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Author: 4Gifts4Lisa, Location: CA PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:33 am    Post subject: Martha's recipes...is it just me...
Seriously, is it just me or do the recipes suck? That is pretty harsh, I guess. So far, every recipe I have tried from her books sucks...either too dry or no flavor, etc. I did have luck with one, but I ignored the instructions and added to it, so that doesn't really count, does it?

I guess I just need to finally get Rose's Cake Bible and be done with it. I think it may be the ONLY book I DON'T own...
Author: rvercher23,  PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:38 am    Post subject:
You are not alone....I tried Marthas Red Velvet Cake.....It was horrible. I did everything right, I didnt add or anything. It was the nastiest cake I had ever tasted. That is the only recipe I have tried. Dont know about any of the other ones.
Author: dahir,  PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:41 am    Post subject:
I have tried several of her cookies recipes. None of them were any good.

Tracy
Author: Narie, Location: Northern Indiana PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:00 am    Post subject:
I"ve only tried one cookie recipe. It was ok. The recipe worked, and the cookies were acceptable but not worth making again.
Author: CbyA, Location: New Mexico PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:09 am    Post subject:
What about her new "cupcake" book? it is worth it? Has any of you had tried any recipe?
Author: 4Gifts4Lisa, Location: CA PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:47 am    Post subject:
CbyA wrote:
What about her new "cupcake" book? it is worth it? Has any of you had tried any recipe?


This is what prompted the post Very Happy I tried the brown sugar pound cake cupcakes. No flavor, and they were "light"...light is not bad for regular cupcakes, but I expected denser for a pound cake...
Author: miss_sweetstory, Location: Cambridgeshire, England PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:49 pm    Post subject:
I have subscribed to Martha Stewart Living from day 1. In all those years, I have had exactly ONE recipe work out (and be worth making again). It is a Chocolate Chip Cookie Tart from six or seven years ago. The others have all be mediocre; and a few have been spectacular failures. I still can't get over the Boston Cream Pie nightmare, and that had to have been fifteen years ago!

I finally learned my lesson. Now if something sounds good, I find another source for the actual recipe.
Author: playingwithsugar, Location: You and Me! PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:02 pm    Post subject:
I've heard this before, and honestly, I do not use her cake recipes.

But in her defense, her pate brisee (pie crust) recipe is the best and easiest I've ever used, and I use that recipe exclusively for all my pies, sweet or savory.

I also recommend her Swiss Meringue Buttercream for cupcakes recipe to anyone who wants to learn how to make it. The instructions are extremely clear, so much that a 12-year-old can make it successfully. I suggest the cupcake recipe because the instructions are easier than the regular smbc recipe, even though the ingredients are the same. I'm not crazy about the taste of hers, as I find it too sweet.

Theresa Smile
Author: 4Gifts4Lisa, Location: CA PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:33 pm    Post subject:
miss_sweetstory wrote:
I have subscribed to Martha Stewart Living from day 1. In all those years, I have had exactly ONE recipe work out (and be worth making again). It is a Chocolate Chip Cookie Tart from six or seven years ago. The others have all be mediocre; and a few have been spectacular failures. I still can't get over the Boston Cream Pie nightmare, and that had to have been fifteen years ago!

I finally learned my lesson. Now if something sounds good, I find another source for the actual recipe.


OMG I have that recipe torn out, and I use it too!!!
Author: iownajane,  PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:42 pm    Post subject: Martha...
I've been subscribing off and on since 2004....I love the ideas...usually change the recipes..love the pictures......but I agree...a lot of the stuff doesn't taste "right"...cake or otherwise...
Author: costumeczar, Location: Henrico VA PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:53 pm    Post subject:
She has a reputation for having recipes that don't work very well. I remember that some magazine had a bunch of professional pastry chefs make a variety of recipes from different authors, and NONE of them could get her recipes to work.

She apparently doesn't have a very good recipe-testing staff. You think she'd have a test kitchen, but maybe she doesn't.
Author: CbyA, Location: New Mexico PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:36 pm    Post subject:
Oh well! I saw the cupcakes book yesterday at Sam's for 13.72 and I got it and after few minutes I put it back! lol There is another post here on CC about the book but I can't find it. I did few cake recipes but like you said, there are not good, I also thought it was me! mmmm I don't think so to buy the book...
Author: Price, Location: Maryland PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:50 pm    Post subject:
I made the Red Velvet from her "Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes" book and thought it turned out pretty good. I haven't tried any of the other recipes.
Author: Pebbles1727,  PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:14 pm    Post subject:
I have the cupcake book, and tried chocolate pb swirl cupcakes Sunday, and they were quite well received by a big crowd of people. My husband said that they were even better the second day. I also tried her strawberry shortcake cookies from last issue, and they were awesome, I could not stop eating them! But that's the extent of my experience with her recipes.
Author: matthewkyrankelly,  PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:30 pm    Post subject:
There's a cookie called mom's cookie or mother's cookie. Crean cheese and butter with flour worked like a puff pastry. Cut and brushed with egg white and sprinkled with sugar. When it bakes, it puffs like a pastry, but retains it's cut shape. All of the sweetness is from the sprinkled on sugar. Delicate. Elegant and delicious. But that's my only experience.

I have had my eye on that salty caramel cake from a guest bakery on the show . Anyone try that one?
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