My mother is a baker. I love watching her create and try new things. So this one was for mom! She is using a few random things as bookmarks and I can tell she is excited to give these ideas a try. The bright colors and amazing photos caught my attention right away. I just want to eat everything. I checked out the author's site too. Amazing. The link will be below. ;) My mom already made blue raspberry, lemon curd filled cupcakes this week.... what's next?! Can't wait to find out!
The Sweetapolita Bakebook by Rosie Alyea
Published by: Penguin Random House on April 7th, 2015
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Source: Blogging for Books
The Sweetapolita Bakebook by Rosie Alyea
Published by: Penguin Random House on April 7th, 2015
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Source: Blogging for Books
About Rosie Alyea:
ROSIE ALYEA trained in Cake & Confection Design at the Bonnie Gordon
College of Confectionary Arts in Toronto. She established herself as a
savvy entrepreneur with the creation of Cake Beauty, a popular
dessert-themed line of natural bath and body products before going on to
found Sweetapolita.com. She has been featured in TheGlobe and Mail, Reader’s Digest, Martha Stewart Living online, Huffington Post,People.com, and The Kitchn.
Book Synopsis:
The world of Sweetapolita is sparkly and sprinkly and charming as can be, with 75
recipes for everything from pretty homemade cookies to decadent layer
cakes. But what really sets these treats apart are interactive designs
that let everyone in on the fun of decorating: Painted Mini Cakes are
served with edible “paint” for guests to personalize at the table, the
fondant-covered tiered Chalk-a-Lot cake is paired with homemade edible
“chalk,” and Rainbow Doodle cookies are made for kids to go to town on
with edible markers.
Rosie Alyea, the creator of the Sweetapolita blog, frolics in flour and frosting, and she loves to get her two young daughters involved, too. The pages of her debut book are full of playful ideas that will inspire creativity in bakers of all levels—including a recipe for making sprinkles at home and numerous ways to showcase them, such as the Sprinkle-Me-Silly Pizza with rainbow jimmies and nonpareils galore.
With 75 full-color photographs of cookies, cakes, and more plus step-by-step technique tutorials, The Sweetapolita Bakebook will change the way bakers decorate, while entertaining every kid—and kid-at-heart.
Rosie Alyea, the creator of the Sweetapolita blog, frolics in flour and frosting, and she loves to get her two young daughters involved, too. The pages of her debut book are full of playful ideas that will inspire creativity in bakers of all levels—including a recipe for making sprinkles at home and numerous ways to showcase them, such as the Sprinkle-Me-Silly Pizza with rainbow jimmies and nonpareils galore.
With 75 full-color photographs of cookies, cakes, and more plus step-by-step technique tutorials, The Sweetapolita Bakebook will change the way bakers decorate, while entertaining every kid—and kid-at-heart.
My Thoughts and More:
Basically a fun, bright and generally exciting baking book. If you have kids and like to bake, this would be a great buy! But honestly, no kids required. I can imagine all the awesome birthdays at your house though. lol This is a fun book that covers mostly cakes, cupcakes and cookies. I can just stare at the photos forever. It all looks so cute and yummy! The Sweetapolita Bakebook covers your basic cake flavors and then goes right on up to making edible chalk for your totally awesome chalkboard cake. Yes. A chalkboard cake. A great feature of the book is that there is a section with some tips on baking and decorating. I got some advice on icing cookies, stacking cakes and using fondant. My mom is the baker, I have minimal skills when it comes to it. At least now I feel like I can actually offer her some assistance in the kitchen. I recommend also checking out the authors website to see more recipes, ideas and helpful videos! This book and her site are ones that we will keep coming back too. I know my niece will also love some of the ideas in this book. There are many kid friendly ideas here. :)Short Book Preview:
Click the images to see them larger. :)
Blue Raspberry cupcake with a lemon curd center!
So good when they come out of the freezer.
My mom used this recipe for the lemon curd centers! She said she wanted to eat it straight out of the bowl.
Blue Raspberry cupcake with a lemon curd center!
So good when they come out of the freezer.
My mom used this recipe for the lemon curd centers! She said she wanted to eat it straight out of the bowl.
Links & More:
Thanks for visiting! I hope you liked my review!
Rosie's Website: http://sweetapolita.com/
To purchase this book and see more of the inside, visit here!
