• Ana10000 on April 11, 2022

  The shortbread is excellent in this book - I no longer use any other recipe for this. The book in general is great - but I would have liked a few more pictures, especially for the more complex desserts.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Shortbread

  • anniem on July 18, 2013

    I made these once. The flavor was excellent, but because the dough was so crumbly, I ended up not rolling the cookies thinly enough. As a result, they were very thick and difficult to eat (imagine trying to daintily crunch through a 1/4 inch rock hard square in front of your dinner date). I blame myself, not the recipe.

• Carrot cake

  • anniem on July 18, 2013

    I love carrot cake. My husband loves carrot cake. I have made at least ten different recipes over the years, but this is hands down the best. In fact, when I was making the dessert bar for our wedding, I made mini cupcakes with this recipe and they disappeared VERY quickly.

• Frosted banana cake

  • anniem on July 18, 2013

    I made these in a cupcake pan for a breakfast party and they were a sensational hit. Very easy and moist, even one and two days later!

• Sticky toffee pudding

  • anniem on July 18, 2013

    Someone I was trying to date/impress once asked me to make him a sticky toffee pudding, so I made this recipe. It is very different from all the other baking I had ever done, but I felt the recipe was easy to follow (although trying to slice the dates was infuriating). My boyfriend liked the dessert, but I was not impressed.

• Nord1jus

  Her recipes in the book vary in influence – some are quite British and some not so – and complexity but you can tell that they all rank among her favourites.

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