Customer Reviews
Brilliant! - By: ScrummyDoDa, 20 Nov 2007 
I was so excited when I received this book, alll the recipes are amazing! I have made two of the cakes within this book, & I have to say I have never made such delicious & rewarding (let alone massive) cakes! Thank you Magnolia for this book it is lovely.
Mmmmm mmmmmm gooood!!!!! - By: G. Kelly, 08 Oct 2007 I bought this book after having been to the shop earlier this year. It's amazing! I would agree with one of the previous people...you certainly don't need the amount of frosting they suggest. I made half the amount suggested for 20 or so cupcakes & was left with loads spare. Everything you make is so easy. My favourites so far have been the chocolate chip cookies. I would defo recommend this book, & I'll soon be buying the follow up to this!
HOW Sweet?!!! - By: D. Robinson, 26 Aug 2007 I bought this book & the Buttercup Bake Shop one about 2 weeks ago but have only just got around to making things. I chose the Caramel Pecan Cheesecake & the Vanilla Birthday cake which you can use for fairy cakes or a big cake. I made fairy cakes.
The recipes are sooo easy to follow. I was a little confused with the cheesecake one tho', it says to leave the cheesecake to cool down for an hour in the oven, holding the door open with a wooden spoon, which I did, & then put it into the fridge for 12 hours.
I was always always told by my mum not to put food that's still warm in the fridge but I did it anyway with this Cheesecake because it didn't say otherwise, & it's turned out reallly well.
When I decided to make these things, I quickly checked up on my ingredients & went off & bought what I thought would surely be enough, based on British recipes you see, I honestly didn't think there would be that much diffence between the UK & US measurements. Turned out my estimate for the cream cheese was waaaaay off, I bought 3 200g tubs & in the end needed nearly 1kg & as for the icing on the fairy cakes,......HOW much?!!!,....I had a little bit left in the cupboard & thought I'd buy a 1kg bag of Icing sugar so I would have some left for future cakes.
After sitting down & working out how much 8 cups were, after I'd bought the sugar,......It worked out to be 1.8kg of Icing sugar!!!!!! I had to improvise & half the quantities & I'm glad I did. I made 23 fairy cakes & the halved icing (900g Icing Sugar, 110g Butter, 1/2 cup of milk, tspn Vanilla Essence)made enough to cover them twice over. Looking at the cakes now, it's at least 50/50 cake/Icing. Can you imagine what they'd have been like had I made the full amount?!
Overalll, the books are fabulous, the recipes are so easy to follow & they are divine. The cakes taste lovely, properly American if you get me?
I would recommend them to anyone but personallly I'll be keeping these recipes as special occassion jobbies!
Oh, & one other thing, get yourself a set of US measuring cups. I had to keep Delia's website up on the computer the whole time I was baking so I could convert!.
Sugar,Sugar, Sugar. - By: Jante, 09 Apr 2007 
I purchased this book fairly recently. The Cake recipes sound just wonderful! I decided to make the Hummingbird Cake which was a 'breeze' I then turned to the Cream Cheese icing, which is described as not too sweet, perfect for the Hummingbird cake. Not too sweet, 5 cups of confectioners sugar (icing sugar) just for one 2 layer 9" Cake? I went ahead & made it anyway, sooo sweet, I was asked if I had poured condensed milk over the cake? Maybe I made a mistake. I followed instructions very carefully.
It may sound as though I'm being overly critical, I hope not.
I will try other recipes from this book, as they are very inviting, in future I will add sugar to the icing/frosting recipes to taste!
Not for the faint-hearted! - By: A. Yoshida, 12 Feb 2007 I bought both this book & the follow-up ("More from Magnolia") as a Christmas present to myself, & I haven't stopped baking since! The recipes are very easy to follow & once you get the hang of things it's reallly fun to mix & match - I've taken to combining recipes from both books to get the results I want. Apple cake (from book two) frosted with Caramel Cream Cheese Icing (from book one) was a huge hit at my boyfriend's birthday party.
It's definitely not for those on a diet - I was initiallly shocked at the amount of butter & sugar each recipe callls for - but if old-fashioned American baking is what you crave, then this is the book for you!
