Jamie’s Food Tube: The Cake Book
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Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube presents The Cake Book, a collection of 50 deliciously inventive and exciting cake and cupcake recipes from Food Tube’s own Cupcake Jemma
‘Split up seasonally, you’ll have a wonderfully naughty treat to choose from, whatever the time of year – this book is crammed full of brilliant recipes’ Jamie Oliver
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As owner of Crumbs & Doilies, one of London’s most creative cake and cupcake bakeries, Jemma shows you the easiest everyday classics alongside four chapters of show-stopping seasonal cake recipes.
With step-by-step instructions alongside handy hints and tips The Cake Book is a beautifully presented collection of recipes you’ll want to bake time and again.
Recipes include epic layer cakes and cupcakes such as:
– RASPBERRY RIPPLE
– SUPER LEMON MERINGUE
– RIDICULOUS CHOCOLATE
– BLUEBERY CHEESECAKE
– BUTTERED POPCORN
– COOKIES & CREAM
– ETON MESS
Have fun in the kitchen with this collection of simple, delicious and mouth-watering treats.
Discover more from Jamie’s Food Tube series, including The BBQ Book, The Pasta Book and The Family Cookbook.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Penguin (5 Jun. 2014) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 128 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9780718179205 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0718179205 |
| Dimensions | 14.58 x 0.84 x 20.8 cm |
by westie 1
Thais is a brilliant book , I’ve read and used it so many times since I bought it, I actually make low fat , healthy cakes but use this book for tips , ideas and flavours , very informative and a great book to have regardless of the types of caked your making .
by KatTay
Was a tiny little book, think the link to Jamie is a bit dubious.
by Aliya
Book well received and good condition but other books are damaged as no protection has been put in the box.
by Deborah
This book looks mouth-wateringly delicious, I’m supposed to be trying to lose weight so part of me wishes I’d never ordered this but if I’m being honest I can’t wait to get started.
This, like the BBQ book has the recipe on one page with a full colour photo of the finished item on the opposite page, there’s also a page of hints & tips.
I spotted this book while looking around for a BBQ book for my husband, I can’t remember the last time I bought myself a cookery book I generally get them as presents so I have a really good selection but I really liked the look of this. As with the BBQ book I noticed a complete content list wasn’t given so I’ve added one at the end for you.
I don’t generally review cookery books since by the time I’ve tried enough of the recipes to give a fair review I forget, yes, every single time, I always have good intentions but somehow I never get round to it but I’m making an exception since I thought it would be helpful to give a list of the recipes included and I’ll add to the review as I try them out.
One tip I picked up from a friend years ago and I’ve followed ever since is to make little notes at the side of the recipes, I was horrified the first time I looked through one of her baking books to notice notes scribbled at the side of the recipes I couldn’t believe anyone would write in a book, but she explained that you have a cookery book for life and you can forget so she wrote a little review at the side of each one. Turned out to be an excellent idea and one I’ve followed ever since, it really helps me because I’ve got a memory like a sieve so thank you Karen.
Here’s the list of recipes, hope this helps:
THE BASICS:
Vanilla Cupcakes, Vanilla Buttercream Icing
Really Easy Chocolate Cupcakes, Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Red Velvet Cupcakes, Cream Cheese Icing
Chocolate Ganache
Meringues
Marshmallowy Meringue Icing
Salted Caramel
Brittle
Infused Milk
Fruit Goo
SPRING:
Earl Grey Breakfast Cupcakes
Pistachio & Rose Cupcakes
Raspberry Ripple Layer Cake
Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes
Green Tea Cupcakes with Sesame Brittle
Lemon & Poppy Seed Cupcakes
Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Pistachio, Lime & Cardamom Cake
Hot Cross Bun Cupcakes
Vegan Vanilla Fudge Cupcakes
SUMMER:
Lemon Mess Cupcakes
Blueberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
Rosemary, Honey & Yoghurt Loaf
Eton Mess Cupcakes
Super-Lemony Meringue Cake
Lavender Caramel Cupcakes
Cherry Bakewell Cupcakes
Cardamom & White Chocolate Cupcakes
Raspberry & Coconut Cupcakes
AUTUMN:
Banoffee Pie Cupcakes
Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes
PB & J Cupcakes
Malteser Cupcakes
Jamaican Ginger Cake
Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
Buttered Popcorn Cupcakes
Bonfire Cupcakes
Toffee Apple Cupcakes
Caramel Mudslide Cupcakes
WINTER:
Hot Toddy Cupcakes
Jaffa Cake
Chai-Spiced Cupcakes
Cookies & Cream Cupcakes
Ridiculous Chocolate Cake
Cinnamon Toast Cupcakes
Banana, Maple & Pecan Cupcakes
Velvet Volcano Cupcakes
Christmas Cupcakes
Mini Christmas Puds
As a lover of Lemon, Coconut, Raspberries, Eton mess (my all time favourite) Maltesers oh the list goes on and on and I think this review is long enough already but I really don’t know where to start, Super-Lemony Meringue Cake I think….or the Raspberry Ripple Layer Cake…decisions, decisions I can almost feel the weight settling on my hips just from thinking about them.
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Yes, I know as if this review isn’t long enough already but I did promise updates I’ll try to keep it short.
We’ve made a selection of these cupcakes we use large muffin cases so the mixture when cooked only half fill them which turned out to be ideal once topped.
One thing we found is that the topping recipes, all the ones we tried anyway made too much in fact we made the cheesecake topping and topped all the blueberry cupcakes and had so much left we added lemon juice and meringues and used it to cover the Lemon Mess ones as well.
The Blueberry Cheesecake were my favourite and everyone else’s as well, the biscuit base, sponge and then cheesecake with blueberry fruit goo topping was heaven.
The Lemon Mess were very good even if we did change the topping.
Raspberry and Coconut Cupcakes again were good but very sweet, maybe a little too much topping for me.
We made our own Cookie Monster and Oreo cupcakes using the chocolate cupcake recipe from page 18, I loved it but my daughter felt it was too dry, luckily once they were decorated everyone loved them.
If anyone’s interested or even reading this far, for the Oreo ones we place a full Oreo cookie in the muffin case then we place mixture on top, bake and when cool we add broken Oreo cookies to the buttercream and mix well, we pipe this, using either a very large nozzle or just a plain piping bag made from grease proof, it has to be large obviously due to the chunks of biscuit, then place a mini Oreo at one side.
For the Cookie Monster we top with buttercream then dip it in desiccated coconut mixed with some blue food colouring then we slice half way across horizontally and slide a chocolate chip cookie in, this makes the mouth then for the eyes we stand two white chocolate buttons on the top and paint the pupils on with black food colouring.
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This is a lovely little book, with great photos with each recipe which I love, and easy instructions to follow. I’ve tried a couple now and they have turned out well and have been very tasty, but soooo much butter! I know that cupcakes aren’t the healthiest option for a snack, but….I think every batch asks for a whole package of butter, or more which can be costly and artery clogging), and although yummy, leaves me feeling a bit sickly from being so rich. Frosting amount is very generous, I’ve been able to cut the recipes in 1/2 easily and it still makes for a generous amount on each cupcake. It is a bit of a pain having the recipe making 24 cupcakes, especially when there is only 3 people in the household, but most recipes are easy to cut in 1/2, and then instead of making 12, I make them a bit bigger, adjust the timing in the oven and 9 or 10 can be made instead. On the yummy side again – the cream cheese frosting is the best! The perfect amount of sweet and tang. I will continue to use this book – there are so many great ideas, but I think I will try to use some Flora Buttery maybe or substitute some sunflower oil just to give my waistline and heart a bit of a break.
by Agija
Good book to have
by Aliya
I love this book. Having been introduced to cupcake Gemma by my daughter via You tube and followed her film instructions for Hot Toddy cupcakes and PB&J cupcakes I was eager to get my hands on this book and it did not disappoint. I liked the layout, with a little bit of background to Gemma’s cake shop in Soho and then a seasonal layout for the many great recipes. I know that many recipes are available to watch on her You tube channel but believe me, its much easier to follow from the book and you don’t have to write down the ingredients. I have made the red velvet cupcakes twice and have spent many moments drooling over the photos and planning what to make next. Green tea and sesame brittle and banoffi sound utterly delicious. Recipes are clearly set out and simple to follow. I have not had one disaster and my cupcakes have risen to perfection, something that hasn’t always happened when I have used other cake shop owner books. It is a small book and has a wipeable cover so be prepared for it not being quite as big and glossy as others but lets face it if the recipes work and taste this good who needs a glossy hardback edition?
by Susan ferguson
I bought this for my son who is really into baking. There are some lovely recipes but some require a lot of ingredients