Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe : A Novel with Recipes

from susan0316

This was a sweet little chik-lit book with the extra bonus of lots of recipes thrown in. Issy has lost her job and her boyfriend and is struggling to decide what to do with her life. Her beloved grandfather who had raised her had been a baker and had taught her to bake at a young age. So so decid...

from readingwithtea

"Life was always easier, reflected Issy, when you were carrying a large Tupperware full of cakes. Everyone was happy to see you then." Dumped, made redundant, and caring for a grandfather slowly being swallowed by dementia, poor Issy resorts to her usual comfort food - cupcakes. She uses her redu...

from mrn945

Light and frothy, perfect for the summer or a head-cold (which is what I've been suffering from). Who else gets a head-cold in the middle of summer?? In any case, this was a fun novel, and it included a slew of really great sounding recipes! The novel is set in London, where a thirty-year-old wo...

from elliepotten

This is a sweet novel (in every sense) about Issy, a baker's granddaughter who sets out to find her niche in life when she's made redundant from her job and ditched by her boyfriend-slash-boss. As you may have guessed from the title, she takes the plunge and uses her family-bred talent to open a ...

from paperdust

There's a cupcafe cafe in my village, I always make effort to buy bread there rather than the big chains; I've dealt with ruthless property agents; I know people who've set up on their own. So the premise for Jenny Colgan's novel is very real to me. Weaving a little romance and family history int...