Maida Heatter's Best Dessert Book Ever

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Summary: maybe it's me
Review: Let me begin with the fact that many people I know "love" this book. I on the other hand do not. I have tried atleast 4 recipes all of which did not turn out the way they were suppposed to (after so many tries I place the book on a shelf and it can stay there). There are very nice discriptions throughtout the book and a nice dialogue but neither helped me or my frustrations. I am an accomplished baker and have never had the types of problems with recipes that I have had with this book. I would not say don't buy it as others have had great success with it. What I would recommend is to see if your library has it, try a few recipes and then decided if you can't live without it, before you buy it.

Rating:
Summary: maybe it's me
Review: Let me begin with the fact that many people I know "love" this book. I on the other hand do not. I have tried atleast 4 recipes all of which did not turn out the way they were suppposed to (after so many tries I place the book on a shelf and it can stay there). There are very nice discriptions throughtout the book and a nice dialogue but neither helped me or my frustrations. I am an accomplished baker and have never had the types of problems with recipes that I have had with this book. I would not say don't buy it as others have had great success with it. What I would recommend is to see if your library has it, try a few recipes and then decided if you can't live without it, before you buy it.

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Summary: My favorite out of the 3 Maida Heatter books I own.
Review: This is the first book I bought from Maida Heatter, and the one I keep coming back to. This really is a compilation of her best. Of everything I have made here (almost everything in the book I have tried), I only disliked one or two recipies. Her other books... Cakes and the New Cookie book, have a much worse ratio. If you ever want to have just one dessert book this will be the one to own. Start with the chocolate cake chapter, and you will never want to give this book up.

Rating:
Summary: My favorite out of the 3 Maida Heatter books I own.
Review: This is the first book I bought from Maida Heatter, and the one I keep coming back to. This really is a compilation of her best. Of everything I have made here (almost everything in the book I have tried), I only disliked one or two recipies. Her other books... Cakes and the New Cookie book, have a much worse ratio. If you ever want to have just one dessert book this will be the one to own. Start with the chocolate cake chapter, and you will never want to give this book up.