Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Grace's Sweet Life

In the spring I was contacted by a publicist, asking if I'd like to review a copy of a delicious new Italian baking book Grace's Sweet Life. Does Santa wear a red suit? Did Moses part the Red Sea? Heck yes, I wanted to review this book!!!

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Not only is it absolutely full of beautiful pictures, the recipes are well laid out, with plenty of instruction for even a novice home baker to turn out gorgeous and delicious treats!

A delicious and deceptively easy seven layer cake....
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Mini blueberry-white chocolate cheesecake
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Italian peach cookies
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Almond and hazelnut nougat
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I had an incredibly difficult time deciding what to make first. In the end, I went for a simple "torta all' arancia" yup, that's "orange cake" in Italian. 

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I was so impressed with this light-as-air cake. Not only was it incredibly easy to make, but the results were mega-good! There is even a recipe for an orange syrup to pour over the top, but the cake would also be wonderful with a bit of powdered sugar or some lightly sweetened whipped cream. 

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So, will I be baking from this book again? Yes. Will it be yummy? YES!

14 comments:

  1. mmmm. what fun! The desserts look delish!

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  2. Not only do you love Winterkist but you make delicious desserts! I really like you!!!

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  3. As soon as I saw the cover my mouth was watering. Looks like a great book,

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  4. Katie - do you realise I'm pregnant?? Do you realise every time you post some scrumptious looking treat I WANT it? Do you?? huh??? I'm craving orange juice so this one particularly appeals ;)

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  5. wow! yummy photos and your review got me excited to try out the recipes.

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  6. What a gorgeous looking book! The cake looks delicious (even though I can't stand oranges!) =D

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  7. oh my word my mouth is watering. that sounds so amazing. you are super lucky to review it.

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  9. Sorry...I was signed into the wrong account. :) Now I'm side tracked and hungry...darn!

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  10. Oh my gosh, I'm drooling...these look divine!

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