Sugar and Spice: Discover sensually sweet recipes with an exotic twist of spices. Spices are often the loud, cheeky, exuberant element in food. However, when combined with sugar, they exude a delicate fragrance and a sensual warmth. In this cookbook, Eleanor Ford celebrates the love story between sugar and spices with over 80 seductive dessert and baking recipes. A hint of woody-sweet cinnamon elevates a simple pastry, a pinch of cardamom adds a certain flair to poached plums, nutmeg breaks through the sweet creaminess of a pudding, and a touch of heat transforms a brownie into a wonder in the mouth. Additionally, the cookbook provides insights into the cultural history and origins of sugar, as well as the aromatic composition of spices – a whole world full of surprising nuances and inviting new flavors.

Fragrant, intoxicating, exotic: 80 sweet dessert and baking recipes. At the beginning of the book, we dive into the world of spices. Alongside historical facts about the spread and origins of spices, there is interesting information about their aromas and flavor profiles, their processing, and their interplay with other ingredients. Organized by flavor profiles, the book features recipes for desserts, puddings, creams and ice creams, cookies and pastries, cakes, and tarts. The flavor-intensive recipes can be spicy and warming, nutty and earthy, bright and zesty, floral and fragrant, or sharp and exciting. Each recipe also includes tips for swapping spices, allowing for creative freedom.

These and many more sweet and aromatic recipes await you: An Ode to Cardamom: Perfumed Fried Figs; Maple-Cardamom Ice Cream with Crunchy Chocolate; Cherry Cake with Cardamom and Marzipan. Sweet and warming: Spice Crumble with Blueberries; Apple Pudding with Allspice; Basque Cheesecake.