Seventy five delicious literary inspired recipes, from Banana Karenina to Tart of Darkness

Bake your way through the classics from Jane Eclair to Middlemarshmallows, as well as Captain Corelli's Madeleines, On the Rocky Road, Flapjack and the Beanstalk, Nineteen-eighty Petit Fours, and many more. Arranged by genre, enjoy cakes, puddings, and pies from romance and comedy through to horror and science fiction, and discover fun, edible versions of your favorite books. The book includes witty introductions and amusing illustrations throughout, as well as baking essentials and themed menus for book clubs, parties, and afternoon teas. Other recipes include Whoopie Pies and Prejudice, Key Lime and Punishment, Finnegan's Cake, Eton Mess of the D’Urbervilles, Life of Pecan Pie, Lord of the Mille-feuilles, The War of the Viennese Whirls, James and the Giant Peach Cobbler, Much Ado About Muffins, The Cherry Pie Orchard, Scone with the Wind and more.