Sweet Treats Made Easier for Real-Life Bakers
Baking often feels intimidating, but Sarah Rainey makes it feel possible again. Clever supermarket hacks, quick treats and low-effort ideas give busy home bakers the comfort of homemade sweetness without the pressure of perfect technique or endless ingredients. The confidence boost is real.
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How to Cheat at Baking: 70 Quick and Easy Recipes
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Sweet Treats Made Easier for Real-Life Bakers
Baking often feels intimidating, but Sarah Rainey makes it feel possible again. Clever supermarket hacks, quick treats and low-effort ideas give busy home bakers the comfort of homemade sweetness without the pressure of perfect technique or endless ingredients. The confidence boost is real.
- Book Synopsis
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Fake 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 traybakes 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:
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
Ideal for readers who:
- Bake for pleasure but need shortcuts that fit real life.
- Appreciate supermarket hacks, quick treats and low-effort methods.
- Cook in busy kitchens where time, budget and energy matter.
- Reach for baking books that build confidence without demanding perfection.
- About The Author
- Sarah Rainey has been baking, cooking, eating, writing and thinking about food for as long as she can remember. Originally from Belfast, she has been a national newspaper feature writer, based in London, for the past seven years. Sarah edited How to Jug a Hare: The Telegraph Book of the Kitchen in 2015 and is the author of Three Ingredient Baking (2018) and 6-Minute Showstoppers (2020). In her day job, she writes on a range of diverse subjects and her culinary achievements to date include cooking in the MasterChef kitchen and making 339 traybakes in a single weekend (and surviving to tell the tale).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781789299090
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Limited, (13 August 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 127
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 253 x 187 x 17 mm
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