How to make simple and stylish little cakes that bring joy to children and adults alike. Martha and Lisa concentrate on the basics with separate chapters on how to make basic sponge recipes, how to ice a cupcake properly, using decorations - as well as exploring seasonal and special occasions. More and more people are opting for cupcakes for their wedding cake and so this is covered in detail as well as ideas for birthdays, festive and summery variations. From Halloween inspired Pumpkin cupcakes with spiced cream cheese icing to seductive white amaretto cupcakes decorated with sweet pea flowers, 'Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery' shows you how to make utterly delicious cupcakes with a sophisticated twist.
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'I defy anyone to find a better cupcake.' --Jude Law
'This is an utterly enchanting book.' --Nigella Lawson
'There is no better place in London to get cupcakes.' --Evening Standard. 'Contentment is a cupcake away. The best ideas and instructions are in this lovely fingerlicking book.' --Fay Maschler
'This is an utterly enchanting book.' --Nigella Lawson
'There is no better place in London to get cupcakes.' --Evening Standard. 'Contentment is a cupcake away. The best ideas and instructions are in this lovely fingerlicking book.' --Fay Maschler
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Martha and Lisa founded Primrose Bakery in 2004 and started out supplying to their local deli Melrose & Morgan. The business grew to meet the rising demand and they now supply Selfridges food hall, Fortnum and Mason, Tom's deli in Notting Hill and Fresh and Wild, as well as an ever-expanding private client list, which has included Paul Smith, Kate Moss and Elton John. In autumn 08 they opened a Primrose Bakery in Covent Garden.www.primrosebakery.org.uk
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90 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this boook after developing a bit of an obsession with baking cupcakes. I wanted to try some different recipes to the standard cupcake recipes I usually used and this one caught my eye. It is fabulous! The images look fantastic and after trying out 2 recipes (chocolate and banana cupcakes and the "basic" chocolate cupcakes)I am really pleased with my purchase. Have also made the chocolate buttercream icing from the book too, which again was scrummy. There are plenty of "different" recipes that I am desperate to try out on my family and friends.
The recipes are all easy to follow, though some of them are a bit more complicated than what I've used before for cupcakes but the results are well worth the extra effort. A note about the recipes though, I followed them to the letter and got slightly different results than what the book leads you to expect (the chocolate cupcake recipe explains that the mix may resemble batter and might be easier to pour into cases from a jug rather than spoon, I found it to be very stiff actually and more like a chocolate mousse!)The result was THE BEST EVER chocolate cupcake though so I'm not worrying! Also estimations on the ammount the recipe makes varies quite a bit but generally you get more than you were expecting so who can complain! The chocolate cupcake recipe states 16 standard cakes but I got 16 very generously filled large muffin cases. The same with the banana and chocolate muffins, states 12 standard, I got 16 large muffin size.
All in all an EXCELLENT book and well worth the money. Order it now, you will not be disappointed!
The recipes are all easy to follow, though some of them are a bit more complicated than what I've used before for cupcakes but the results are well worth the extra effort. A note about the recipes though, I followed them to the letter and got slightly different results than what the book leads you to expect (the chocolate cupcake recipe explains that the mix may resemble batter and might be easier to pour into cases from a jug rather than spoon, I found it to be very stiff actually and more like a chocolate mousse!)The result was THE BEST EVER chocolate cupcake though so I'm not worrying! Also estimations on the ammount the recipe makes varies quite a bit but generally you get more than you were expecting so who can complain! The chocolate cupcake recipe states 16 standard cakes but I got 16 very generously filled large muffin cases. The same with the banana and chocolate muffins, states 12 standard, I got 16 large muffin size.
All in all an EXCELLENT book and well worth the money. Order it now, you will not be disappointed!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Lovely images, and great for ideas but recipes disappointing.
The recipe for vanilla cupcakes says to use 150g self-raising and 125g plain flour, this does not work and you end up with very small stodgy cupcakes, instead just use 175g self-raising flour and the cupcakes turn out fab.
So if it wasn't for the strange recipe that doesn't work then this book would be 5 stars.
The recipe for vanilla cupcakes says to use 150g self-raising and 125g plain flour, this does not work and you end up with very small stodgy cupcakes, instead just use 175g self-raising flour and the cupcakes turn out fab.
So if it wasn't for the strange recipe that doesn't work then this book would be 5 stars.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
By S. Bardgett
Format:Hardcover
I haven't had a chance to try a huge majority of the recipes in this book, but I figure that now that I've tried at least one icing and one cake recipe, I can say that I am truly happy with this book. I have a bit of a cupcake obsession, and couldn't resist buying this book even though I had just picked up the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook. I had actually not been that happy with the cake recipes that came out of the Hummingbird book, so I thought I'd love to try this one and I have to say I am definitely happier with the ingredients and directions in this book. I've tried both cakes straight from the bakeries and it's hard to say which is the winner, but I think being able to replicate them in your own home the Primrose Bakery recipes come out on top.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I got this as a Christmas present after getting the baking bug and so far I have done the vanilla cupcakes, lemon cupcakes and coffee cupcakes, this weekend I am doing the vanilla layer cake. The recipes are easy to follow (I cannot cook for love nor money) and I love the scrummy photos. The end results are heavenly (even my husband thinks they are nice and hes a savoury person). For anyone who wants to make their own cakes and not buy them I would say buy this book the end results are fantastic.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I got the book for my birthday after reading the 5 stars reviews and all the comments sounded positive I put it on my birthday wish list. This book lives up to the hype, I made the vanilla cupcakes and yes has other reviewers have mentioned they do require more effort then traditional cupcakes, but do not be put off by that they are simply delicious and worth the extra time, the only problem is I had to add a extra 5-10 mins of cooking time to each bath of cakes to ensure the cakes were cooked through, this may depend on type oven you are using. You have the option of making muffin or cupcake sized cakes I chose muffin but they were more filling once I added the Delicious butter-icing, so next time I will make smaller ones. Couple of reviewers have mentioned the large amount of icing used in the butter icing yes it is alot but i tend to half the butter icing recipe so only use 250g instead of 500g icing mentioned, plus these are intended has treat and you are spreading the cing between 12 muffin cupcakes or 36 mini cakes.
Tips:
1) Invest in a electric mixer will make light work of mixing the mixture.
2) When putting the butter icing on be careful how much you spread on the top otherwise like me you will end up with a 1cm thick layer of icing on top.
3) Don't make same mistake has me and buy quality vanilla extract which has tiny bits of vanilla seed in so you end up with tiny tiny dots of black in your cakes.
4) Buy quality vanilla extract not that cheap one in a bottle for 59p, has it won't add that sweet vanilla taste.
5) You may need to leave your cakes in oven for little longer if they are not golden brown, and make sure when you gently press the top of cake that pop back up if not leave a little longer in the oven.
HAPPY BAKING.
Tips:
1) Invest in a electric mixer will make light work of mixing the mixture.
2) When putting the butter icing on be careful how much you spread on the top otherwise like me you will end up with a 1cm thick layer of icing on top.
3) Don't make same mistake has me and buy quality vanilla extract which has tiny bits of vanilla seed in so you end up with tiny tiny dots of black in your cakes.
4) Buy quality vanilla extract not that cheap one in a bottle for 59p, has it won't add that sweet vanilla taste.
5) You may need to leave your cakes in oven for little longer if they are not golden brown, and make sure when you gently press the top of cake that pop back up if not leave a little longer in the oven.
HAPPY BAKING.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Kelly Baker
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautiful cupcake book and one of the best that has come out recently (I have quite a few). There are some lovely cakes to bake with great photography. Personally I did not like their vanilla sponge and I do not see what is wrong with a classic 4-4-4-2 sponge! If you are looking for a book with lots of inspiration for elegant cupcakes this is for you. The photographs are really good too.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong Proportions
As many other reviewers have said, I find the recipes bizarre. The proportions they suggest make horrible cupcakes! Best to stick to more traditional tried-and-tested recipes.
Published 1 day ago by Marco
5.0 out of 5 stars
A super book
I'm enjoying pottering with this book, the recipes are easy to follow, fun to make and the cakes are delicious.
Published 7 days ago by wagtail
1.0 out of 5 stars
questionable
Im in no means a master baker, or expert in any sense, but every recipe iv tried from this book has turned out awful! Read more
Published 20 days ago by starry eyed
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unbelievably bad.
I have been home-baking for more than 50 years so was very puzzled when I read the basic recipe for the cupcakes in this book: the proportion of ingredients is completely wrong. Read more
Published 1 month ago by L. Baxter
1.0 out of 5 stars
worst cupcake book every
I gifted this book to my mom. We thought of baking 12 muffins using a recipe from this book. We started and used this as written in this book. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Harshi123cool
5.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely not half-baked
Brilliant book for beginners or more experienced home bakers. A really nice, versatile range of cakes and icings that allow you to experiment and keep your base range interesting.
Published 2 months ago by Mr Gordon Bowie
1.0 out of 5 stars
Recipe didn't work
I have only tried 1 recipe from the book - the basic vanilla cupcake, and it didn't turn out well at all. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Aida Voronkova
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yummy
A great baking book. Easy to follow instructions. Excellent photography of the end result to be expected. Read more
Published 2 months ago by MR D J FOSTER
4.0 out of 5 stars
The ultimate cupcakes!
I really liked this book. It is a beautiful book, a real treat to look through with its lavish photographs and great sense of fun, and it contains a wide variety of cupcake and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by William Axtell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely book
A nice book and good recipes, however page numbers are not displayed and the pages on icing are done with a pallet knife not piping bag which I was hoping! Read more
Published 3 months ago by C E BEVAN
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