Baking: Sweet Bitesize Bakes (Review & Giveaway)
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I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this adorable little book by Sarah from Maison Cupcake – a friend and fellow blogger – a gorgeously foody blog, with a particular passion about cakes and treats! You may remember the Love Heart Cookies guest post she did on Red Ted Art a while back and I look forward to welcoming here again soon.
But I waffle. Sarah, has brought our her own adorable little baking book: Sweet Bitesize Bakes!
The book comes in a handy 7″x 7″ format (it is actual part of a great series of “bake me I am yours” books – incl. cupcakes, festive treats and cake pops).
Sarah’s book is wonderful – it starts off with a great introduction to what the book is about: encouraging you to have a go (which in fact is what Red Ted Art and our crafts is all about) – we both love to get people trying new things out. This is a book to not only get you salivating, but inspire you to have fun in the kitchen and trying something you. Sarah provides a guide to what you will need and great little tips to help you along the way (do you know how long it took to figure out, that a hot cookie is more breakable than a slightly cooled cookie – it seems obvious, but yes, it took me ages to realise!).
Tutorials
The tutorials include not only cake, muffin, cookie recipes, but how to pipe, make miniature roses, covering cakes in sugar paste, choclate ganache etc etc.
Recipes
I am tempted (finally) to have a go at macarons (they look so lovely) as well as choux pastry, something I have always thought was too hard for me to make. I am surprised by how such a little book is packed with so many techniques, ideas and recipes.
Treats
Once you have picked a recipe and technique you want to try.. you then have a host of ideas of what to make with them – be it baby shower, “sporty balls”, rainbow cupcakes, skeleton treats (I love these…. and hope that Sarah may guest post these for us one day soon?) and domino cookies.
If you are feeling inspired… you can do two things… one, you can buy a special Maisoncupcake Book & Kit set OR
You can get win your very own copy of the book (not the kit), here… by visiting Maisoncupcake, having a look around and telling me, which recipe (from her blog) you would like to try!
T&C
- Open to the UK only
- Winner will be picked at random
- Competition closes on 3rd August 2012
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Hello!
I’d love to try baking the Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcakes, as I know my fiance would wolf them down!
I would really like to try making the chocolate philadelphia mecarorons!
Her Chocolate whoopie pies look and sound yummy!!! My kids would love to help me make them (we would have a share at licking the bowl too!)
i would try the macaroons 1st
I think I would like to try something quite different like the pear and ginger spelt muffins, Its a unique combination and I’ve never tried that before. Looks yum!
I’d love to try the macaroons first.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcakes YUM!
Rhubarb no bake cheesecake sounds fab!
The chocolate dipped espresso blondie bites look delicious, definitely at the top of my list!
Peggy Porschen White Chocolate Passion Cake
Rhubarb no bake cheesecake. Ihave a glut of rhubarb at the moment and this sounds yummy
Rhubarb, Raspberry and White Chocolate Pavlova – I have loads of rhubarb ready and I love chocolate, ideal!
I would love to make the philly choc macaroons. I had a choc macaroon while honeymooning in Paris and our 3rd anniversary is coming up. I think our 18month old son would love helping me make these as a treat for daddy!!
The Chocolate whoopie pies look good.
I’m going to try her Gluten free hemp and pumpkin seed bars. This sounds a great healthy snack and will work out much cheaper than the bars I buy from Health Food shops.
@01592_katie
Mini Caramelised Rhubarb No Bake Cheesecakes. Pretty.
I’ve always wanted to make French Macaroons, but I’m a bit afraid because they sound tricky – maybe this book would give me confidence (or at least an excuse to finally try)
The Fool Proof Chocolate Macarons sound yummy!
I have always wanted to make whoopee pies, so her Chocolate whoopee pies would be the first thing that I make. YUM!
I’d love to try out the Banana Cake, it just looks gorgeous ?
Pink Praline Macarons with White Chocolate Ganache – they look so impressive!
I usually like to try new cakes but when I read “caramelised red onions”tartelets, I cannot resist the urge to try it. I’ll probably also tyr the White chocolate cake (with apricot jam) since I think my son would love it.
Macaroons!
I would love to try the macaroons! Delectable! x
i would love to try Chocolate Philadelphia Macarons
I would try the Cupcakes with Crushed Raspberry Cream – they look amazing.
@caro_mad
Chocolate and peanut butter cupcakes
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcakes
I’d love to try the Cured Beef Quesadilla. I love Quesadilla’s and it’s something new i could get my hubby and kids to try!
Spring baking: Daffodil Cookie Pops – they look lovely and i really want to try something different to the traditional ”Cake Pop’s”. Plus I love cookies and think they’d make a great little snack
Would love to make the Cookies
I really want to try and make her whoopie pies
The Rhubarb breakfast muffins sound amazing, that would be a good motivation to get me out of bed in the morning!
I’d like to try the chocolate Philadelphia macarons.
I love to try to make the Chocolate whoopie pies
Strawberry muffins with rose icing sound yum! Would definately like to try them!
(Now I just need to learn how to not burn everything I cook – I really hope that day comes soon! haha)
I’d love to try the chocolate passionfruit roulade.
I love the look of the strawberry meringue. I’ve always wanted to do home made meringue but so far haven’t dared to try. Think I must though!
STRAWBERRY MERINGUE . Looks amazing and i just adore the crunchy cheyw texture of meringues
The Lemon Drizzle Cake Pops look divine!!! I can just imagine the zingy mouth watering lemon. YUM!
Strawberry Muffins with Rose Icing – they look yummy. A definite winner with the kids, I am sure.
The chocolate whoopie pie looks awesome
Love to try Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Cake
I’d most love to try the Chocolate Dipped Espresso Blondie Bites… they look amazing!
I would love to try the white chocolate passion cake, YUM!! My mouth is watering, especially as i am on a diet hahaha x
Would love to try the Dime Bar Dulce de Leche Cupcakes!
Kiflice these Sirbian cheese rolls look really tasty my famliy would love these and they could help with rolling and cutting them.
The Chocolate & Vanilla Marble Cake looks delish!!
I would LOVE to try the white chocolate and ginger rocky roads… they sound absolutely delicious!
Love the sound of Macaroons
@angiesandhu
I’d love to try her Low Sugar Carrot Cake Muffins
I adore Hershey’s peanut butter cups so definitely the “Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcakes”