Cake recipe book

[maslinpan]

My nephew has really got into cake baking recently, and has asked for a cake recipe book for his birthday - he's 15. He likes interesting flavour combinations, and experimenting with decoration - along the lines of spun sugar rather than animals made out of fondant icing. He has specified not Mary Berry, someone a bit more experimental. Any ideas?

James Martin was always a fan of spun sugar.
He doesn’t have a cake book but does have a desserts book that has quite a big section in it.

See, huge spun sugar fan

What about Liam from Bake Off?? The young guy that nearly won it? He’s more a “cool baker” and being a young guy it might suit?

His program was called “Liam Bakes”, I’m sure he’ll have a book out!!!!

Yep, he does!!

www.amazon.co.uk/Liam-Charles-Cheeky-Treats-recipes/dp/1473687209?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

He might like this one? The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook:

The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in all of Us https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/075156365X/ref=cmswwrcppapiii_LV2IEbY5JQW4Y

Not tried her recipes before but some interesting ones in there.

May not be right for hime but Marian Keyes "Saved by Cake". Very chatty and good cakes in their and a lot of info. This is the writer who fell into a big depressions and wsas literally saved by making cakes..lots of them!