required for the fab fake bakes.

This collection of sweet treats is sure to become a fast family favourite. Includes:No-Bake Millionaire’s Shortbread Choc-Orange Cheesecake One-Minute Microwave Cookies Cinnamon Dough-Bake Strawberries & Cream Ripple Cake Fake Fab Lollies Air-Fryer Banana Muffins Chocolate Hazelnut Hippo Cake Two-Ingredient Bagels Boursin & Bacon Quiches Praise for Sarah Rainey:‘The queen of store cupboard baking’ – Huffington Post UK‘Sarah [is] an expert on how to cheat recipes if you are missing key ingredients’ – The Times