Would you like to help us test recipes for the Mumsnet Cookbook?

[CatherineHMumsnet]

Shhh .. don't tell everyone but we're working on a top secret new project in the form of The Mumsnet Cookbook and we need your help.

We'd like to get together a Mumsnet Cookbook cookery group to stop us from piling on the pounds help us test these shortlisted recipes.

Each volunteer will be allocated a recipe which they'll then cook for their family and give us some feedback on how easy, hard, good, bad, expensive etc they are and whether they'd make it again. All the recipes chosen were submitted over the years by Mumsnetters, so there shouldn't be any outlandish or particularly difficult to source ingredients - and they should all be pretty easy to make (we hope!).

As a thank-you, we'll be putting everyone who helps out into a prize draw to win a Bloomsbury cookbook.

And if that's not enough of an incentive, everyone who helps will have their *Mumsnetter nickname featured in the cookbook's acknowledgements.

Yes please. Love cookiing. Especially soup and cake. But not together!!

Wow - what a response! We've had over 300 people wanting to help out which is brilliant. I hope you've all clicked the link and added your name there, as we're just about to close it.

Aw only just seen this

CatherineH, the new topic of Pictures would be an ace place to have the feedback thread.

We could all drool over everyone's creations and satisfy our inner curiosity re their kitchen decor.

Good idea chaos. It worked very well on the THING threads, to have pictures really does help and it is quite straightforward to do.

My mouth is already watering

Oh yes please, love new food ideas!!

Gutted I didn't see this earlier

I am vair sad this has enough volunteers now

Count me in - you need to get a blokes view on this - you MUST replace one of your testers NOW!!

Am I too late (as usual!)?

Can you do another one, which is just cakes? I am happy to try out all the recipes myself. Except coffee cake, we'll need one more volunteer for that

Aww I'm kicking myself that I've missed this! :(

Yes please!

Best

Oh....too late

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Sure can

I'll do the coffee cake for you Dolly :)

Thanks Yorky, you're very kind

I am vair good at coffee cake.
With or without walnuts as guests dictate..

Mmmmmm, caaaaaakkkkkkeee

I've just made butterfly cakes, some chocolate ones, some vanilla, so that's those ticked off the list.

Norks do one with walnuts, Yorky without. Sorted.

Hurray for coffee cake without walnuts! with white chocolate frosting and cocoa dusting so it looks like cappuccino?

Carrot cake muffins on the to do list today - its healthy innit for lunchboxes!

yay!! yes please .

Ohh I've been given mine to test! Looks great too, I'm quite excited, it's not something I've done before or would think of doing but I have the ingredients so will have a go for dinner tomorrow!

Just got my email from HQ with the recipe!

A teensy bit excited now- here's hoping I don't balls it up.

Goody goody! :o Definitely something I've never cooked before.

Sending out emails today to everyone who added their details to be a recipe tester. We've tried as far as humanly possible to take your preferences in mind and also any family food allergies or intolerances. Hopefully we've got it right. Can't wait to get the feedback (and to see your pictures if you're able to take and send them in).