The Great British Book of Baking · 120 best-loved recipes from teatime treats to pies and pasties. To accompany BBC2's The Great British Bake-off

Learn how to bake over 120 delicious recipes in the official book to accompany the hit BBC2 TV series The Great British Bake-off.

This book takes us on a tour of the very best in baking our nation has to offer - from Eccles cakes to Cornish pasties , Chelsea buns to Scottish gingerbread.

Over 120 classic recipes, as well as numerous adaptations and suggestions, cover the whole range of baking skills from sweet jam tarts to savoury game pie. These are recipes that have been passed through the generations, as well as those from the Bake Off contestants.

With trips to notable landmarks from baking history - Melton Mowbray and Sandwich among the more famous, as well as locally loved secrets from towns and villages around the country - the book highlights the importance of baking as part of our national heritage.

Whether you want to try your hand at the delicate art of petticoat tails shortbread or dish up a hearty steak pie to a hungry family, you will be looking between the pages of The Great British Book of Baking time and time again, as Linda Collister has brought together the very best recipes from around the British Isles.

Get your wooden spoons at the ready!

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