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 Yummy. And beautiful to look at too! June 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book has lovely photography throughout. The cupcakes look yummy to eat but they are lovely to look at too in their own right and the photographs are beautiful and some are the kind of thing you see on greetings cards, so the way that the cupcakes are presented is very good too, and adds to the decorative appeal.
I don't cook but some of the recipes sound easy so maybe even I could attempt some at some time. I really think I prefer looking at pictures of them to actually eating cupcakes, unless they are loaded with soft cream icing and a layer inside as well, making them even more yummy, but I just love the look of them. Which I know is not really the reason to buy a cookery book, but then with cupcakes, they are so much used as decorative pictures now, I have seen them pictured on all kinds of things, from clocks, to shopping bags, to coasters and tins, as well as birthday cards, so obviously I am not the only one who recognises their visual appeal! ;-)
Some of the recipes also really are for delicious sounding cupcakes with ingredients you wouldn't normally think of associating with cupcakes, as I always thought they were just small sponge fairy cakes with a layer of hard icing on the top with a glace cherry to decorate, and though they look very nice and are the ones I have seen used the most as decorations, they do not make my mouth water, but some of the recipes in here, do.
Highly recommended. A beautiful book of luscious photography as well as yummy recipes and for people who do cook, the recipes were very easy to follow. Another bonus too of course for those who cook, is that you can make sure that the finished product contains no nasty ingredients like trans fats and hydrogenated vegetable oils that is nearly always included in shop bought cakes and that ingredient alone is so bad for people. Making your own can be much healthier. As long as you don't overdo the eating of them, obviously!
N.B. This review is for the edition of this book entitled "Cupcake Heaven", not the edition entitled "Cupcake", which I haven't seen. Presumably it's the same book, but the picture on the cover of "Cupcake" is not reproduced inside "Cupcake Heaven", neither is there a recipe for those cakes shown on the cover of that edition, whereas the cakes on the cover of "Cupcake Heaven" _are_ included. Also it states inside of my copy that "some" of the recipes were also included in "Cupcakes", so presumably both books are not exactly the same, though they seem to be classed as such. (Also, just checked on Amazon, my (paperback) copy has 160 pages, whereas the hardback copy with the different cover, only has 64 pages according to Amazon's title page),
Wonderful recipes, perfect cakes May 29, 2008
This is probably one of the first cupcake books i bought when i was a newbie to baking and i found the recipes amazingly easy to create. My best cupcakes have come from recipes in this book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in making cupcakes. I haven't had a single complaint yet!!
Trust the instructions! May 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just made the maple and pecan cupcakes. So easy and so delicious! Very fancy looking too so everyone was impressed. When making them I thought 160ml of maple syrup was far too much but decided to trust the recipe despite the fact that the cake mix was very sloppy. The results were fabulous - not quite sure how it all worked but it did!
A Little Gem March 29, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this book partly because of the glowing reviews here and they are not wrong, this book is gorgeous. Neatly sized, so it won't get in the way while you are baking but packed with inspiring recipes that are just as much fun to browse with a cup of tea as they are to bake.
The photography is bold but simple and the cakes themselves are prettily decorated rather than intimidating works of art.
With recipes such as gooey chocolate and hazlenut,coconut and lime, blueberry and lemon and banoffee as well as the usual vanilla and lemon - there is plenty to choose from.The only difficulty is deciding which one to do first.
Fantastic recipes and ideas March 15, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I bought this book to jazz up my own cupcake recipe. Its great! The recipes are easy to follow, and turn out as described. The creamy coconut recipe is to die for!! I used some of the recipes to bake for a ladies pamper evening at school and they went down a treat, with everyone saying how delicious they were and what a genius I was. I couldnt deny it of course..... If you like baking little cakes, and want something not too taxing, but impressive to eat and look at, then this is for you.
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