Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make

Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make | Alan Richardson, Karen Tack | LOVE IT!

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	Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make Alan Richardson, Karen Tack Houghton Mifflin, 2008 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Witty, one-of-a-kind imaginative cupcake designs using candies from the local convenience store.

America's favorite food photography team, responsible for the covers of America's top magazines, shows how to create funny, scary, and sophisticated masterpieces, using a zipper lock bag and common candies and snack items.With these easy-to-follow techniques, even the most kitchen-challenged cooks can

• raise a big-top circus cupcake tier for a kid's birthday
• plant candy vegetables on Oreo earth cupcakes for a garden party
• trot out a line of confectionery "pupcakes" for a dog fancier
• serve sausage and pepperoni pizza cupcakes for April Fool's Day
• bewitch trick-or-treaters with chilly ghost chocolate cupcakes
• create holidays on icing with turkey cupcake place cards, a white cupcake Christmas wreath, and Easter egg cupcakes

No baking skills or fancy pastry equipment is required. Spotting the familiar items in the hundreds of brilliant photos is at least half the fun.

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Do I Really Need Another Cupcake Book? Yes!!

When I saw this book featured on the Martha Stewart show, I thought, "Do I really need another baking book? I have so many..." I decided to get it anyway, thinking I could always pass it along to someone else if I was not fond of it. Well, I am SO GLAD I made this purchase! The book is beautiful- and I really mean that- the book itself is beautiful, large in size, softcover, with huge color photos and great instructional pages. The recipes are really not that complex (they vary from very detailed to very simple, even though they look challenging at first glance). The author teaches you how to make a variety of adorable cupcakes, and they don't all have to be used for kid parties - there are some showstoppers in there for weddings, party favors, barbeques, holidays, and more. My favorites are the garden patch, the "April Fool's" cupcakes, the alligator, and the pandas. The book is not full of cupcake recipes - it is more of a cupcake design book, as it shows you how to create these fabulous cakes. At the end of the book there is an actual baking recipe section, and I LOVE how the author has two kinds of recipes- simple, quick cupcakes you can make with boxed mixes, and then another section of "from scratch" cupcake recipes. Even if you never make a single cupcake from this book, it is STILL worth purchasing for its sheer beauty. It is fun to flip through the pages and look at the adorable creations and see how they were put together. I LOVE this book. If you are STILL saying you don't need another baking book, do what I did and throw out one old cookbook so that there is room on the shelf for this baby.

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LOVE IT!

I just received this book (in 2 days I might add!) and I love it...however, I have not tried any recipes. The pictures are adorable and all of the instructions are VERY easy. The only teeny complaint that I have is that I wish she provided tip sizes for those of us who do have cake decorating equipment (i just dont think i could use a ziploc after years of pastry bags..there IS a difference :) thanks for a great book!!!

Irresistable Playful Creations I can Make!

This book is so enjoyable to simply browse thru. Simply Adorable!!!

Each recipe has precise instructions with beautiful photographs to guide a home baker to produce brilliant results. It is jammed packed with delightful & original & very creative ideas that will appeal to all ages.

I plan on gifting this to many family members & friends. I know they'll love it too.

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Best Cupcake book out there!

I probably own about 20+ decorating books and this is my favorite one. This is the best cupcake book out there by a mile. I used to work at a bakery and am always baking up cupcakes for people out of my home. The ideas presented here are simple yet stunning. The instructions are fantastic and there are loads of full color pictures. I have been a fan of Karen's work through Family Fun and other magazines and this book definitely does not disappoint. Thanks Karen for sharing your fabulous ideas!!!

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