Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
18 used & new from CDN$ 16.02

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook
 
 

The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook (Hardcover)

by Jennifer Appel (Author) "While I count myself among the many afraid of making angel food cake (all those egg whites!), I discovered that following the directions carefully assures..." (more)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
List Price: CDN$ 34.00
Price: CDN$ 21.42 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
You Save: CDN$ 12.58 (37%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

11 new from CDN$ 16.02 7 used from CDN$ 34.85

Frequently Bought Together

The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook + The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old Fashioned Recipes From New Yorks Sweetest Bakery + More From Magnolia: Recipes from the World Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen
Total List Price: CDN$ 95.99
Price For All Three: CDN$ 60.47

Show availability and shipping details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old Fashioned Recipes From New Yorks Sweetest Bakery

The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old Fashioned Recipes From New Yorks Sweetest Bakery

by Jennifer Appel
4.1 out of 5 stars (32)  CDN$ 18.89
More From Magnolia: Recipes from the World Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen

More From Magnolia: Recipes from the World Famous Bakery and Allysa Torey's Home Kitchen

by Allysa Torey
4.7 out of 5 stars (3)  CDN$ 20.16
At Home with Magnolia: Classic American Recipes from the Owner of Magnolia Bakery

At Home with Magnolia: Classic American Recipes from the Owner of Magnolia Bakery

by Allysa Torey
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  CDN$ 20.78
Buttercup Bakes at Home: More Than 75 New Recipes from Manhattan's Premier Bake Shop for Tempting Homemade Sweets

Buttercup Bakes at Home: More Than 75 New Recipes from Manhattan's Premier Bake Shop for Tempting Homemade Sweets

by Jennifer Appel
CDN$ 22.04
Pastry: Savory and Sweet

Pastry: Savory and Sweet

by Michel Roux
5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  CDN$ 15.72
Explore similar items

Product Details


Product Description

From Amazon.com

Think Caramel Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting, Strawberry Banana Muffins, Lemon Meringue Pie, and Sour Cream Coffee Cake. These old-fashioned comfort sweets are among those that Jennifer Appel turns out at her Buttercup Bake Shop. And while The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook evokes lazy afternoons in small towns, white picket fences, well-worn aprons, and warm fruit pies cooling on the window sill, the Buttercup Bake Shop is actually in Manhattan. Appel has included 80 bakery favorites in this little gem of a book, and the recipes are easy to follow and easy to make, and read like a list of favorite American desserts: Rice Krispies Treats, Gingersnaps, Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pie, Glazed Pumpkin Squares, and Rice Pudding. Keep this wonderful cookbook in the kitchen, close at hand, so that with just a moment's notice you can whip up a special sweet something that'll make everyone smile. --Leora Y. Bloom


Product Description

Not one to rest on her sugary laurels after cofounding and running the famed Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village, Jennifer Appel headed to midtown Manhattan and opened the Buttercup Bake Shop. Already praised across the country in publications ranging from Glamour to The New York Times, the Buttercup Bake Shop offers a creative and mouthwatering selection of old-fashioned dessert delicacies. Revealing the secrets of luscious homemade treats to bakers of all skill levels, Appel invites readers to return to the comforts and rewards of baking from scratch.

Including a chapter of seasonal and holiday delights and a delectable assortment of breakfast treats, The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook serves up more than eighty old and new classic recipes, including Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies, Whole Wheat Maple Syrup Muffins, White Layer Cake with Chocolate Chips (try it with Peanut Butter Icing), German Chocolate Pie, and White Fudge with Walnuts and Dried Cranberries.


Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
While I count myself among the many afraid of making angel food cake (all those egg whites!), I discovered that following the directions carefully assures producing a perfect cake, even the first time around. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 


 

Customer Reviews

19 Reviews
5 star:
 (11)
4 star:
 (5)
3 star:
 (1)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:
 (2)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.2 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book that needed more proofing and testing, Dec 30 2004
By A Customer
I recently was given a copy of this book as a Christmas gift. It was no surprise, I had requested it. After looking through Ms. Appel's Magnolia Bakery cookbook, and based on other reviews, I felt that I would enjoy The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook.

My first creation was her Red Velvet Cake with Red Velvet Icing. If you can get over your fear of using 4 tablespoons of red food colouring, you will be rewarded with the most fabulous cake! The layers were lightened by a combination of baking soda and vinegar, giving them almost a bubbled texture. And the icing, made the old-fashioned way with a base of cooked flour and milk, was reminiscent of a buttercream icing (without all of the hard work) and/or whipped cream. I get raves any time that I make this cake.

Why did I give the cookbook three stars then? Well, even though I bake all of the time and have certainly used some "professional" type cookbooks, I do find a lack of instructions in this cookbook. For instance, I made her recipe for caramel for another cake that I was making. The instructions tell you to boil the sugar until it reaches a deep amber colour. For more clarification, it would have been good if she had provided a candy thermometre temperature to reach. My first attempt, I could not decide just how "deep" the amber colour should be and burned my ingredients. On my second attempt, I was much more cautious, went with more of a golden colour and enjoyed a success. As well, the recipe says that it will take about 15 minutes to make, while I found that it had reached it's colour by 10 minutes. In fact, the ingredients burned at around 12 or 13 minutes. Once a mixture has reached the boiling point, no oven can vary in it's temperature, because boiling point is boiling point, it is only how long you boil something after this point that can affect it. For that reason, I felt that her time estimate could have been given much more accurately. As well, she indicates that you will need to stir in 2 cups of heavy cream. Well, for anyone who has never made caramel before, make sure to have your cream at room temperature! Otherwise, your caramel will seize up! Thankfully, I knew this from previous experience, but again, this is something that could easily be shared with the first timer. I noticed that in the Magnolia Bakery cookbook, they did indicate that. Why the difference?

Having made the caramel for her Caramel Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting (mentioned in the amazon.ca review) I was frustrated with the Brown Sugar frosting recipe. Typically, when you boil brown sugar with cream and butter (as you would for caramel popcorn or fudge..things I have made successfully) at the end of the boiling process, you would add in some baking powder to prevent crystallization of the sugar. The recipe did not give any instructions to do this and actually had you cool the brown sugar concoction for 20 minutes before beating in any icing sugar. The reward, was to find a bowl full of crystallized brown sugar! Even worse, when I continued with the recipe and beat in the icing sugar, I was rewarded with a crumbly mass! Did she leave an ingredient out? Having followed the instructions implicity, I do not see how anyone could have success with this recipe.

I also find that my cooking times are at least 5 minutes less than all of the times given, but certainly everyone's oven will vary.

These recipes that Jennifer Appel provides are not cheap to make. I do not like investing in cups and cups of whipping cream, and dozens of eggs and not having anything delicious and creamy to show for it! One major fault I feel the need to point out with any cookbook (when necessary) is when it is not properly tested and retested! When a consumer pays their $25.00 - $65.00 for a cookbook, they want to know that they have bought a quality item.

I am sure that in the future I will attempt another recipe from her cookbook, as it is very prettily displayed and the recipe titles entice you into wanting to make them. Still, I wanted to warn any future purchasers that they are taking a gamble buying this book!

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Only missing one thing..., May 24 2003
By A Customer
Beautiful cookbook with a vintage flair. There's only one thing missing--where are the CUPCAKE recipes??? Delicious-looking cupcakes with swirls of pastel frosting are featured on the cover but are nowhere to be found in the cookbook itself.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite baking book, Jun 17 2004
By "creeleycomma" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This book is fabulous; it's full of old-fashioned, butter-laden, comforting treats that are easy to make, and a pleasure to devour. Lots of people seem to be wondering where the cupcake recipes are: you just make the regular cake recipes in cupcake wrappers and bake for slightly less time! The buttercup golden layer cake recipe is to die for when coupled with the american buttercream frosting, by the way. The recipe for fresh peach pie is dreamy as well. Everything I've made in this book -- and I've made many things -- has turned out wonderfully. My copy is all warpy and dog-eared from constant use... maybe it's time to buy another...
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars sweetness!
I am loving this book, but let's get one thing straight. This is not a cupcake book, as the cover would lead you to believe. Read more
Published on May 18 2004 by Tommy York

5.0 out of 5 stars Read the Book, but Visit the Shop Too
I had the good fortune to work within a few blocks of Buttercup Bake Shop and often stopped in to take oodles of cupcakes back to my ever appreciative coworkers -- a lovely... Read more
Published on Dec 10 2003 by R. Ruiz

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER Cookbook!!!
This great cookbook has wonderful recipes that are very easy to follow. It's one of the best cookbooks I've purchased in a long, long time!! Highly recommended!!
Published on Nov 25 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
The recipes are very easy to follow and understand and contains full-color pictures. As with The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook by Jennifer Appel, the recipes in this book have always... Read more
Published on May 28 2003 by SEwing

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
The recipes are very easy to follow and understand and contains full-color pictures. As with The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook by Jennifer Appel, the recipes in this book have always... Read more
Published on May 28 2003 by SEwing

5.0 out of 5 stars This book never fails me
I was somewhat skeptical when I first purchased this book. I'm an amateur, "weekend" baker and for some reason I thought that these recipes would be difficult. Read more
Published on May 27 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook
Ms. Appel's recipes for her treats are very easy to follow. She provides "good-to-know" tips for baking and creating these delicious desserts. Read more
Published on Mar 31 2003 by tsvw1031

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Baking!
This cookbook is wonderful! I have many cookbooks but this one "Takes The Cake."
Published on Mar 31 2003 by flutie28

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Baking:-)
I am a HUGE fan of baking and baked goods. I travel all over the United States, and have been in too many bakeries to count. Read more
Published on Mar 27 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Big disappointment!
I am not a professional baker however I do love to bake and bake frequently. Everytime I try a recipe in this book, I am terribly dissapointed. Read more
Published on Mar 8 2003

Only search this product's reviews



Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject


Feedback


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.