Beatrix Bakes embraces the unparalleled joys of baking seasonally and creatively. It invites you to choose your own adventure with unique features that inspire you to mix-and-match and create magic out of even the worst baking fails and to celebrate indulgence, slowing down and being in the sweetest moment. These are the recipes Nat has tinkered with and perfected during a lifelong affair with all things sweet, including the cheesecake, custard crumble pies, smoky salty chocolate chip cookies and more. The pages are filled with photography that works as a stunning visual endorsement of Natalie's favourite treats. The recipes are divided across ten chapters: Crusts, Doughs, Pastries & Crusts; Tarts, Pies, A Crostata & a Galette; The Cake List; One in the Hand; Yeasted Bakes; Fruit-full; Creams, Custards, Fillings, Glazes and Buttercreams; and Finishing Touches. Peppered throughout are infographics, offering readers a visual guide to following their baking hearts. About the Author - Natalie Paull has been baking and loving all things sweet for more than twenty-five years. She started cooking in professional kitchens at the age of eighteen and spent her formative years working with our baking icons Maggie Beer and Stephanie Alexander. Nat opened the cult Beatrix Bakes in inner-city Melbourne in 2011. Crowds line up in the rain to secure a some of the day's ever-colourful - and delicious - offerings. In following her heart and baking the cakes she loves to eat, Nat has established a reputation for melding the traditional pillars of cake baking with her distinct brand of irreverent innovation. Also, she eats a lot of cake. Every day.