Red Velvet and Chocolate Heartache

SUESMITH_2

i would have to slap her, can't be doing with trendy rubbish like that

mary berry or margurite pattern for me or nigel slater for more savoury things

thriftlady_2

tandraig wrote: »

mary berrys ultimate cakes seem to get good reviews ness

Yes, I use it all the time. Jolly good book;)

nanokitten

personally I stick to the Mr Men cookbook, you can't go wrong with that.

Looby_Lou

Leiths Baking bible is pricy but well worth it!

jls202

Hello folks.

I bought this book a few weeks ago and can't stop baking things from it! I haven't tried the carrot cake you said went horribly wrong but:
American Vanilla cupcakes (courgette)
Chocolate brownies (beetroot)
Chocolate cupcakes (carrot)
Coconut cake (courgette)

Were all amazingly, brilliantly delicious!

Admittedly, they take longer than whipping up a quick sponge, but I like to think that with all that whisking I'm getting a bit of a workout. And the cakes are fat free too!

I think it's unfair to say that Harry is gimmicky and doesn't test the recipes. They are all painstakingly tested - and she does say at the start that you should really use the right tins.

All in all, I think this book is BRILLIANT! A great way of using up stuff from our veggy box, and the cakes are delicious - the brownies were better than Jamie Oliver ones I have made in the past, which contain twice as much sugar and a whole packet of butter. They're not like normal "healthy recipes" which taste gross, loads of the things taste better than their fatty equivalents.

So, that's that. Rant over! Now, I think I might go and help myself to another cupcake....well, it is added fat free!

avinabacca

ness_w wrote: »

I just saw an instruction that said to mix the ingredients until they looked like 'a prude that has been told a rude joke'...for goodness sake!

Self-consciously quirky/pretentious prose and recipes which don't work?

Bin. Now. Never mind Ebay, get rid - we'll have a whip-round or something if you want the money back.

And also name and shame the author, too, so we know to avoid in future. :mad:

zara*elise

It's this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Velvet-Chocolate-Heartache-feel-good/dp/0593062361

I was going to buy it as it seemed quite interesting but I have to say I think I won't bother now (or I'll get it from the library!)

xxxxx

ness_w

Thanks JLS202 for a different view. The thing is that I have 8 mouths to feed so really don't have the time to be faffing with all the grating if the result's not guaranteed...I would give something else a go but the writing style has got me so wound up I don't think I can. I have a large array of tins (like most osers) and am not going to buy new ones that are an inch different for one cake that might then work. Sadly my kenwood does the work so no extra muscles for me either! It seemed a nice idea but not for me in the end - I have mass catering to do.