Sweet Things

…As this is perhaps not a book for beginners. Some of the other reviews for this book point out the vagueness of the instructions and I can agree with them.The book is beautifully presented – but that comes with a cost. There are no photos to show you what your recipe should look like at various stages and if you don’t know what it should look like you may make a mistake that ruins all your work. For example I didn’t beat my fudge enough (I didn’t really know what a “grainy texture” looked like) and what I ended up with was a very sticky caramel-like mess. It seems they were more concerned with this book being pretty than helpful. Perhaps they could put the stage-by-stage images and what to avoid doing in the little introductions to each type of sweet.Other than that the book is delightful! The recipes sound delicious and the presentation is stunning.

I have searched for a good book which includes making a range of sweets - so many of the books stick to chocolates and toffee, with the token sweet - not this book - it has lots of lovely recipes for sweets that you wouldn't believe you could make at home. The recipes are easy to follow, the ingredients are easy to find, there are lovely pictures, and the results are so tasty. I bought this book as a gift for someone - but I can't give it - I want it too much myself! So I'm going to have to buy another! Highly recommended.

The recipes in this book are able to be attempted by anyone. The results are very satisfying. Recommend this book.

great we book

Bought this for a friend's birthday present, and had a quick look first, was tempted to keep it because it looked really good with lots of must do recipes, my friend loved it too.