Sprinkles! by Jackie Alpers

Here at Chaat! we’d like to consider ourselves quite the spice connoisseurs. We regularly deal with all things Asian inspired and spice infused, meaning that it’s quite rare we get our hands on something sweet. When Sprinkles! entered the office we literally couldn’t wait to get home and try out some of the recipes printed on these colourful pages.

The book itself is extremely aesthetically pleasing, full of colours and glossy pictures of cakes which set your mouth watering with just one look. Jackie Alpers claims in her introduction that “sprinkles are all about delight”, and delight is exactly what this book can bring. Be it baking for a girly night in, a Sunday afternoon with the kids or quite simply for your own pleasure, indulging in some serious baking with a Sprinkles! recipe is guaranteed to brighten up your day. From the more simplistic ‘fairy bread sandwiches’  style treats, to the gorgeous ‘meringue kisses’ which would be perfect to serve at dinner parties, Jackie Alpers has provided a colourful recipe for all manner of occasions.

As soon as we received the book we knew we wanted to try our hand at the amazing rainbow layer cake pictures on the cover, but we insisted on examining every page and every recipe, before finally deciding that it was in fact the rainbow layer cake we were going to attempt – of course. Though the result wasn’t quite as beautiful as the featured image, the recipe was extremely easy to follow and the cake tasted great!

Sprinkles! comes highly recommended to bakers of all levels of expertise; those looking for fun or professional purposes, and anyone who want to add a bit of fun to their baking.