Sweet Envy: Deceptively Easy Desserts, Designed to Steal the Show by Seton Rossini was released last Fall and somehow fell through the cracks. I’m not sure why it did because it is a really beautiful book with recipes and information designed to turn desserts into impressive show pieces.
Andrew saw the book on the table yesterday morning and has staked claim to the cover cake – Coconut Bliss Cake (recipe courtesy of Countryman Press and can be downloaded at the link) – for his birthday this year. For snacks, again for his birthday, he requested the Take-A-Break Bar. I’m sure more will be added to his list. We have a necessary visit to the laboratory next week – so I will be making the bars for a treat and will update the post with my photos and thoughts.
Sweet Envy is more than a baking book — while it shares unique and tasty baked goods — more importantly it offers tips to elevate your presentation with design and speciality flourishes. The chapter entitled “Show Off” contains instructions for Sugar Cookie Gift Tags, Leaf Place Card Holders and more to enhance your entertaining.
Breakfast Kebabs, Berry Honey Butter, Honeybee Cheesecake Bites (with spun sugar hives) and a Pollock S’Mores Pie are other unique examples from this interesting book. Take a look at some of the gorgeous photos on Seton’s website. Any baker would love adding this book to their collection – it’s a true inspiration.
Update: I want to add a copy of Sweet, Savory* Cupcakes and Sometimes Boozy to this giveaway. I received a copy from Countryman and realized that I had ordered it for myself a while back. This is a gorgeous book filled with wonderful flavor combinations, fillings and toppings. Particularly love the whole “sweet and savory” aspect in a baking book. Pink Champagne, Mimosa Cheesecake and Orange Chardonnay are examples of cupcakes. Cherry Rum Apple Fritter Topping, and Coffee Liqueur Mascarpone Frosting are other examples. I’m going to try the Coffee Liqueur Mascarpone Frosting on cupcakes I’m making for a dinner on Saturday. It sounds incredible.
Random Number Generator picked #82 Barbara Taragna.
GIVEAWAY: Countryman Press was gracious enough to send me two copies of this book – one for my review and one for you. To enter the giveaway leave a comment on this post (you may enter daily). A random winner will be chosen on June 20th. The giveaway is open to U.S. addresses only. Good luck.
That cake looks lovely. The breakfast kebobs sound interesting.
What a beautiful cover! Good luck at the doctor appointment!
What a good-looking cake! Happy weekend to everyone!
Looks like a great cookbook! And June 20th is my anniversary. 😉
I really need help with presentation of my food. Maybe if I make one of these desserts and place it in the middle of the table as a centerpiece no one will notice my rustic plating technique!!
Andrew is correct! That cake looks awesome.
I must have missed this cookbook as well. The cover of the book is amazing!
Looks lovely!
Yum!
Double Yum, the cake on the cover looks awesome, always giggle when I see frosting dripping, years ago that would be a big no-no!!!
That’s my kind of cookbook
Having just read these words in a novel “I have often found indulging in sweets helpful to the exercise of rational cogitation”. I can’t imagine a more perfect book to put them into practice.
A very nice review of what looks like a wonderful cookbook.
Lovely cover, that cake looks scrumptious!
I’m with Andrew, that cake looks amazing 🙂
Gorgeous cover photo!
The cheesecake bites sound intriguing.
The cover picture looks like my favorite birthday cake from my childhood.
This book looks wonderful!
Honeybee cheesecake bites!? Nice! Great post!! Love the cover cake!!
My daughter’s birthday is in July and she loves coconut. Too bad I can’t bake this and mail it to California for the big day. Cookies will have to do.
looks lovely and delicious .
That cake looks so delicious!
My very favorite mix, coconut and chocolate!
This sounds like a wonderful book.
Since tomorrow is my birthday and it will mostly be ignored unless I make my own birthday cake, put up decorations…etc. I’ll just hope to win the book for all the other June birthdays coming up.
Would love this book!!
This book looks fantastic. Hope I win!!!
The photos on Seton’s website look amazing, especially the lemon tart. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one 🙂
This book looks delicious!
I need recipes for two or three since there is just hub and me now. I tend to eat one bite and he finishes the rest..not a good idea with a huge cake!
I’m drooling just looking at the cover of this awesome book!
Such a pretty looking book!
How can you not want to try “Coconut Bliss”? This looks like a delightful and useful book that I’d love to add to my collection!
Love baking and have a large collection of dessert books – not sure how I missed this one and would love to add it to my collection!
My kind of book!
I would love to win this, thank you for the chance!
Thank you for all of your hard work.
Did someone say lemon tart? Be still my heart.
Looks like my next dessert item
Looks gorgeous. I never say no to more cake.
sweets are my soul mates lol
I’d be happy to try any recipe from this book. Thanks for the chance.
Hoping to win!
Just another entry today! 🙂
I need to add this book to my collection!
Beautiful Cake!
Coconut bliss? Ok, count me in.
And thanks for the wonderful blog and chances to win amazing books!
No dieting in my near future, desserts are far too fabulous 🙂
“Sweet” is my middle name. I’d love this!
What a wonderful looking book! Yum!
Happy Monday! Entering once again!
Second entry
Would love that book~
The picture on the cover looks outrageous !
Love desserts and there is no way to have too many dessert cookbooks! Thanks!!
Lois so beautiful!
Eat dessert first.
Honeybee Cheesecake Bites looks and sounds yummy !! Love the cute bees 🙂
Entering again 🙂
Hope everyone is having a happy Monday.
Sounds like a great book for any baking addict!
Would love to see what’s on the inside.
Here’s another hopeful entry.
Entering agai
Fingers and toes crossed!
Have a dessert filled day.
I need this book !
My new daughter-in-law just made an awesome chocolate raspberry trifle. Yummy.
Way to sweeten the pot with another beautiful book.
That frosting sounds decadent!
I’m ready to start baking!
More greatness!
Deliciousness
I love dessert!
The notion of a collection of sweet and savory cupcake recipes appeals to me.
Adding those to my collection would be awesome!
Sweet, Savory Cupcakes and Sometimes Boozy looks amazing too!
I would love to win!
Dessert is still my favorite course. I always have room.
Hope to win!
Very curious about the boozy cupcakes 🙂
I would love a copy of this cookbook
Oh yum yum. Did I say yum?!
YUM!
Great books to win!
The cover photo is gorgeous!
I would love to have it.
I want that cake on the cover !
I would love to win this giveaway!
My daily comment 🙂
It’d be wonderful to win the cookbook(s)! Hope I get lucky 🙂
Happy Monday! Great books to win!
Thank you for the giveaway !
Here I am again!
Of course I would love to win it. Did someone say coconut cake?
I am a pie person but those boozy cupcakes and coconut cake sound tempting!
That cake on the cover still looks delicious !
What a gorgeous looking cover. I can almost smell it from here!
Looks yummy!
Yay another day another entry!
Just looking at the cover inspires me to go bake something!
The books looks very good. Would love to own it.
I want to make a cake like the one on the cover. It’s irresistible.
Gosh, that cake picture keeps making me drool!
Just another daily entry! Would love to try the cake on the cover!
Thanks for the great giveaway…A friend at work has made the Coconut Bliss cake and it’s got great flavor!
Fabulous looking book
Now this giveaway offers double the goodness!
I would be thrilled to win this book!
Those recipes sound incredible!!
Would love to win this cookbook!
would love to win!
Happy baking!
It’s Friday! Here is my entry!
I need this book!
Would love to win this to share with one of my nephews. He is a dessert junkie and LOVES chocolate…also has a thing for fondant.
Both books look tempting…both to own and cook from and tempting to eat many of the recipes!!
I’m crossing my fingers again!
Glad it’s the weekend! Hope to do some baking!
Would love to win this book
Looks so good!
Thanks for another great giveaway!
Woo hoo
That chicken looks so good!
Last day for an entry!
Daily entry! 🙂
I would love to win! (And my comment from 2 days ago obviously was me on a brain fart talking about chicken!)
This entry is the last one before you pick the winner.
One final entry, I would luv this book.
Pick me!
A final try for this beauty
Mimosa cheesecake cupcakes?! Oh my, that sounds great.
Would love these books 🙂
yep, I am a baker as well!! 🙂