Sea Salt Sweet: The Art of Using Salts for the Ultimate Dessert Experience

by Heather Baird

Make Your Desserts Even Sweeter-With Salt! Expert baker and blogger Heather Baird of Sprinklebakes shows novices and experts alike how to source, select and bake-and-sprinkle delicious treats.

If you've ever dipped pretzels in melted chocolate or sprinkled salt over a juicy melon slice, then you've discovered the magic alchemy in mixing saltiness with sweetness. The recipes in Sea Salt Sweet take it up a notch, combining these two great tastes in ways you've never imagined. Award-winning blogger and master baker Heather Baird teaches you how to use fine artisan salts - from Maldon Sea Salt and Red Hawaiian Salt, to Himalayan Black and French Grey Salt - to make mouthwatering desserts for any occasion. From sure-to-please classics like Chocolate Chunk Kettle Chip Cookies and Lemon Pie with Soda Cracker Crust, to more exotic choices like Black Sesame Cupcakes with Matcha Buttercream or Smoke & Stout Chocolate Torte, Sea Salt Sweet offers delectable "must-try" treats for the salty-sweet lover.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Nonfiction, Cooking

232 pages, Hardcover

First published October 6, 2015

About the author

Heather Baird is an accomplished painter and photographer whose works are in public and private collections across the United States, but her passion is creating eye-popping, mouthwatering desserts. She is a devoted practitioner of international confectionery technique who explores the outer limits of patisserie. She writes about her adventures in the world of creative dessert-making in her award-winning blog at sprinklebakes.com. Heather lives in Knoxville, TN, with her husband Mark and two mischievous pugs named Biscuit and Churro.

Reviews

[BluMoon Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm sure the actual recipes are great, but the book format being so small made it difficult to read and keep open, and even though that sounds petty I'm going to spend money on a baking book that's like 7 inches tall.

[Ietrio · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book takes a more unusual approach to desserts, which is quite pleasant.

[Lisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for food lovers and full of experiments

[Stella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful photographs. Intriguing flavor combinations. Hard to acquire all the different kinds of salt used, though.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written-book with some nice pictures. The recipes sound good.

[Dayna · Rating 2 out of 5]

The cover really drew me in, but I really didn't find anything that I wanted to make.

[TKD · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute homey whimsical writing, recipes not as approachable

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very interesting bake book. I've never seen one just for salty sweets so when I did, I just had to check it out. There plenty of tasty sounding recipes in the pages of this book that I am eager to try. This book shows how to make salty sweets that go beyond salted caramel.
The best part about this book us the very beginning when the author talks about different types of salt and how to use them. It really helps you understand how to incorporate specialty salts into your sweets.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love salty and sweet treats, so I was excited to check out this cookbook. But, I wasn't overly impressed with it. I liked the beginning where she talked about different types of salt and how best to use them in baking. But there weren't many recipes I wanted to try. Not impressed overall.

[Roopa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a much more sophisticated book than her previous book, with relatively polarizing recipes. As usual, they are gorgeous and impressive, but less immediately appealing to the average person.

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

This booked looked so yummy but I couldn't really look at because I just started a diet. Definitely saving this book for later :)

[Fran · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a gorgeous book. The pictures are drool-worthy and the recipes sound tempting and original.