The Happy Home Baker Cookbook: Elegant and Fun Sweets Made Simple

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Better known as @happyhomebaker, Rie creates treats with the philosophy of keeping things uncomplicated. In this collection of recipes, she shares how elegant French-style confections and fun Japanese sweets can be made easily in a home kitchen without compromising on taste or flair. Step-by-step illustrations and helpful baking tips offer added guidance, so that preparing classics like canele and dorayaki, and fun creations like hojicha coffee sponge cake and kinako dacquoise with black sesame buttercream, becomes effortless and enjoyable.

Rie grew up in Hiroshima, Japan, and was first introduced to baking at age seven. Intrigued and wanting to understand the science behind baking, Rie began experimenting endlessly in the kitchen. She later developed her skills by attending advanced patisserie and bread courses at culinary institutes including Ecole Gastronomique Bellouet Conseil in Paris, France, and Niigata Sogo Gakuin (NSG) in Tokyo, Japan. Rie believes that baking at home should be enjoyable and free from complicated techniques. She develops her recipes based on this philosophy and shares her creations on Instagram. Connect with Rie @happyhomebaker.