Buttercream Flowers For All Seasons by Valerie Valeriano and Christina Ong

This beautifully laid out book showcases the best of cake decorating with natural and real looking flowers ranging across a spectrum from fake sugar made Rose's to Dahlia's and even little leaf detailing and more.

Filled with tips on how to get the perfect shape flowers with step by step sentences accompanied by beautiful photographs of the author's work on their cake's which are marvelous creations.

The book is also filled with tips on how to get the perfect colour of icing and the best essential tools to try your hand at cake decorating too as well as a guide to baking and icing your cake too of course!

The girls truly captured their artistry within this book and is a kitchen essential for any keen baker or crafter in my opinion.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Baking With Kim-Joy by Kim-Joy

In this beautiful baking book Kim shows us some amazing creations of which my favourite is an Easter cake featuring a rabbit theme in pastel colours.

With easy to follow instructions and lists of ingredients we can get hold of easily to make each cake to bake too.

It's a delightful uplifting and inspiring fun read with beautiful bakes and photographs of each marvellous creation she has created!

The Little Bakery Of Hopes And Dreams by Kellie Hailes

Callan lives in his bakery with young daughter Mia as Christmas approaches, Josie find herself arriving at their bakery and applying for the job going as front of bakery assistant.

Abigail was Callan's wife who sadly passed away and left him to coepwith Mia and running the bakery, which it's obvious he's failing to manage as his bakes aren't up to much instead being hard and not the gorgeous delicacies his wife used to bake, which is where Josie comes in and changes things...

In a really sweet read Kellie has centred a whole story around a bakery that revives its Christmas spirit with renewed love and a new match made family thanks to Christmas spirit and magic. I loved the way the characters didn't fall for each other straight away but slowly and then suddenly especially little Mia as she comes to love and accepting Josie being around. I also love that Josie was the main characters name as my auntie Josie would've loved this book of she was here still and being nearly a year on since losing her, I encourage anyone who loves Christmas as much as she did to definitely give this book a read, it was quick and eventful but leaves you feeling happy and content with the story you've devoured and the sweet Christmas bakes you had too!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Frosting And Friendship by Lisa Schroeder

In the final book in the trilogy of sweet treats, this time told from Sophies camp friend, Lily's perspective, we see how she takes on too much and struggles to cope.

From baking and hosting Sophie's birthday party to helping her band win and to play at their spring fling dance as well as become good enough at baking to fit in with their baking book club.

All about joining and trying new things as Lily tries to feel a proper part of the group and for in properly as each girl had a passion for either books or baking, but Lily feels a tag along friend as her baking isn't good at all! Final fun and joy in the final of the trilogy!

Sprinkles And Secrets by Lisa Schroeder

In the second of the trilogy, this time we continue the story from Sophie's perspective as we see how her aim for fame and acting threatens her friendship with Isabel after she wins a commercial call back for a rival to Isabel's mums cupcake shop.

We also see her battle jealousy over Isabel's success with her cupcakes and how she discovers boys can be friends with girls too after making a new buddy during all the chaos in her life! Showing how friendship can survive anything and supporting each other is best this celebrates friendship and passion for our hobbies at it's best!

It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder

In this book, her parents opening up a cupcake shop leads Isabelle to discover she wants to travel and see more than just of their rainy town. When a competition to win a trip to New York and a part in a baking competition arises she sets to working on getting there.

Sophie best friend however is also entering the competition so can their friendship survive the test?

A sweet fun read as a girl follows her mum's footsteps as they set about baking up a cupcake storm. Her best friend is ambitious by nature while laid back Isabelle just goes with the chaos her mum's new shop brings to their lives and sure there's hard times but good too and I loved this book!

The Secret Cooking Club by Laurel Remington

In this book we meet Scarlett, living with her little sister Kelsie and her embarrassing blogger mum who thinks it's ok to share all the details about her eldest daughter online even though she can't see how it's ruining her daughter's life as she ditches her friends and clubs after school to be more plain and less blogable.

So when she stumbles across next doors kitchen when her neighbour goes into hospital and finds a recipe book, she can't resist trying out some baking, only for school new girl Violet to join her.

As the pair start baking together they leave samples at their school for people to trying keeping themselves anonymous and the mystery growing, only soon enough Mrs Simpson returns from hospital and has to battle with Emory, her nephew to stay in her home as he believes her incapable of being alone.

There's new friends, possible boyfriends, fires, kind neighbour's and tons of cooking and baking in this cool book, if you like Coco Simon's baking series books, you'll love this too! The girls become a group and have their fun in a productive way each finding friendship and gaining a new skill whilst enjoying it.

It was a light and fun read that was addictive and can easily be devoured in one sitting!