Learn to bake with Britain's favourite women's
fiction author, Marian Keyes - author of "Watermelon"
and "Anybody Out There" - in her startlingly honest
cook-book "Saved by Cake". "Saved by Cake" gives an
extremely honest account of Marian Keyes' recent battle
with depression, and how baking has helped her. A
complete novice in the kitchen, Marian decided to bake a
cake for a friend and that was it - she realized that
baking was what she needed to do in order to get her
through each day. And so she baked, and she wrote her
recipes down, and little by little the depression
started to lift, along with her sponges...With chapters
on cupcakes, cheesecakes, meringues and macaroons,
chocolate cakes, fruit cakes and favourite classics,
Marian's recipes are aimed firmly at beginner bakers,
offering hints and tips to help along the way. Never
patronizing, always honest and witty, accessible and
full of fun, the bakes and cakes that Marian serves up
in this cookbook will put a smile on your face and make
you happy.From her Consistently Reliable Cupcakes and
Very Chocolately Macaroons, to the ease of her
Fridge-set Honeycomb Cheesecake, you will want to have a
go at making all of Marian's recipes. The shoe and
handbag biscuits particularly. Very covetable. Very
Marian. "Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a
nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover
when you're right in the middle of one. Whatever was
going on with me, I had to wait it out. I had to find
ways of passing the time until I was restored to myself
again. So I baked a cake - a chocolate cheesecake, as it
happens. And I enjoyed making it so much that I baked
another. And another". (Marian Keyes). Marian Keyes is
the international bestselling author of "Watermelon",
"Rachel's Holiday", "Last Chance Saloon", "Sushi for
Beginners", "Angels", "The Other Side of the Story" and
"This Charming Man". Her two collections of journalism,
"Under the Duvet" and "Further Under the Duvet", are
also available from Penguin. |
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