For me, it will include the "The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook" -
I had been eyeing this cookbook on Amazon for a while and with the "Look Inside" feature, really liked the variety of recipes included and how the book is laid out. I had it on my "Wish List" and my lovely daughter surprised me with it for Christmas. This doesn't ever mean that another cookbook will replace my Ina favourites (I shudder at the thought!), but I do enjoy other cookbooks that are equally well made in terms of how they describe a recipe. For me, a good cookbook doesn't mean overly long ingredient lists or complicated instructions. I'm much happier and more successful using a cookbook that focuses on the best ingredients you can possibly find and has recipes that have obviously been tested so many times that it's hard to fail.
The other reason I was interested in this cookbook is that my daughters and I visited one of the Magnolia Bakery locations in NYC the last time we were in the city. If you're a fan of Sex and the City as the three of us are, you'll probably remember the episode when Carrie and the girls visit the original Magnolia location in the West Village and sit outside enjoying their cupcakes. We were only one block from the 49th Street and 6th Avenue location, so there was no way we were going to miss these cupcakes on our visit. Here's what we bought to share - clockwise from the top left, they were Red Velvet, Lemon Curd, the Classic Carrie (vanilla) and S'mores:
And, five minutes later, this is the after - thanks to Megan for recording this massacre ;) :
We all agree that the Carrie was "meh" (vanilla cake and frosting), but the S'mores was our all around favourite. I also love the fact that you can go a bakery in NYC that stays open until midnight!
Ahhh, we watched them make the cupcakes in the window but the line was so long we didn't go in! Were the cupcakes themselves up to the reputation?
ReplyDeleteExcept for the vanilla, we loved all the other flavours and would buy them again. Even though we were there around 10 pm and there was a line, it moved fairly quickly, so don't miss it the next time you're in NYC!
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