By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The introduction is a delightful period piece : 'The woman who can cook well and bake well has every reason and every right to be proud of her cooking. All the other recipes I remember baking are from it, Coffee Kissess, Flapjack with crushed cornflakes in, fatless sponge. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

The books are still produced today and are in its 41st edition – but they are nowhere near as popular as they were. It has all the basic baking and pastries recipes in it, handy temperature guide, weight conversions. each recipe accompanied by a little colour photograph, giving another clue to the era, with free use of glace cherries, angelica and piped cream. The latest edition is packed with even more inspiring dishes together with a brand new "quick and easy" section which even the novice baker can follow. In 1923 Be-Ro issued the first recipe book which as they say ‘has been at the heart of homes up and down the country.A friends mum used to make it when we were kids, and then my nan used to make them for me to bring for my workmates in london! There is also a pencil note next to the butterfly cakes recipe (‘Favourites of all children’) with the words ‘made them’ underlined and copious baking/tea stains (re-created in my new 41st edition). As a result, Bell decided to take the first couple of letters from the each of the two words of the brand name and turn them into the more catchy sounding ' Be-Ro'. I have a friend who introduces me to her friends as the “chocolate cake” lady after I made a chocolate cake for a BBQ and everyone, apparently, loved it after I’d had to leave early.

If you have other books you want to sell, use our online calculator to get an instant cash valuation, or download the app to scan your books. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Alternatively, you may be involved in a cleanup operation or enjoy finding books that will make you some extra cash.While the books ignite a feeling of nostalgia in some people – the recipes are backdated as the technology we use, the science of cooking at more advanced recipes are more appealing to modern bakers and cooks. A copy of one of the more recent editions of the Be-Ro book is a sine qua non of any working cookery book collection. I’ve just come across one today that was gifted to me on my 18th birthday by an old lady across the road.

Recently I decided to try to find out when one of my mum's favourite recipes, the one for rich coconut tartlets, first appeared in a Be-Ro book - the only recipe book she ever used. Today I wanted to do dusting but the fridge needed cleaning desperately, it took ages but needs must.

I can't work out how to rotate the picture for easier viewing, it was only yesterday I learned how to use a QR code when I went out for lunch and that was how you joined the queue and looked at the menu. I have had my 39th edition since the early 90s and can find the recipes I use most often very easily, the pages stick together! Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. So many people swear by the Be-Ro book, I think it's because it doesn't just assume that you know all the terms and explains things.

Be-Ro books were first published in 1923, nearly a hundred years ago, and are an interesting insight into social history. As I am sure you are aware, right now, it's costing significantly more to make and distribute products. All recipes or adaptations are credited to the original source, unless I don't know it or the recipe is my own invention.

Being married in 1950 it seems logical that she would have first made them some time between those dates.