The professional baker and pastry chef. Career opportunities for baking and pastry professionals -- Ingredient identification -- Equipment identification -- Advanced baking principles -- Food and kitchen safety -- Baking formulas and bakers' percentages -- Yeast-raised breads and rolls. Yeast-raised breads and rolls -- Advanced yeast breads and rolls -- Baking building blocks. Pastry doughs and batters -- Quick breads and cakes -- Cookies -- Custards, creams, mousses, and soufflés -- Icings, glazes, and sauces -- Frozen desserts -- Assembling and finishing. Pies, tarts, and fruit desserts -- Filled and assembled cakes and tortes -- Breakfast pastries -- Individual pastries -- Savory baking -- Plated desserts -- Chocolates and confections -- Décor -- Wedding and specialty cakes -- Appendix A. Elemental recipes -- Appendix B. Décor templates -- Appendix C. Conversions, equivalents, and calculations -- Appendix D. Readings and resources.