Anyone who has read about me in Lois Winston’s Anastasia Pollack Crafting
Mystery series knows that I love cupcakes and muffins—both baking them and
eating them. As the food editor at American
Woman magazine, where Anastasia and I work, I not only bake up my own
confections, but I get to sample ones from various bakeries and food companies
across the country, all looking for a thumbs-up mention in the magazine. (Check
out the various flavors of the adult-only liqueur cupcakes in Decoupage Can BeDeadly.)
As you might imagine, I have an extensive collection of cookbooks. (Okay,
I’ll admit it: I’m a cookbookaholic.) Today I thought I’d share with you my
latest purchase, The Sprinkles Baking Book: 100 Secret Recipes from Candace's Kitchen by Candace Nelson.
For those of you who don’t recognize the author’s name, pastry chef
Candace Nelson was the founder of Sprinkles, the very first cupcakes-only
bakery, opened in 2005. She’s also been a judge on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars. (Watching baking shows is
high on my list of guilty pleasures.)
However, I've found this baking book too special to shelve with the rest of my collection. It’s not only
filled with wonderful recipes for all sorts of delectable cupcakes, muffins,
cakes, pies, cookies, and other desserts, it’s part art book due to the wonderful
photographic images. In my home it now resides in a place of honor on my coffee
table, easily within reach for perusing whenever the urge strikes.
In The Sprinkles Baking Book: 100 Secret Recipes from Candace's Kitchen, which is also Candace’s first
cookbook, you’ll not only find 100 of her favorite recipes, including 50
Sprinkles cupcake recipes, she’s even created a few new cupcakes especially for
this book. My favorite is the crème brûlée. And if all that weren’t enough,
there are even some guest recipes from various Sprinkles fans such as Barbara
Streisand, Reese Witherspoon, and Julia Roberts.
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Like yourself, I'm a cookbookaholic! I must have about fifty - sixty cookbooks! My favorites are desserts! This cupcake cookbooks looks great and I didn't realize she'd opened the first cupcake only bakery in 2005! Impressive! I do recognize her from the Cupcake Wars on Food Network (I watch Food Network a lot. It's one of my favorite channels!)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this book! I might give it a try - must hide it from hubby and son, though! They said that I don't need another cookbook! LOL!
Never too many cookbooks, Cecelia! Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteYou can never have too many recipe books -- especially when the recipes feature desserts!
ReplyDeleteSo true, Angela! Thanks for stopping by.
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