Some of the Nigella recipes have mistakes!! The falpjacks is deffo one - here are all the corrections. I've found about a 90% success rate with her recipes but definetly have a few scribbles on many of the pages to show changes made. Typically find that many of the toppings for the cakes are far too generous (for our tastes).
Changes In Editions of Nigella's Books
This page is designed to provide updates and clear up any confusions - also to eradicate any errors that have crept in during the printing process!
HOW TO EAT
Birthday Cake
This cake requires "condensed milk", rather than "evaporated milk".
The Cake - in Feeding Babies and Small Children chapter
The quantity of flour required is 1 and three quarters cups.
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My Mother-In-Law's Madeira Cake
"450g loaf tin" should read "23 x 13 x 7cm loaf tin"
Easy Almond Cake
Baking powder mentioned in the method should be ignored.
Rosemary Loaf Cake
"450g loaf tin" should read "23 x 13 x 7cm loaf tin"
Lemon-Syrup Loaf Cake
"450g loaf tin" should read "23 x 13 x 7cm loaf tin"
Lily's Scones
"25g Trex, in teaspooned lumps (or use another 75g butter)" should read "25g Trex, in teaspooned lumps (or use another 25g butter)"
Strawberry Shortcakes
The recipes makes 8, not 6.
Chestnut Ice-Cream Meringue Cake
The amount of vanilla extract is half teaspoon.
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Only the egg yolks should be beaten with the sugar - the whites are used later.
Soot's Flapjacks
UK Edition
"50g golden syrup" should read "150g golden syrup". The flapjacks should be allowed to cool in the tin before cutting.
US Edition
On page 232 the recipe for Soot's Flapjacks needs these ingredient changes:
It should read:
4 and a half cups rolled oats
Half cup light corn syrup
Christmas Cake
After adding the dry ingredients and the fruit, the almond essence should be added and combined thoroughly.
Black Cake
All the marinated fruit mixture should be used to make the cake, not half.
Steak and Kidney Pudding
"3-litre plastic pudding basin with lid" should read "3 pint/1.75 litres plastic pudding basic with lid".
Sterlizing jars
Do not sterilize jars by using the microwave - microwaved water reaches extremely high temperatures and can be hazardous.
Soft-Set Peach and Redcurrant Jam
The peaches should be stoned, and cut into chunks.
Chocolate-Pistachio Cake
The recipe should use three quarters of a cup of sugar in total - one quarter cup at each stage.
Pizza Cassareccia
The recipe should suggest 3 teaspoons if using fresh yeast - not tablespoons.
Schnecken
US Edition
In the Schnecken on page 324 there is an error in the ingredients list for the dough. At the moment it reads "3 tablespoons cup sugar". It should actually be "quarter cup sugar"
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Red-Hot Chilli Syrup
"1 long red chilli, unseeded and very finely chopped" should read
"1 long red chilli, deseeded and very finely chopped"
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Chocolate orange cake
Unnecessary butter mention in method - there is no butter in this recipe.
Croque-en-bouche
Has wrong page number in index, says p.423-4, should be p.432
Chocolate Caramel Crispy Cakes
Mars bars incorrect quantity, should say 3 regular sizes Mars Bars
Golden Cardamon Chicken with Onion Spiced Rice
No reference to adding zest to marinade in Golden Cardamon Chicken.
Simnel Cake
Marzipan should be rolled to 20cm circle to fit in the middle of the cake, not 23cm
Chocolate Chestnut cake
No mention of adding yolks in recipe, yolks should be added after butter and chestnut puree
Spinach and avocado salad
The text says see page 121 for a photo but the photo actually appears on page 119.
Quadruple Chocolate Loaf Cake
Due to problems with certain brands of cling film not being oven-proof, Nigella recommends using foil instead to line the tin.
Meatloaf
Due to problems with certain brands of cling film not being oven-proof, Nigella recommends using foil instead to line the tin.
Nana?s Hatchipuri
In the US edition, the recipe has pan measurement error, should be 14 inches not 4
Chocolate Fruit Cake
In the US edition, the ingredients list should read "juice and zest of 2 oranges"
Pheasant with Green Chillies
4 tablespoons of vegetable oil should be used instead of mustard oil
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Pear and Ginger Muffins
In the UK edition, the ingredients list is missing a digit on the cream measure: it currently says 1 x 42ml pot and it should be 1 x 142ml pot.
Noodle Soup For Needy People
The ingredients list has "750g sugar-snap peas" which should read "75g
sugar-snap peas".
Spanish Omelette
Step 3 of the method, for both the UK and US versions, should read like this:
"Whisk the eggs in a bowl, then add the peppers, spring onions/scallions and
cheese and season with salt and pepper, then add the cooked, drained
potatoes."
Caramel Croissant Pudding
In the US edition, the amount of sugar in the ingredients list reads as 1 cup, but should in actual fact be 1/2 cup.
Forgotten Pudding
In the US edition, the recipe calls for 1 1/4 plus 2 extra tablespoons of sugar. This is correct. Whereas Step 3 of the method should read: "Gradually add 1 1/4 cup of sugar..."