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The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook |  | Author: Tarek Malouf
Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 1845978307
EAN: 9781845978303
ASIN: 1845978307
Publication Date: April 15, 2009
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Product Description
The Hummingbird Bakery is the destination bakery for Londoners with a passion for great cakes. This book presents recipes, from the chefs of the bakery, a delicious range of 60 bakes, from deliciously light cupcakes with pretty buttercream frosting to moist chocolate layer cakes and zesty lemon meringue pie.
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 DELICIOUS!!! March 16, 2009
whipmeupsomecream (England)
306 out of 315 found this review helpful
I bought this at my local bookshop a few days ago and I have since been on a baking frenzy!
Yes, there are indeed many good home-baking books out there. And yes, this does make you wonder exactly how many ways of making/icing a cupcake there can possibly be!!! But the Hummingbird bakery cookbook does fill a few gaps for those of us who are time pushed but want the satisfaction of making sweet treats ourselves.
The usual sections that one would expect apply: cupcakes, cakes, pies, brownies and bars, muffins and cookies. It's all packaged very beautifully with plenty of mouthwatering photographs.
On the face of it, there doesn't seem to be anything cutting-edge or new about it...but then it is about baking, not the latest feat in engineering. I like it because the recipes are easy to follow, simple, inspiring and above all, they taste great! Achieving those aspects alone in my opinion gives it 5 stars.
Inevitable comparisons are bound to be drawn between this and the Magnolia bakery book. After all, the author states that his inspiration came from the American style of baking. So I'll address this from the outset. I have both books and there are a couple of the same recipes in Hummingbird as there are in Magnolia. But that's it. What made me buy this book in particular (apart from being seduced by the stunning cover!!) is that the Hummingbird bakery makes THE most delicious cakes in London and I wanted to try and make mine taste as good!
Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes, green tea cupcakes, brooklyn blackout cake, blueberry cake, nutty apple loaf, mississippi mud pie, raspberry cheesecake brownie, carrot and courgette muffins. These are a few of the recipes in this book.
Enjoy!!!
EDIT (01/06/09)
I am editing this review to try and give a bit more info about the recipes here. I have seen that the book has garnered a few 1 star reviews, so I would like to give a brief idea of how my recipes have actually turned out.
So far I have tried the following recipes....
**Nutty apple loaf (moist, dense and delicious)
**Blueberry cake (nice tangy texture and very moreish)
**Red velvet cupcakes. The second time round, I also made the batter into a red velvet cake, using just 2 tins and cooking it for longer.(I used red paste food colouring as that was all I had, and they turned out perfectly).
**Mississippi mud pie (WOW, my favourite so far! Easy to make even though pastry is my nemesis).
**Raspberry cheesecake brownies (Another favourite of mine, great flavour combination). Nice alternative to the regular recipe. I made these with my friend's daughter who is 5. And while I did most of the work, they were easy to make and even easier to eat!
**Lemon and poppy seed cake (simple and full of flavour).
**Hazelnut and chocolate cupcakes (Absolutely delicious. Again, easy to make).
**Marshmallow cupcakes (fluffy and light with a nice melted marshmallow filling).
So far, so good. All of the above recipes have turned out well and have tasted lovely. I am an "experienced" baker (20 years of cake eating and making!!) and my most used baking recipes are by Nigella. I'm not an expert on the subject but I have had a few years of practice and I was delighted with this book and I still maintain that it deserves the 5 stars I originally gave it.
For the majority of the recipes, I followed each one exactly as stated and the only time I came unstuck was with the blueberry cake when I used a ring tin that was much smaller than recommended. This made the batter overflow during cooking. So the next time I made the cake I had the correct size tin and again it turned out as good as the other recipes.
In terms of ingredient quantities and methods, the recipes are wildly different to what I'm used to (which doesn't matter to me). For the most part I have kept to what has been written and everything has so far turned out well.
And just for the record, I do not work for Hummingbird or the publisher and I am a keen home cook, not a professional caterer or chef!!!
I hope this helps.
Fabuloso !!!! November 22, 2009
Julie C. Owen (Wirral, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have just bought this with no prior knowledge of it. I saw it in WHSmith & thought the cover was divine!
I am a very inexperienced cook, but have made the cupcakes & 2 cookie recipes & both turned out amazingly well.
The recipes were easy to follow & I can't wait to go through the whole book ( although I think my waistline will suffer dire consequences!!)
I can't rave about it enough & have been telling all my girlfriends about it.
hummingbird review November 15, 2009
Mis K. A. Parry (cannock,staffs)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was recommended this book by a friend,the recipes are just delicious extremely fattening but amazing.
Easy to follow recipes.
wonderful! November 13, 2009
milly the milliner (london)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I borrowed this book from my local library, thinking it looked great but did I really need another cake book. The cupcakes are easy and delicious, oat and raisin cookies are delightful and the chocolate brownies are the best I have ever tried. Great instructions and I am now buying this fabulous book, a must have!!!
fabulous & a little bit different from the norm ;) June 23, 2009
C. Atkinson (North Yorkshire, England)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I finally got my hands on this book after waiting for ages for it to be in stock somewhere & it was worth the wait. As you first flick through the book the pictures draw you in as they look so yummy & the cakes have such fabulous names.
Once you actually sit down & read the recipes you notice that the methods are a little bit different to normal cake recipes. But you have to bear in mind that they are based on American recipes.
So far i have made the chocolate, vanilla & red velvet cupcakes & the Lemon loaf - all with great success. The buttercream icing is absolutely heavenly - really light & fluffy.
I would add that you must make sure you read the recipe properly before you start & follow it exactly. Also most of the recipes are probably easier if you use a stand mixer like a Kenwood or Kitchen Aid (especially for the buttercream which you mix for ages to make it so light).
If you go to the Hummingbird Bakery website they have now added some revisions & general advice for when baking from the book which i very helpful & i do feel its needed.
Another word of advice regarding the cupcake cases, as stated in the book you need to use muffin cases for the cupcakes & i have found that Waitrose's 'Muffin cases' are the perfect size.
I am now waiting for the occasion to make the Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies which look gorgeous & sinful!
If you enjoy baking & making fun treats please don not hesitate to purchase The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook as you will not be disappointed.
Happy baking & eating!
EXTRA, EXTRA!!! (added Feb 2010)
I have since made a few more recipes from this book all with great success. I haven't found the problems like other reviewers (& i've got an iffy oven!)
I made the Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies & they are heavenly & worth buying the book alone for. This week i tried out the Banana Loaf which is lovely with a cup of tea mid morning or afternoon. I like to think its healthy due to the banana content :)The Banana & chocolate cupcakes are delicious. I expected to not like them as much as the vanilla or chocolate cupcakes for some reason but i was so wrong, in fact i like them more, especially with the chocolate buttercream icing. My next banana experiment is the banana & cinnamon muffins with added choc chips i think! I have also made the Chocolate chip cookies & they are fantastic cookies, just the right mixture of crunch & chew.
Please don't hesitate & buy this book. You might also want to take out a gym membership as you will want to make everything & also eat everything!
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