Most people's appetite for cake knows no bounds, so here to follow the successful title "Cupcake Magic" comes a new volume devoted entirely to delicious muffins. All the cakes and muffins are made with free-range eggs and a donation from the sale of each book will be made to a battery hen rescue charity.The ultimate in convenience food, muffins are portable, freezable, quick to make and impossible to resist. A savoury muffin can be a complete meal-in-one, while a fruit-pakced treat, warm from the oven, is the perfect snack.Packed with baking tips, captivating new recipes, modern photography and delightful illustrations, this book provides ideas for sweet and savoury, children's and adult's, seasonal and special occasion muffins. A section devoted to ingredients and equipment makes sure you've always got the right kit to hand.Filled with enthusiasm, humour and expert baking knowledge, fans of "Cupcake Magic" will love this must-have follow-up. It is filled with fantastic sweet and savoury ideas. It is a beautifully designed package perfect for the muffin devotee. It contains easy no-nonsense recipes - ideal for novice cooks. It is a follow-up to the successful "Cupcake Magic".
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Susannah Blake is a young and vibrant food writer and editor based in London. She has written a number of books, including Cupcake Heaven, Afternoon Tea and Coffee Indulgences and her work appears in several magazines including She, Living etc and Now! She loves to draw on her experiences of different cuisines, bringing together the ingredients, flavours and techniques to create her own relaxed and inspired approach to food.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By angie
Format:Hardcover
i gave this as a birthday present to my sister and she was delighted. She has got into muffins big time. She has tried several of the recipes and found them to be straight forward producing excellent results each time. Her husband also gave me a big thank you too. So double brownie points or should i say "muffin" points to me!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Charlotte
Format:Hardcover
I've used this book on several occassions the apricot and marzipan magic are delicous and my niece and I must say husband loved the coloured candies. They are all sooooo yummy and yet so simple to make. I regularly take a batch to work just as a treat, I'm becoming known as the cake lady.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
There is a wide range of sweet and savoury recipes in this book including some unusual combinations. All of the ingredients used are readily available in most supermarkets, admittedly some only seasonally but that is to be expected. There are some recipes that I most certainly will try and others that simply do not appeal, but that is not the fault of the author.
Well illustrated throughout, there is something here for everyone.
Well illustrated throughout, there is something here for everyone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I picked this book up during a school book sale, thinking it looked quite interesting - and I'm really glad that I did as it has turned out to be a real unexpected gem.
The book begins with a general introduction to the muffin-making process, including 3 'golden rules:
1) Combine the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet ingredients in another - and then add together.
2) Sieve the dry ingredients well as the best muffin mixes are really, really light.
3) When you combine the wet and dry ingredients - DON'T OVER-MIX
All of the recipes in the book are basically designed to yield 12 muffins (from a medium-sized muffin tin) and are divided up into 5 types of muffin: easy ('faff free') recipes, child-friendly recipes, recipes aimed at adults, savoury recipes and seasonal recipes.
Taste and appearance-wise the recipes I've tried have worked out very well, but I do find that at times (particularly with the savoury recipes) the expected yield of 12 is rather optimistic - the cheese and onion recipe yielded 11 slightly stingy muffins and a Southern US-style chilli cornmeal recipe only made 8 decent-sized muffins (with a bit of 'top' to them to differentiate them from fairy cakes!). A recipe for apple muffins by contrast produced 12 good-sized muffins. I'm not entirely convinced by the Fireworks night muffin (this is basically a chocolate muffin with a sparkler stuck in the top!) and putting an Easter-themed Simnel cake-style muffin in a peat pot to present it is just a bit grim.
In reference to the one-star review which complains about the quantity of oil used in the recipes: there is no more oil than you would use butter in making many other cakes... it's all about making a light, loose batter.... Read more ›
The book begins with a general introduction to the muffin-making process, including 3 'golden rules:
1) Combine the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet ingredients in another - and then add together.
2) Sieve the dry ingredients well as the best muffin mixes are really, really light.
3) When you combine the wet and dry ingredients - DON'T OVER-MIX
All of the recipes in the book are basically designed to yield 12 muffins (from a medium-sized muffin tin) and are divided up into 5 types of muffin: easy ('faff free') recipes, child-friendly recipes, recipes aimed at adults, savoury recipes and seasonal recipes.
Taste and appearance-wise the recipes I've tried have worked out very well, but I do find that at times (particularly with the savoury recipes) the expected yield of 12 is rather optimistic - the cheese and onion recipe yielded 11 slightly stingy muffins and a Southern US-style chilli cornmeal recipe only made 8 decent-sized muffins (with a bit of 'top' to them to differentiate them from fairy cakes!). A recipe for apple muffins by contrast produced 12 good-sized muffins. I'm not entirely convinced by the Fireworks night muffin (this is basically a chocolate muffin with a sparkler stuck in the top!) and putting an Easter-themed Simnel cake-style muffin in a peat pot to present it is just a bit grim.
In reference to the one-star review which complains about the quantity of oil used in the recipes: there is no more oil than you would use butter in making many other cakes... it's all about making a light, loose batter.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Albannach
Format:Hardcover
I've made both sweet and savoury muffins, eaten them at home and given them as gifts. I'm not usually a very enthusiastic baker, but am delighted with the book and the results. I would agree with one reviewer that it can seem like there's a lot of sunflower oil in some of the recipies, but to be fair, there is no butter so you will need some form of fat.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book looks appealing - the presentation is very good.
Many of the recipes were a little different from the norm although the ingredients are not difficult to find on market shelves. The illustrations
looked good enough to eat - cant wait to try the Smoked Salmon recipe!
Many of the recipes were a little different from the norm although the ingredients are not difficult to find on market shelves. The illustrations
looked good enough to eat - cant wait to try the Smoked Salmon recipe!
By Mrs
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Muffins are supposed to be so easy to make but I never seem to get it right. I thought this book would help me find the secret but a lot of the receipes asked for veg oil which I felt made the muffins taste oily and unpleasant. I now use melted butter but somehow the perfect muffin is still elusive
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
all the muffins turned out heavy, not the book for me, not your fault!!!! mine for ordering it, I would never recommend this!!
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Yum
I have tried 5 recipes already and excellent so far! Friends and family also more than happy! A great book with a variety of recipes at varying levels of difficulty
Published 9 months ago by Fiona O'Donnell
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Nice book, OK recipes
This is a nice little book with yummy sounding recipes. I am a seasoned baker and I also follow recipes and unfortunately after making a few of the muffin recipes in this book I... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Queenpix
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A wonderful book
I am so pleased with this book, Its very clear and some wonderful Muffins to be made!! I would recommend this book to all Muffin Makers
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. A. E. Harrison
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Interesting selection
I've just made the orange and poppy seed muffins shown on the front cover and the smell of orange around the house is amazing. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Book chatter
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Yummy Yummy Yummy!
Working my way through the book, and trying all the yummy recipes - spoilt for choice with them! They really are yummy, and really are no-faff i nterms of making and cooking! Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2011 by Sarah Caldwell
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Fab!
Great little book; arrived yesterday and I made a batch of Blueberry and a batch of Feta muffins within an hour last night! Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2011 by DeeGee
1.0 out of 5 stars
oh dear.
not a good book. despite reviews. i'm not happy this book uses so much oil in the recipes, they actually taste of oil! yuck!
Published on 15 July 2010 by VenusSpecimen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book!
Really nice little and practical book about muffins. lots of different recipes, great tips, perfect to start!
Published on 9 Jun 2010 by L. Laret
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