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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Author: Allysa Torey

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.815
EAN: 9780743246613
ISBN: 0743246616
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2004-09-28
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster

A cupcake can change your life. Ever since Magnolia Bakery opened its doors in 1996, people have been lining up day and night to satisfy their sugar cravings -- patiently waiting in line at the old-fashioned yet funky bake shop to buy cupcakes, layer cakes, pudding, and ice cream, much to the surprise and delight of owner Allysa Torey. Now, from the baker who brought cupcakes to everyone's attention, come even more recipes from Greenwich Village's favorite bakery and her home kitchen.

Whether it's a birthday cake, weekend breakfast treats, or sweets for a bake sale, you'll find simple and delicious recipes to delight family and friends on all occasions in More from Magnolia: Recipes from the World-Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen. Beginning with the ever-popular cupcakes and frostings, you'll find the much-requested recipes for the mouthwatering Magnolia's Famous Banana Pudding and sinfully rich Red Velvet Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting, all with helpful hints that let you achieve the same sweet results as the bakery. In the well-loved Magnolia style, Allysa Torey brings you new twists on old favorites, such as Devil's Food Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting, Peaches and Cream Pie with Sugar Cookie Crust, and Apple Tart with Hazelnut Brown Sugar Topping. You'll also find breakfast treats like Cream Cheese Crumb Buns and Blueberry Coffee Cake with Vanilla Glaze; and afternoon snacks like Black Bottom Cupcakes, Walnut Brown Sugar Squares, and Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chip Cookies. From Banana Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing to Heavenly Hash Ice Cream Pie, these are the desserts that Allysa makes for friends and family at home -- unfussy, straightforward, and simply delicious.

Illustrated with eight pages of beautiful color photographs, as well as black-and-white stills that capture the daily life of the bakery, More from Magnolia is an irresistible collection of new classics that will inspire you to fill your kitchen with sweet things.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: 3 reasons to buy this recipe book
Review: 1 - the easy Blueberry pie recipe
2 - the easy cupcakes recipes (duh)
3 - the easy instructions/explanations

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: loved it
Review: I loved almost every recipe in this book. Just what I was looking for, tasty "comfort food" desserts. Easy recipes and helpful hints. The photos looked good enough to eat! The preface was even well worth reading. It gave me a down home, flash back to my childhood. I highly recommend it.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: vanilla vanilla cupcakes disappointing, but other recipes good
Review: I've tried the red velvet cake (made them into cupcakes to fill that craving) with the cream cheese frosting. These were fabulous! I keep the frosting in a bag in the refrigerator and eat them when I have the urge. (I keep the cupcakes in the freezer and defrost when the craving strikes.) They are very light and fluffy and were the best "from scratch" cake I've had.

I just baked this morning the vanilla vanilla cupcakes with signature frosting and, after just moments ago tasting one, was disappointed. It turned out dense and with a strange subtle taste to them that I suspect was imparted by the self-rising flour. I've never used self-rising flour and was shocked to find salt among the many ingredients in the flour. The cupcakes just tasted a little funny, and even a tad salty despite my using less than the recipe called for (again, maybe the flour??). The frosting was a little sweet for me. Perhaps adding some cream instead of all milk would have mellowed it a tad. I usually make my frostings with some cream for consistency and taste.

I read the cautionary reviews that these turn out great for baking novices and disappointing for those with lots of baking experience. I'm an avid baker, and so this was unfortunately a correct predictor in my case. I'll keep trying the others, but will continue to hunt for another recipe.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Mixed results
Review: I have never been to the Magnolia bakery, though it sounds wonderful. The cookbook is very good, easy to follow and has many helpful tips. I like that many of the recipes are traditional and old fashioned......fewer expensive and unusual ingredients. Most of these are easy to make and fine to make with kids.
Especially nice is the chocolate Buttercream and the seven-minute icing. The blueberry pie is quite good (we made six of them at Thanksgiving). The Devil's food cake was a little heavy and not very sweet, but the devil's food cupcakes were better.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: no pictures!!
Review: This is well written book about old fashion dessert recipes, the hints and tips are great if you have just started baking.

I gave it four stars just for the fact that it doesn't have pictures to go along with the recipes, it only has a few pictures in the center.

So far i baked the following:

-Vanilla cupcakes > they are wounderful
-Chocolate cupcakes > light and yummy
-Hello dolly bars > maybe it was me but i didn't like them at all
-Blondies with white and dark chocolate and walnuts > really liked them
-Peanut butter chocolate chip pecan cookies > great
-Black bottom cupcakes > so and so
-Apple cake with butterscotch cream cheese frosting > the best

I also made the white chocolate buttercream frosting and it was nice but what i really liked was the dark chocolate buttercream icing specially on the the vanilla cupcakes.

overall a really good book.

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