I received a free copy of Sweets from Blogging for Books in return for an honest review. Food Network has a well-deserved reputation for turning out beautiful cookbooks. Seriously, a cookbook collector could collect just these! Sweets is a fine example of their output. Each recipe has at least one photo of the the finished product and there are series of photos illustrating the processes of the more complicated recipes.
There are recipes for every taste: traditional Chewy Oatmeal Cookies to the more unusual Mini Bacon Cheesecakes, and for every skill level: Cone-oli to the Cheeseburger Cake included in the amazing Fake-Out Cake Section. Every recipe made me want to run into the kitchen to try it out (except for the more difficult ones...they look intimidating. I'm still going to try the Caramel Apple Cake though).
Some of the other "extras" included in Sweets is a fabulous color chart for icing (using store bought icing is suggested. Awesome!! I love time savers, and Food Network gives their blessing to use them!). Frozen confections, like my family's birthday favorite Ice Cream Crunch Cake, is a definite must make. There are also some really great ideas for the holidays, such as edible trees.
Some cookbooks I get with the notion of eventually passing it along to a friend or eventually giving it to my daughter when she sets up her household. Sweets is not one of these - it's staying on MY cookbook shelf. She can get her own copy!
