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Giveaway #41: (CLOSED) Win a copy of Marian Keyes’ baking book Saved by Cake

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Marian Keyes’ new baking book has the wit we expect from her chick lit with creative recipes as gorgeous as the Cath Kidston fabrics in the pictures. Watch out Rachel Allen – there’s a new Irish baker in town!

Does cake make you happy? I’ve certainly noticed peoples eyes’ light up when I tell them what I do, the discussion of home made cakes, cookies and biscuits would appear to be a universally accepted topic of conversation akin to the weather or X Factor.

Now Marian Keyes you may be more familiar with as the writer of chunky page turning novels like Sushi for Beginners and Rachel’s Holiday. If you’ve read her autobiographical short writings in Under the Duvet, you’ll also know that she’s a lady who’s met a few demons in her life.

Saved by Cake is a treatise to baking yourself happier with whisks and spatulas and the warm glow from the oven. Whilst no-one is claiming any scientific evidence for baking conquering mental illness, focussing on a short term creative project is a kind of therapy most of us can relate to.

This is a stunningly pretty book featuring 80 baking recipes. Chapters include classics, cupcakes, pastry, chocolate, meringue and macaroons all introduced in Marian’s familiar chatty style. Expertly styled, stamped with personality graphics and stuffed with recipes like Fridge Set Honeycomb Cheesecake, Slightly Sinister Star Anise Cupcakes (!) and Puff Pastry Pineapple “Tarte Tatin”.

Marian’s publisher has been kind enough to let me share with you one of her divine cheesecake recipes which I will share with you in the next week along with a more detailed review.

Giveaway #41: Win a copy of Marian Keyes’ baking book Saved by Cake

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Sarah Trivuncic is the author of Bake Me I'm Yours... Sweet Bitesize Bakes and began writing Maison Cupcake in 2009, yes that long ago. Connect with her on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.

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Comments

  1. Nelly says

    I think all cake cheers me up, something which someone has obviously put a lot of thought into, not necessarily the prettiest but the most thoughtful.

    Or the ones I make myself, nothing cheers me up like a few hours in the kitchen and the look on peoples faces when I give them cake!

  2. Karen says

    I LOVE baking, it makes me feel at one with the world: hot Aga, free-range eggs, flour and creamy butter…..pot of coffee and my music…..nobody around,and then the smiles on my friend’s and family’s faces when they sample my cakey efforts! LOVE it!
    Karen

  3. Tracy Nixon says

    A Fondant Fancy (or a ‘dimple’ as we used to say when we were little!) The pink and yellow are my favourite and you can even buy a HUGE Fondant Fancy celebration cake now wooooo!

  7. Corina says

    It’s got to be my mum’s chocolate cake if someone else is making it for me. Otherwise, making any new cake successfully for the first time gives me a boost.

  8. Anschel G says

    Black Forest Gateau/Cake or a nice moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting.

  18. Meritxell says

    the cake that cheers me up is any lemon sponge or a lemon mousse that makes my tastebuds go nuts!!!! 😛

  20. Rachael Simmons says

    The gorgeous pastel cupcakes we tried (and are going to have) for our wedding!! 😀

  25. Tiff Jordan says

    For me it has to be lemony – drizzle, cupcakes, or- the best – lemon sponge with lemon curd and fresh cream mmmmmmm

  30. Cher Waite says

    Cheesecake – any topping is fine with me, ahhh the texture combined with the crumbly digestivey bit!

  31. Lynda Sanderson says

    Baking is a way to give and receive love / friendship / reasons to visit / reason to say thank you / make the house/ home smell fun and interesting /

    I love baking, experimenting with flavours, teaching my grandson, feel worthy,

    My favourite cake would be the one I’ve just made but I do love a tangy lemon

  34. lucy clark says

    I love baking when im feeling down it always seems to lift me – my favourite baking is when I do a nice big sponge cake (my personal favourite is coffee) My mum asked me to show her how i make mine the other day as hers come out like a pancake so we are going to have a day of baking together next time I get a day off – I cant wait!!

  53. Jay Scales says

    Got to be a lemon one – I make a victoria sponge, but substitute lemon juice and zest for the milk and vanilla, then fill with lemon curd and lemon buttercream. Yummy!

  57. Nina Crozier says

    A really nice gooey chocolate cake. The type your mum or grandma makes. Nothing better than a cuppa and a slice of that.

  80. Molly says

    Any flavour at all, but my favourite kind is when my friend secretly leaves me a cupcake on my desk to cheer me up!

  82. Lyndsey B says

    For me it has to be a coffee cake: no one seems to like coffee cake, so I dont buy or make it too often, otherwise Id eat it all myself! I seldom see it for sale either, so I dont buy it too often either, however, when I do see it for sale, I love to buy it and cheer myself up with the rare treat!

  92. Joanna says

    Polish home-made chocolate cake (made with real cocoa, not some ‘flavoured’ varieties!).
    Can I be cheeky and also say, baked cheesecake with blueberry coulis……

  109. Katy spence says

    Currently loving Madiera cake, I have just learnt how to bake AND ice a double layered..its cake crack!!

  110. Maya Russell says

    My mother makes the most delicious Sacher Torte with apricot jam and soaked in lots of alcohol!

  111. Danielle Vedmore says

    Would have to be home made vanilla cupcakes with american style frosting. Totally yummy! xoxo

  115. Sonia Mahon says

    The cake that most cheers me up is a Victoria Sponge Cake traditional but so lush!

  116. siobhan marie says

    has to be my grandmas hand made coffee cake! theres nobody who does it like her 🙂 yummy and a family tradition yay . use to love going when i was younger on a friday tea time knowing my piece was waiting <3

  122. Sarah Robertson says

    My Mums chocolate cake always cheers me up, as she only makes it for special occasions, so when that cake comes out you knows its a special time 🙂

  124. Patricia Avery says

    My Mum’s ‘rough cake’ recipe never fails to cheer me up when I make it. It is a poor man’s Christmas cake thought up by her when I was little and times were tough. I actually prefer it to the real thing.

  126. Karly Phillips says

    The dairy free chocolate butterfly cakes my sister makes me. My baby girl is milk protein intolerant so until shes weaned I’m dairy free and sometimes its so depressing, this special treat always cheers me up.

  130. Sarah Burke says

    I absolutely love cake, and just baking a beautiful cake is enough to cheer me up! Nothing is more spirit lifting though than a cake I make with a dark chocolate sponge and white chocolate ganache. Mmmmmmmm.

  149. fiona gray says

    I love a good coffee cake and because not many people like them there is always more for me 🙂

  156. Amy says

    All cake is amazing! But especially cupcakes, I adore them. Vanilla has to be the best, followed by a sweet cinnamon one, yum.

  164. linda curtis says

    i love lemon drizzle cake the stronger the lemon the better
    but i would never turn down cake

  174. Hayley Todd says

    The cake that can always be relied upon to cheer me up is chocolate cake with lots of whipped cream on the side

  188. kelly woolfrey says

    cupcakes of any type are my favourite cakes!! im so naughty when it comes down to cupcakes! best thing ever invented!!

  191. Ruth Longville says

    My favourite cake that cheers me up is a lovely homemade Fruit Scone with clotted cream and jam x

  192. cakephilosopher says

    Lardy cake most cheers me up – its something about the large fat content and huge amounts of sugar – plus it reminds me of summers with my great aunt x

  195. leanne says

    cupcakes lemon drizzle and i would like to have a go at a battenburg when i can afford to get a lovely tin to enable me to make it the best i can

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