- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd (31 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0746056664
- ISBN-13: 978-0746056660
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 30.4 x 0.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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- #23 in Books > Children's Books > Hobbies & Interests > Cookery
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Every little girl who loves fairies and eating yummy things should adore this imaginative, illustrated fairy recipe book. Delicate and delicious sweet and savoury projects, including fairy stars and the ever-popular fairy cakes, can be made by following the simple step-by-step instructions. Older fairy lovers should find inspiration in this book for children's parties while the completed recipes would also make excellent gifts.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This lovely book contains 16 recipes for children and adults to do together. These range from a variety of desserts such as cookies, biscuits, mousse, muffins and cakes, to a couple of savoury options which include shaped sandwiches and cheese scones, to sweets such as fudge and marzipan toadstools.
The book is well laid out with a double page for each recipe. There is a list of ingredients, a photo of the finished product and then a series of simple steps to complete the recipe. Every step has a picture next to it to show kids how to do it. It's all really easy to follow.
This isn't for kids to do by themselves, unless they are at least 9 I would imagine, but younger children will love cooking with their mum or dad. I would think any girls from 3 to 11 would love this (and as a much older girl I like it too!). It definitely is very pink and glittery though so not for boys!
The only drawback I can see is that some of the recipes aren't very original (such as butterfly cakes), and there is a heavy emphasis on biscuits, with 6 out of the 16 recipes being for these. However some recipes are more unusual, such as the toadstools or the iced raspberry mousse.
To be fair, most parents with a basic baking knowledge could probably adapt their current adult recipes to make these sorts of items without the help of this book, but the way this is laid out with the little pictures for the kids and the lovely photos of the finished items makes this a very nice item nonetheless.
The book is well laid out with a double page for each recipe. There is a list of ingredients, a photo of the finished product and then a series of simple steps to complete the recipe. Every step has a picture next to it to show kids how to do it. It's all really easy to follow.
This isn't for kids to do by themselves, unless they are at least 9 I would imagine, but younger children will love cooking with their mum or dad. I would think any girls from 3 to 11 would love this (and as a much older girl I like it too!). It definitely is very pink and glittery though so not for boys!
The only drawback I can see is that some of the recipes aren't very original (such as butterfly cakes), and there is a heavy emphasis on biscuits, with 6 out of the 16 recipes being for these. However some recipes are more unusual, such as the toadstools or the iced raspberry mousse.
To be fair, most parents with a basic baking knowledge could probably adapt their current adult recipes to make these sorts of items without the help of this book, but the way this is laid out with the little pictures for the kids and the lovely photos of the finished items makes this a very nice item nonetheless.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good cook book, which gives clear wording along with pictures for all the recipes. I gave this as a gift to a 3 year, which was perfect. I found it hard finding a cook book suitable for young children. My friends daughter can now follow a recipe with her Mummy and feels like she is helping.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book contains 16 recipes, varying from biscuits, fairy cakes, scones, meringues and sandwiches. Sandwiches? Well yes. But there is a good idea here - about using shape cutters to make pretty shape sandwiches - which my daughter loved doing! She was enormously proud of her shaped sandwiches, and was able to do them without help.
We've also made the confetti biscuits, which have turned out really well, and the fairy cakes, which she really enjoys making.
I think what I like most about this book though, is that it is written in such a way that is appealing to younger children, but is still usable, and there for developing cooks who are a bit older. There are reminders to put oven gloves on, which is useful for children who are starting to cook on their own, and going back to recipes they made with Mum when younger.
I'd recommend this book, because it has a good shelf life. It's the type of cookery book for a younger girl, which will last her (as it has mine) for many years.
We've also made the confetti biscuits, which have turned out really well, and the fairy cakes, which she really enjoys making.
I think what I like most about this book though, is that it is written in such a way that is appealing to younger children, but is still usable, and there for developing cooks who are a bit older. There are reminders to put oven gloves on, which is useful for children who are starting to cook on their own, and going back to recipes they made with Mum when younger.
I'd recommend this book, because it has a good shelf life. It's the type of cookery book for a younger girl, which will last her (as it has mine) for many years.
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Lovely book for a young child.
Very pleased with this book. It is well illustrated with very simple, clear instructions to follow. Purchased for my niece (9 years old) who loves cooking. Can recommnend.
Published 2 months ago by Fran
fairy cooking
delivery was great only problem is i wish i'd paid abit more and got a brand new one as this book was very worn when it arrived even though it was meant to be in good used... Read more
Published 4 months ago by lucie
Kids Baking
This books is a lovely starter book for children - it has some basic recipes which are appealing to little ones. It is a pretty book which my three year old daughter loves. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Blueangel
Not so good
It's a large paged book, and difficult to find a place for on any bookshelf. Feels more like an oversized exercise (school) book than a cook book. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Royale
Perfect for little girls
I bought this for my 8 yr old, she loves making everything in it. Easy to follow instructions, nice and easy to make. A beautiful book for my little chef :)
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. J. Wynn
Fairy Cooking
What a lovely cake cooking book this is, l brought two books, one for me, to cook with the grandchildren, and one for my daughter, to cook with the children. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Gerty59
bought as a gift
A lovely book, bought as a gift for 6 year old, and we cooked together from it. Lovely photos and nicely laid out. very girly! Read more
Published 21 months ago by E. Holland
Nice starting point
The beauty of the Usborne series is the gorgeous layout and clear, easy-to-follow instructions. The ingredients are also pretty standard, so unless you decide to splash out on... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by C. L. Reichardt
Great book to use over and over
I bought this book to do baking with my 3 and 2 year old and its great, although a couple of the recipies are a bit tricky for me and some take hours to prepare, overall it is a... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by Ms. W. Walker
A great gift for a budding chef!
I bought this as a gift for a young girl, hoping that the recipes would not be either too easy or far too complicated! Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by Ms. C. M. Price
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