diff --git a/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceTests.java b/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceTests.java
index c07b3f3..7f7f7af 100644
--- a/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceTests.java
+++ b/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeServiceTests.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe;
 
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.PostgresTestsExtension;
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.Image;
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.ImageException;
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.ImageService;
+import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.image.spec.ImageCreateSpec;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.spec.RecipeCreateSpec;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.spec.RecipeUpdateSpec;
 import app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.star.RecipeStar;
@@ -17,13 +21,16 @@ import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Slice;
 import org.springframework.security.access.AccessDeniedException;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static app.mealsmadeeasy.api.recipe.ContainsRecipesMatcher.containsRecipes;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 
 // TODO: test mainImage included
 // TODO: test prep/cooking/total times included
@@ -40,6 +47,9 @@ public class RecipeServiceTests {
     @Autowired
     private UserRepository userRepository;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private ImageService imageService;
+
     private User seedUser() {
         final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
         final User draft = User.getDefaultDraft();
@@ -49,6 +59,24 @@ public class RecipeServiceTests {
         return this.userRepository.save(draft);
     }
 
+    private Image seedImage(User owner) throws ImageException, IOException {
+        final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        final ImageCreateSpec spec = ImageCreateSpec
+                .builder()
+                .alt("Test alt")
+                .caption("Test caption")
+                .isPublic(true)
+                .build();
+        final InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/HAL9000.svg");
+        return this.imageService.create(
+                owner,
+                uuid + ".svg",
+                inputStream,
+                27881L,
+                spec
+        );
+    }
+
     private Recipe createTestRecipe(@Nullable User owner) {
         return this.createTestRecipe(owner, false);
     }
@@ -75,6 +103,33 @@ public class RecipeServiceTests {
         assertThat(recipe.getRawText(), is("Hello!"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreate_allFieldsTransferredFromSpec() throws Exception {
+        final User owner = this.seedUser();
+        final Image image = this.seedImage(owner);
+        final RecipeCreateSpec spec = RecipeCreateSpec.builder()
+                .title("Recipe Title")
+                .slug("recipe-slug")
+                .preparationTime(15)
+                .cookingTime(30)
+                .totalTime(45)
+                .rawText("# Hello Recipe")
+                .isPublic(true)
+                .mainImage(image)
+                .build();
+        final Recipe recipe = this.recipeService.create(owner, spec, false);
+        assertThat(recipe.getId(), is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(recipe.getTitle(), is("Recipe Title"));
+        assertThat(recipe.getSlug(), is("recipe-slug"));
+        assertThat(recipe.getPreparationTime(), is(15));
+        assertThat(recipe.getCookingTime(), is(30));
+        assertThat(recipe.getTotalTime(), is(45));
+        assertThat(recipe.getRawText(), is("# Hello Recipe"));
+        assertThat(recipe.getMainImage(), is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(recipe.getMainImage().getId(), is(image.getId()));
+        assertThat(recipe.getIsPublic(), is(true));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void getByIdPublicNoViewerDoesNotThrow() {
         final User owner = this.seedUser();