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My Personalised Cookbook
A birthday cookbook open at a page of photos - a cake lit with candles, a chocolate cake and friends gathered round a table

For the 21st, 50th, 70th & beyond

The Lifetime of Recipes and Memories

Gather recipes from everyone who has shaped their life - a keepsake they'll cook from and treasure for years to come.

From AED 195 Rated 5 out of 5 by our customers 7-10 working days
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“Such a good service, arrived on time and it was very easy to create a beautiful book. We will treasure it for years to come. Such a good way to create something very sentimental and heartfelt that will actually be used and not simply get tucked away in a drawer. We enjoyed making it as much as my partner enjoyed receiving it.”

The review

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5 out of 5
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Milestone birthday present
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Why it makes the perfect gift

A milestone birthday - a 21st, 50th, 70th or beyond - deserves a gift that matches the occasion. A personalised cookbook gathers the recipes, stories and handwritten notes from everyone who matters, a professionally bound book that they'll reach for long after the party is over.

A gift as big as the milestone
Flowers fade and cards get recycled, but a cookbook brings everyone's memories together in one place that stays on the shelf for years to come.
Recipes with the stories behind them
Contributors can add not just the recipe but the memory that goes with it - the Sunday roast, the birthday cake, the dish they're famous for.
Ready to give, ready to treasure
Arrives as beautifully bound book, ready to gift.
An open milestone-birthday cookbook showing a Victoria sponge birthday cake recipe and photos of the family who sent it in

What goes inside

Ingredients

  • Recipes from family & friends
  • Personal notes & memories
  • Photos & family moments
  • A personal dedication page
  • Your chosen cover design
  • Printed index & section dividers

Method

  1. Gather the recipes. Add your own, or send one link so family and friends can add theirs. About five minutes each, and no account needed.
  2. Choose a cover and size. Every page is laid out for you, with chapters, a contents page and an index.
  3. Check every page, then approve. You see the whole book before anything goes to print.
  4. Printed and delivered. Bound professionally and delivered gift-ready, usually 7-10 working days after you approve it.
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Look inside Jackie Turns Sixty

Turn the pages of a sample. Yours can include your recipes, notes and photos, in a design you choose.

Front cover of Jackie Turns Sixty: photos of a rainbow layer cake, chocolate fudge cake and cupcakes - "Cakes, bakes and party food from the friends who love you"
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Front cover of Jackie Turns Sixty: photos of a rainbow layer cake, chocolate fudge cake and cupcakes - "Cakes, bakes and party food from the friends who love you"
Sixty candles, one big kitchen: a letter to Jackie from her friends, above a photo of pink sprinkle shortbread
Contents: The Cake Table and Party Food
Chapter opener: The Cake Table - candles optional, sprinkles compulsory
Rainbow Sprinkle Layer Cake, contributed by Mel, beside a photo of the cake
Rainbow Sprinkle Layer Cake method, with Mel's tip
Sea-Green Vanilla Cupcakes, contributed by Priya, beside a photo of the cupcakes
Sea-Green Vanilla Cupcakes method, with Priya's tip
Debbie's Chocolate Fudge Cake, with a photo of a slice
Debbie's Chocolate Fudge Cake ingredients and method
Pink Sprinkle Shortbread, contributed by Sandra
Chapter opener: Party Food - something to soak up the fizz
Tony's Rocket & Olive Pizzas, with a photo of a pizza
Tony's Rocket & Olive Pizzas ingredients and method, with Tony's tip
The Whitby Fizz, contributed by Carol
Back cover: Happy 60th, Jackie - with love from the girls, June 2026
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Cover design inspiration

A few directions a cover can take. Every book starts from a professionally designed template, and the colours, fonts and layout are all yours to change.

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When do you need it?

Put in the day you're giving it and we'll work back to the dates that matter.

Who is adding recipes?
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    Dates skip weekends but not bank holidays, and delivery times are estimates.

    Common questions

    What do you get someone who already has everything?

    Something nobody else can make. A personalised cookbook is built from the recipes and messages of the people who know them - it cannot be bought, only gathered.

    How long does a milestone birthday cookbook take?

    Work back from the date: most organisers give contributors 2-4 weeks, and printing and delivery take 7-10 working days once you approve the layout. About six weeks is comfortable; less is possible if people reply quickly.

    How do family and friends add their recipes?

    Everyone gets their own link. They add a recipe, a note about why it matters and optionally a photo - no account needed, and it takes about five minutes. You can also add recipes on behalf of anyone who would rather not.

    Can I include old handwritten recipe cards?

    Yes, and they are often the best pages in the book. Photograph the original card and it can sit alongside the typed-up version, so you get a recipe you can cook from and the handwriting of the person who wrote it.

    Give them a gift for the ages

    Takes minutes to set up · build it solo or invite contributors

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