Today, I'm delighted to have a brand new guest to my blog - Daisy James.
Daisy has a new release today named When Only Cupcakes Will Do. I'm not the best person to resist a lovely cake, or sweet treat, so it's extremely tempting to have Daisy sharing her newest novel with us.
Hello and welcome, Daisy. Please make us drool (assuming there are other readers of this blog as sweet toothed and as undisciplined as I am)...
Daisy says:
“When life gives you lemons, make lemon drizzle cake!”
“When life gives you lemons, make lemon drizzle cake!”
I’m an avid baker. One of the best parts of researching my
brand new novel - When Only Cupcakes Will Do - was experimenting with new
recipes and exotic ingredients. A rainy afternoon spent in the kitchen, elbows
deep in flour and sugar, brings back many happy childhood memories of doing
exactly the same thing with my grandma during the school holidays. My sister
and I would stand on a little wooden stool mixing, stirring and beating - and
then came the best bit - being allowed to lick the bowl. Are we even allowed to
do that nowadays?
Whenever I indulge in a baking session in my own kitchen
now, the fragrance of warm caramel and melted chocolate sends my thoughts
zooming back to those carefree times of butterfly buns and jam tarts made from
left-over pastry from my grandma’s apple pies that she made with fruit from the
garden.
For When Only Cupcakes Will Do I tested out a more
contemporary selection of cupcakes such as coconut flavoured sponge with chunks
of dried pineapple topped with rum-infused buttercream, raspberry cakes with
prosecco icing and edible petals and blackcurrant sponges with vodka-tinged
toppings. I also experimented with a twist on the carrot cake recipe and made
beetroot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting - a sort of red velvet version. I
wasn’t sure about those, but they still disappeared within minutes of coming
out of the oven. There’s never a shortage of willing samplers in my house!
As the main character, Lucie Bradshaw, is an Italian pastry
chef by profession I also had to create a number of Italian desserts, so I
called in the experts - my friends Gino and Kate. My favourite was Cannoli - a
thin, crispy shell made by wrapping the biscuit around a broom handle - crammed
to bursting with sweetened ricotta cheese which can be flavoured with whatever
takes your fancy. I added fresh cherries and white chocolate chips to mine.
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| Courtesy of Daisy James |
If I haven’t already whet your appetite here’s a lemon drizzle
cake that’s just come out of the oven.
Fancy a slice?
Nancy Says: Absolutely! Not too big though, since I have plenty of other takers like my grand kids who are running around my feet today.
About the Novel:
The
delightfully heartwarming romantic comedy from Daisy James!
When life
gives you lemons, make lemon-drizzle cupcakes…
Lucie
thought that proposing to her boyfriend in Tiffany’s would be the best day of
her life. Until he said no. In just a few seconds, her whole world is turned
upside-down! And when she accidentally switches cocoa powder for chilli powder
at work, she finds herself out of a job, too…
Baking
has always made life better in the past, but can Lucie really bake her way to
happiness? Starting her own company, selling cupcakes out of an old ice cream
van might just be the second chance that Lucie needs!
Of
course, she never expected to find love along the way…
Buy the book from Amazon: amzn.to/22Cd9hN
Find Daisy James at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daisyjamesbooks
Thank you for popping in Daisy. Please come again - with or without your delicious cakes! Best wishes with sales of your new When Only Cupcakes Will Do, it sounds like a winner.
Slainthe!
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