Monday, 8 August 2016

Book Review: Tanya Bakes


When I saw that Tanya Burr was bringing out a new baking book I knew that I had to have it. I own Love Tanya and my favourite part of the book was the recipe section and the cookies are amazing. I first discovered Tanya Burr years ago when she had a lot less subscribers by searching for ‘Norwich Vloggers’ on YouTube. I used to see her around the city and no one battered an eyelid back then! Being from Norwich, I love watching vlogs based in my hometown. If I’m completely honest, I haven’t really kept up with or watched Tanya much since as her lifestyle became less relatable to mine but I still continue to support her in all she does. 


I pre-ordered the book Tanya Bakes when it first came out and managed to get hold of an exclusive signed copy before they all sold out which I was very pleased about as it didn’t cost any extra to order this copy and I didn’t even know I had ordered this one until after I received the confirmation. Amazon dispatched this on the day of release and I received it the next day.


The book is filled with delicious sweet recipes and none of them healthy which is exactly what I wanted it to be. The photography is amazing, almost mouth-watering. There is everything from cookies to cakes to tray bakes. I decided to try a couple of recipes out myself to see how easy they were to follow. The first recipe I tried was the Smarties Flapjacks. The recipe was indeed easy to follow and turned out exactly as I expected it to. The great thing about these recipes is they suit any budget. I was able to buy the basic range oats and butter and the recipe still turned out delicious but didn’t cost a lot to make.


The second recipe I tried was the Salted Chocolate Tart. One word.. Heaven. Again, I made this with budget ingredients. The bourbon biscuit base was made using Sainsbury’s 30p biscuits and it tasted absolutely divine. The creamy rich filling was sharp and the salt gave it that edge to take the sweetness off. We served it with cream and raspberries and everyone who tried it said it was delicious. It was so easy to make too and took no time at all. There are so many more recipes I want to try and I have already page-marked half the book!




For the full recipes you will need to order yourself a copy of Tanya Bakes! Have you got this book – what is your favourite recipe?


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Saturday, 14 February 2015

Love, Tanya - Tanya Burr Cookies

I recently went cookbook shopping when I spotted Tanya Burr's new book Love, Tanya half price in WHSmith. Upon reading other reviews, it seemed I might be a little bit above the target age range but I decided to flick through.

I really liked the layout of the book and it seemed like a nice book to read. The cover is very similar to the last book I reviewed by Gayle Forman don't you think?


Tanya is from Norwich, as am I and I actually remember the days when I would see her and Jim vlogging around Norwich before and she has done amazingly well in the past few years to build up her brand.


I love that there are so many different chapters in this book ranging from Tanya's favourite products, top tips and bits about her life. My favourite section has to be the baking section and as soon as I got to this part, I raided the house for baking ingredients and low and behold we had enough to make the milk and white chocolate cookies.


There are a lot of photos in the book and that's another thing I love about it. The pages are broken up nicely and there isn't walls and walls of text. The recipes were really easy to read through and follow and the photos of the finished products complimented them nicely.


I'm pretty sure the recipe said this makes 10, but I made my cookies extra chunky.


The cookies were absolutely amazing. They didn't even last the night! Tanya was right in saying to take these out even though they look like they need longer. I ate mine straight from the oven and they were crisp on the outside and gooey on the inside. Perfect!


Overall I really like this book, the design is nice and it's very interesting to read especially as Tanya is from my hometown. I almost feel a sense of pride! It's the type of book you can pick up and open at any page and find something interesting to read. It's also a nice book to read with a cup of tea snuggled up in bed.

Tanya has done a video on how to bake these cookies which you can find here if you wish to make these yourself. 

Have you bought this book? What do you think?

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