200 Cupcakes: Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook (Hamlyn All Colour Cookery) Paperback – Import

This is a fab cupcake recipe book that is great value for money when you consider how many recipes it contains. The book starts with an introduction that contains information about the kind of tools you'll need and some basic baking tips which I'm sure most amature bakers will find useful to read through before getting started.The recipes are then split into different sections and I'll give you a brief overview of each section so you'll have a better idea of what's included:1. Everyday cupcakes - This section contains basic recipes for everything from vanilla to various kinds of fruit and nut, citrus flavours, coffee cupcakes, carrot cupcakes, gingerbread and even marshmallow. There are cupcakes here to suit every taste bud and although I've only tried one of the recipes so far (the Very Cherry cupcakes which tasted delicious even though I had a bit of an icing disaster!) I can't wait to test the rest. I particularly love the sound of the Poppy Seed and Lemon, Iced Gingerbread and Warm Pecan Caramel cupcakes!2. Chocolate cupcakes - This section is a chocoholic's dream: Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Cheesecake, Chocolate Orange, Minted White Chocolate, Chocolate Strawberry, Chocolate Brownies and Mocha are just a few of the different flavours you'll find in there. Again I can't wait to get baking!3. Cupcakes for kids - A lot of the cupcakes in this section use the vanilla cupcake recipe for the actual cake and focus more on different creative ways to ice them using both buttercream and icing along with different fruits or sweets. These are the kind of ideas that you can use to have fun decorating with fairly young children and still come up with pretty looking cakes that the whole family will enjoy eating.4. Cupcakes for adults - Slightly more sophisticated than the previous section but if you like the sound of Almond Praline, Strawberry Marguerita, Pistachio, Red Velvet, Coffee and Walnut or Lemon Meringue then you'll have plenty to choose from here.5. Savoury cupcakes - This is the most interesting section and one I'm looking forward to trying out. When I think of cupcakes I automatically think of something sweet with lashings of buttercream icing but this opens up a whole new savoury world. With recipes like Corn Chill and Bacon, Goats' Cheese and Tomato, Smoked Salmon or Spicy Cheese and Parsnip I'm having trouble deciding where to start!6. Special occasion cupcakes - Christmas, Easter, Halloween, 4th of July, Weddings, Birthdays you'll find something for pretty much any occasion in this section.Each recipe in the book comes with clear and easy to follow instructions, a large colour picture of the finished cake and plenty of tips to help you achieve great results. I can't wait to try out more of the recipes!Source: Received from Amazon Vine in exchange for an honest review

Was really pleased with this. Love the different varieties of cupcakes,I never knew there were so many variations. The photos are really good and inspire you to want to make the cupcake. The recipes are simple to follow and most of the ingredients are basic and you would have in your cupboard. Am going to buy this for a friend's Mother as I'm sure like me she will love looking through and trying some of the variations.Excellent value for money.

My girlfriend loves this book, its got a lot of easy recipes in it, she uses it on her iPad in the kitchen so it's not that much of an annoyance. She has a lot of books from this series and loves them all, its a very good series of recipe books I have to say, well worth the investment for 99p on Kindle, even if it doesn't suit you its only 99p.

Bought for our daughter who is a keen baker and loves making cupcakes. Small book but well presented recipes. Clear instructions and ingredient lists. Loses one star as I found that some recipes were very similar and could be done as variations rather than needing a separate recipe for each one. Daughter was very pleased with the book though and the recipes that she has tried out have been a success.

This book is a game changer, everything you could want to know plus more.

We bought this book for my daughter, a great cup cake maker and she said its great with some many newideas its given to her