[.ca] The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old Fashioned Recipes From ... (ISBN 0684859106)

Sugar is the key!:
I was in Magnolia bakery last week, and finally got to taste a cupcake. I was so happy that I had ordered this book before I left! I made the Lemon Vanilla Bundt cake for my Mom's birthday and it was a great hit! Having actully sampled the world famous cupcakes and personally baked a cake be forewarned of one thing: these recipes have enough sugar to make you go diabetic! I would recommend cutting out sugar, if you don't like things overly sweet. I cut out a cup of sugar from the bundt cake it it still tasted great.

great:
I purchased my copy of this book from the bakery on a trip to New York. My family is from the south and I was intrigued by the idea of the book and the bakery. I have not been disappointed. The recipes are clearly written and easy to follow and each one I have tried has turned out beautifully. I have made many of the cheesecakes and cookies, the pies, and cakes/frostings and they seem to be fail proof. I am giving the book out as gifts due to the many requests for the recipes. I think it is a great book.

Lets you bring home the wonderful smells of Magnolia Bakery!:
I never miss a trip to Magnolia Bakery in NYC's Greenwich Village whenever I am in town. It smells amazing and the cupcakes and icebox pies are to die for!!! You do have to crowd into this little shop for quite a while to wait your turn but it's worth it! This book lets you make all of these wonderful, old-fashioned treats at home with simple ingredients and not a lot of effort. I don't even have a sweet tooth but some of the recipes are downright tempting! If you make nothing else, try the recipes for their famous cupcakes (I like the chocolate ones especially) - makes the book worth getting.

Classic Recipies:
This is by far one of the best baked good cookbooks I've used. The recipies are simple, straightforward and classic...something that is missing in a lot of books out there. Every recipie that I've tried, blueberry muffins, corn bread, chocolate chip cookies, lemon pie have all turned out well. I look forward to trying a recipie from this book ever time! I'd like to say it's like mom makes, but now she makes cookies that are sliced up from the fridge. So it's like mom is SUPPOSED to make in an ideal world!

Absolutely the sweetest baking book ever....:
Absolutely the sweetest, old-fashioned baking book ever! I am a collector of baking books and this is my very favorite among them. What I love about it is the ease, the recipes only take up one page each and the simple ingredients (butter, sugar, vanilla, flour) well, most bakers will have these on hand. I have made several of the cakes for birthdays in our family and the Traditional Vanilla Birthday Cake was an especially big hit with the kids. (We did the pink icing and sprinkles thing). It tastes like something Grandma made when you were little. I agree with my co-reviewer who said her daughter and her friends could not believe how much better homemade is. If you want a break from your crazy, busy day, step back in time with these old-fashioned recipes - this book takes me back to a simpler, slower time when sitting on Grandma's back porch with your pie, in your barefeet, was a little piece of summer heaven.