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Hummingbird Baking book

10 replies

Mimi1977 · 10/11/2009 10:47

Anyone have this - can't remember the full name. Looks fab but many reviews on Amazon say how many recipes don't work.

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neverknowinglyundercatered · 10/11/2009 10:50

I do, have only done the recipes for the chocolate and lemon cupcakes so far and both were fine...

PfftTheMagicDragon · 10/11/2009 10:52

I bought it the other day, not made anything from it yet though.

AM planning on baking this weekend so shall let you know!

zanz1bar · 10/11/2009 15:16

I didn't concentrate and got the American version from Amazon.
I have tried to convert the measurements but have found the cup cakes a bit doughy, but that could be my mistake.

clairesparkle · 10/11/2009 15:27

I've made the plain vanilla cupcakes and the lemon cupcakes, and the blueberry cake. They're lovely, and look really professional but they are all enormous and SUPER sweet. Yes, I know they're cakes and meant to be sweet etc but once you've had a couple of cupcakes loaded with frosting you'll see what I mean. It is a beautiful book, but just not my cup(cake) of tea.

JANEITEluddite · 10/11/2009 18:41

I've got it but have yet to make anything from it, so no use to you at all except to bump.

schroeder · 11/11/2009 15:02

I've borrowed it from the library; i haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but they do look very heavy on the sugar. the best cupcake book is the crabapple bakery cupcake cookbook.

CMOTdibbler · 11/11/2009 15:11

I bought it from the Book People, and am not impressed with the cakes at all. Which is really annoying as they look lovely

lucysmum · 11/11/2009 15:17

The frosting is great but use normal UK fairy cakes underneath ! Some of the non cupcake recipes are OK but you need to pick and choose.

goingtohaveagoodnightssleep · 11/11/2009 15:20

If you go to the Hummingbird website it will give you the corrections for the book. I've make a few things and have been very happy with them. Also for cupcakes use muffin cases and for muffins use extra large muffin cases.

goingtohaveagoodnightssleep · 11/11/2009 15:21

Forgot to mention about half the amount of icing is still more than enough!

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