Say it With Cupcakes

When there is a special occasion that needs to be celebrated, one of the purchases that usually go in the list would be a cake. Cakes can be had in all different shapes and sizes, flavors and designs. You can be almost hundred percent sure that you will see a cake as a centerpiece when you walk into a party.

But isn’t a cupcake simply a mini-version of a cake? Can’t we say with cupcakes what can be said with a cake? Having birthday or bar mitzvah cupcakes can turn out to be more convenient and unique. Whether you have the cupcakes all designed uniformly or keep each one different from the other, cupcakes can also steal the show the way a cake can.

Cupcakes come in a variety of sizes and flavors. Mini-cupcakes are particularly versatile because you can make them fit any shape you want. They can be placed in uniquely-shaped boxes and given as party favors.

Cupcakes for Different Occasions

On Valentine’s Day, you can place a bunch of mini-chocolate cupcakes in a heart-shaped box for a unique alternative to traditional chocolates. You can also earn a lot of brownie points if you bake the cupcakes yourself.

In the same way, you can give out unique Christmas souvenirs to your neighbors by sending out mini-cupcakes frosted in red and green, and placed inside a box shaped like a Christmas tree, a candy cane or a snow man.

For birthdays, instead of having a cake with ‘Happy Birthday’ piped on top, you can spell ‘Happy Birthday’ using mini-cupcakes. You can also have regular-sized cupcakes in the same number as the celebrator’s age, and have a candle on each one. The birthday celebrator can then blow out all the candles from the cupcakes!

How to Present Cupcakes

Centerpieces can be more interesting if they are made out of cupcakes. They can be arranged in tiers and piped in all different colors, lending a festive feel to any party. If the party has a color motif, the cupcakes can be jazzed up in the same colors as the motif, or in the same color palette.

With cupcakes, you do not need to limit yourself to having the cake in the center of the buffet. You can have a small cupcake tier or basket on each table. No need to slice anything, you can be sure that all your guests will be able to take a piece.

The good thing with cupcakes is that you can have them made in a variety of different flavors. You can have a luau and have cupcakes made out of different kinds of tropical fruits. You can also keep them simple by having them all in one flavor, such as chocolate.

You can choose to have the flavors baked directly into the cupcake, such as fresh blueberry and strawberry cupcakes, or to have a simple butter cupcake but frosted with different kinds of flavors. Still, you can have a simple cupcake and frosting, but vary the flavors by placing different fresh toppings on each one.

When you opt for cupcakes instead of one large cake, the possibilities are endless! Only your imagination can set the limit.

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Cupcakes Birthday Book $1.99 Ryland Peters and Small,Other Format, English-language edition,Pub by Ryland Peters & Small

Cupcakes For Cristina! $9.99 Little Cristina is about to turn two; and is about to experience an exciting afternoon with her Mommy and Daddy.They have so much fun together, laughing and making the biggest messes.Cristina feels like such a big girl helping in the kitchen, preparing for her birthday!

Death by Chocolate Cakes: An Astonishing Array of Chocolate Enchantments $16.99 For the chocolate lover, there is nothing like biting into a rich, dark slice of chocolate cake. More than a mouthful of something wonderful, it’s a chocolate celebration. And nobody knows how to celebrate chocolate cakes better than the “guru of ganache,” chef Marcel Desaulniers.In Death by Chocolate Cakes, Marcel serves up some of his most inventive, most sinful, most seductive chocolate creations ever. His Chocolate Heart of Darkness cakes are the ultimate cupcakes. The secret—a melted chocolate truffle center. For an unforgettable birthday cake, serve the one he created for Julia Child: a ganache-covered chocolate almond cake with red raspberry mousse.Have the desire for something that towers over ordinary chocolate desserts? Look up Excessively Expressive Espresso Ecstasy or Chocolate Strawberry Teardrop Cake. These are exactly the things when “over the top” is what you want. And for an elegant taste of Paris, try Marcel’s Chocolate Pistachio Madeleines.When you just can’t wait for that chocolate fix, Marcel has plenty of quick-and-easy recipes, some of which come from Marcel’s mom’s circle of chocolate-lover friends. Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and dig into Margie’s Golden Raisin Heavy Fudge Cake, Virginia’s Cocoa Pound Cake with Warm Buttered Brandy Berries, or Mimi Montano’s Chocolate Zucchini Cake. As a bonus, there is a collection of ice creams, sauces, beverages, and other delectables that are the perfect partners to Marcel’s creations and an informative section on equipment, ingredients, and techniques.Death by Chocolate Cakes truly takes the cake and then takes it to where it’s never been before.

Death by Chocolate Cakes: An Astonishing Array of Chocolate Enchantments $1.99 For the chocolate lover, there is nothing like biting into a rich, dark slice of chocolate cake. More than a mouthful of something wonderful, it’s a chocolate celebration. And nobody knows how to celebrate chocolate cakes better than the “guru of ganache,” chef Marcel Desaulniers.In Death by Chocolate Cakes, Marcel serves up some of his most inventive, most sinful, most seductive chocolate creations ever. His Chocolate Heart of Darkness cakes are the ultimate cupcakes. The secret—a melted chocolate truffle center. For an unforgettable birthday cake, serve the one he created for Julia Child: a ganache-covered chocolate almond cake with red raspberry mousse.Have the desire for something that towers over ordinary chocolate desserts? Look up Excessively Expressive Espresso Ecstasy or Chocolate Strawberry Teardrop Cake. These are exactly the things when “over the top” is what you want. And for an elegant taste of Paris, try Marcel’s Chocolate Pistachio Madeleines.When you just can’t wait for that chocolate fix, Marcel has plenty of quick-and-easy recipes, some of which come from Marcel’s mom’s circle of chocolate-lover friends. Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and dig into Margie’s Golden Raisin Heavy Fudge Cake, Virginia’s Cocoa Pound Cake with Warm Buttered Brandy Berries, or Mimi Montano’s Chocolate Zucchini Cake. As a bonus, there is a collection of ice creams, sauces, beverages, and other delectables that are the perfect partners to Marcel’s creations and an informative section on equipment, ingredients, and techniques.Death by Chocolate Cakes truly takes the cake and then takes it to where it’s never been before.

Desperate Cupcakes $0.4 The private lives of cupcakes—exposed!Sure, cupcakes are all sweet when they’re all dolled up for birthday parties, but what happens when the wrapper comes off? This deliciously funny book gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the wild and tawdry lives of Desperate Cupcakes. You’ll meet insecure cupcakes like Sally, who wraps herself in bacon to bring the sizzle back into her relationship. Follow these cupcakes to the dark side as they experience sugar rushes and crashes, succumb to snack attacks, and engage in ill-advised activities (like riding with the Hells Angle Cakes.) You’ll delve into their fears, their woes, and their fierce suspicion of muffins. Ultimately, you’ll discover how truly difficult it is to be everyone’s favorite dessert.

Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life $23 A beautifully written and darkly funny journey through the world of the allergic. Like twelve million other Americans, Sandra Beasley suffers from food allergies. Her allergies—severe and lifelong—include dairy, egg, soy, beef, shrimp, pine nuts, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango, macadamias, pistachios, cashews, swordfish, and mustard. Add to that mold, dust, grass and tree pollen, cigarette smoke, dogs, rabbits, horses, and wool, and it’s no wonder Sandra felt she had to live her life as “Allergy Girl.” When butter is deadly and eggs can make your throat swell shut, cupcakes and other treats of childhood are out of the question—and so Sandra’s mother used to warn guests against a toxic, frosting-tinged kiss with “Don’t kill the birthday girl!” It may seem that such a person is “not really designed to survive,” as one blunt nutritionist declared while visiting Sandra’s fourth-grade class. But Sandra has not only survived, she’s thrived—now an essayist, editor, and award-winning poet, she has learned to navigate a world in which danger can lurk in an unassuming corn chip. Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is her story.  With candor, wit, and a journalist’s curiosity, Sandra draws on her own experiences while covering the scientific, cultural, and sociological terrain of allergies. She explains exactly what an allergy is, describes surviving a family reunion in heart-of-Texas beef country with her vegetarian sister, delves into how being allergic has affected her romantic relationships, exposes the dark side of Benadryl, explains how parents can work with schools to protect their allergic children, and details how people with allergies should advocate for themselves in a restaurant. A compelling mix of memoir, cultural history, and science, Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is mandatory

Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life $11.99 A beautifully written and darkly funny journey through the world of the allergic. Like twelve million other Americans, Sandra Beasley suffers from food allergies. Her allergies—severe and lifelong—include dairy, egg, soy, beef, shrimp, pine nuts, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango, macadamias, pistachios, cashews, swordfish, and mustard. Add to that mold, dust, grass and tree pollen, cigarette smoke, dogs, rabbits, horses, and wool, and it’s no wonder Sandra felt she had to live her life as “Allergy Girl.” When butter is deadly and eggs can make your throat swell shut, cupcakes and other treats of childhood are out of the question—and so Sandra’s mother used to warn guests against a toxic, frosting-tinged kiss with “Don’t kill the birthday girl!” It may seem that such a person is “not really designed to survive,” as one blunt nutritionist declared while visiting Sandra’s fourth-grade class. But Sandra has not only survived, she’s thrived—now an essayist, editor, and award-winning poet, she has learned to navigate a world in which danger can lurk in an unassuming corn chip. Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is her story.  With candor, wit, and a journalist’s curiosity, Sandra draws on her own experiences while covering the scientific, cultural, and sociological terrain of allergies. She explains exactly what an allergy is, describes surviving a family reunion in heart-of-Texas beef country with her vegetarian sister, delves into how being allergic has affected her romantic relationships, exposes the dark side of Benadryl, explains how parents can work with schools to protect their allergic children, and details how people with allergies should advocate for themselves in a restaurant. A compelling mix of memoir, cultural history, and science, Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is mandatory

Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life $14 A beautifully written and darkly funny journey through the world of the allergic. Like twelve million other Americans, Sandra Beasley suffers from food allergies. Her allergies—severe and lifelong—include dairy, egg, soy, beef, shrimp, pine nuts, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango, macadamias, pistachios, cashews, swordfish, and mustard. Add to that mold, dust, grass and tree pollen, cigarette smoke, dogs, rabbits, horses, and wool, and it’s no wonder Sandra felt she had to live her life as “Allergy Girl.” When butter is deadly and eggs can make your throat swell shut, cupcakes and other treats of childhood are out of the question—and so Sandra’s mother used to warn guests against a toxic, frosting-tinged kiss with “Don’t kill the birthday girl!” It may seem that such a person is “not really designed to survive,” as one blunt nutritionist declared while visiting Sandra’s fourth-grade class. But Sandra has not only survived, she’s thrived—now an essayist, editor, and award-winning poet, she has learned to navigate a world in which danger can lurk in an unassuming corn chip. Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is her story.  With candor, wit, and a journalist’s curiosity, Sandra draws on her own experiences while covering the scientific, cultural, and sociological terrain of allergies. She explains exactly what an allergy is, describes surviving a family reunion in heart-of-Texas beef country with her vegetarian sister, delves into how being allergic has affected her romantic relationships, exposes the dark side of Benadryl, explains how parents can work with schools to protect their allergic children, and details how people with allergies should advocate for themselves in a restaurant. A compelling mix of memoir, cultural history, and science, Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is mandatory

Easy Party Cakes: 30 Original and Fun Designs for Every Occasion $12.45 Make every birthday or any occasion special with a cake from this wonderful collection. All the recipes are tasty, easy to create, and look fabulous. The guide begins with a comprehensive section on basic cake decorating, including advice on tools and equipment. Adults and children alike will love every delicious treat featured here, whether it’s a Sleepy Ted, Princess Cupcakes, or Champagne Bubbles—30 fun and original novelty cakes are included in all. It is a wonderful source of inspiration for the experienced and novice baker.

Fun & Original Birthday Cakes $22.99 An adorable collection of birthday cakes boasting the unique but easily achievable modeling skills of internationally renowned cake designer and sugar modeler Maisie Parrish. Each charming new design is ideal for creating extra-special birthday party cakes or for adding a unique personal touch tailored to the recipient. Includes the ever-popular cupcakes and minicakes and, for the first time, amazing sugarpaste techniques for adding graphic designs to compliment cakes and characters. With simple sugarcrafting techniques, figure modeling instructions and clear step-by-step photography, designs are ideal for both beginner and intermediate sugarcrafters. With over 25 character cake toppers and expert advice on covering, storing and transporting your cake, this is the ultimate birthday cake resource.

Fun & Original Character Cakes $22.99 This quirky collection of celebration cakes boasts the unique but easily achievable modelling skills of internationally renowned cake designer and sugercrafter Maisie Parrish. Each design has true character and unique charm and is ideal for a celebration with a difference, from birthday ballerina mice to carol-singing penguins. Each project is accompanied by quick-to-make cupcakes and minicakes to complement the main cake or to make when time is short. With simple sugarcrafting techniques and clear step-by-step photography, designs are ideal for both beginner and intermediate sugarcrafters. Whether creating a single animal topper or a whole singing and dancing theme, this book shows readers how to do it the fun and easy way.

Fun & Original Character Cakes $22.99 This quirky collection of celebration cakes boasts the unique but easily achievable modelling skills of internationally renowned cake designer and sugercrafter Maisie Parrish. Each design has true character and unique charm and is ideal for a celebration with a difference, from birthday ballerina mice to carol-singing penguins. Each project is accompanied by quick-to-make cupcakes and minicakes to complement the main cake or to make when time is short. With simple sugarcrafting techniques and clear step-by-step photography, designs are ideal for both beginner and intermediate sugarcrafters. Whether creating a single animal topper or a whole singing and dancing theme, this book shows readers how to do it the fun and easy way.

Ghoulish Goodies: Monster Eyeballs, Fudge Fingers, Spidery Cupcakes, and Other Frightful Treats $14.95 Eat, drink, and enjoy the creepy yuckiness of Monster Eyeballs, Chocolate Spider Clusters, Buried Alive Cupcakes, and Screaming Red Punch. In her colorful collection of frightful foods, Sharon Parrish Bowers shares the fun of baking, decorating, and indulging in delicious treats that celebrate witches and jack o’ lanterns, ghosts and graveyards.Everyone loves Halloween. It’s a holiday that is pure fun and childish joy, an excuse to dress up and eat treats. Packaged candy may be the common reward for trick-or-treating, but plates of Spiderweb Cookies or big bowls of Sticks and Stones Caramel Corn are perfect contributions to school Halloween events, tailgating parties, neighborhood open houses, adult costume parties, and even afternoon play dates. It’s difficult to imagine an autumn gathering that wouldn’t be even more fun with ghoulish goodies to share.These frightful treats are not just for October, though. A birthday party for a nine-year-old or a scary movie sleepover for teenagers practically demands an I’Scream Cake or Spidery Cupcakes. And Chocolate-Chip Pumpkin Bars with Orange Glaze would be welcome at an office coffee break or an afternoon tea party. Baking from Ghoulish Goodies is a wonderful way to celebrate the change of seasons and the pleasure of working with kids in the kitchen. Baking cupcakes and making fudge are great activities for autumn afternoons, when the weather turns cool and the kids are underfoot after school. Put them to work stirring, decorating, and scraping pumpkin seeds. These are recipes that parents and kids can have fun making together. And the entire family will enjoy eating a warm Choco-Bat Cookie for dessert.Watch the author create Funny Bones featured in the book. youtube.com/watch?v=_aGMe1VwBbA

Glitter Cupcakes Stickers $1.99 Look what came out of the oven! Two dozen cupcakes, decorated with hearts, flowers, stars, circles, squares, swirls, and a sprinkling of glitter. A charming addition to birthday invitations, these stickers are always in good taste!

Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs: 50 Home-Cooked Treats for Special Occasions Plus Everything You Need to Know to Throw a Dog Party! $15.99 The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains more than 50 recipes for all-natural homemade treats for our canine companions. Although not everyone makes, or even buys, high-end food for their dogs, everyone loves to spoil their dogs with treats. But, The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains far more than simple dog-bone shaped peanut butter treats; it provides instructions for making over-the-top human-grade baked goods such as:Liver-Cheese Brownies Carob Petits Fours Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese Cannolis Wheat-Free Liver-and-Herb Biscotti Apple Oatmeal Mutt Muffins Salmon and Cheese Bon-Bons Coconut-Coated Carob-Crunch Truffles Apple Cinnamon DuzinÆ DonutsUnlike other pet books on the market, this book contains full-color photos of all of the treats and adorable photos of dogs doing what dogs do, thinking about food or eating food. This book is as much about the pampered-pooch lifestyle as the baking. The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs is also the only book that goes beyond biscuits and cookies and contains brownies, bon-bons, biscotti, mini-pizzas, cupcakes, birthday cakes, and more! Also included are special occasion cakes, party tray and gift basket ideas, and tips on throwing the perfect dog party.

Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs: 50 Home-Cooked Treats for Special Occasions Plus Everything You Need to Know to Throw a Dog Party! $1.99 The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains more than 50 recipes for all-natural homemade treats for our canine companions. Although not everyone makes, or even buys, high-end food for their dogs, everyone loves to spoil their dogs with treats. But, The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains far more than simple dog-bone shaped peanut butter treats; it provides instructions for making over-the-top human-grade baked goods such as:Liver-Cheese Brownies Carob Petits Fours Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese Cannolis Wheat-Free Liver-and-Herb Biscotti Apple Oatmeal Mutt Muffins Salmon and Cheese Bon-Bons Coconut-Coated Carob-Crunch Truffles Apple Cinnamon DuzinÆ DonutsUnlike other pet books on the market, this book contains full-color photos of all of the treats and adorable photos of dogs doing what dogs do, thinking about food or eating food. This book is as much about the pampered-pooch lifestyle as the baking. The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs is also the only book that goes beyond biscuits and cookies and contains brownies, bon-bons, biscotti, mini-pizzas, cupcakes, birthday cakes, and more! Also included are special occasion cakes, party tray and gift basket ideas, and tips on throwing the perfect dog party.

Happy Birthday $0.99 This cheery, cheeky little book is jam-packed with birthday fun for anyone—from teens to octogenarians. A chunky, spunky collection of celebratory images and happy birthday sentiments, Happy Birthday is brimming with a wide range of festive graphics, including stills of famous birthdays in movies ranging from Gone with the Wind to A Streetcar Named Desire to Lord of the Rings, pictures of mouth-watering birthday cakes, cupcakes, and other sweet treats, vintage and contemporary birthday card and birthday party invitation art, and much more. Photographs of the birthday celebrations of such eclectic notables as J.F.K., Mick Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor, and Stalin are also featured, and clever and eloquent birthday wishes are liberally sprinkled throughout. This stylishly designed blend of vibrant color and black-and-white images and heartfelt sentiments in this charming compendium will brighten anyone’s birthday—even those of us who would normally prefer that our birthdays go unnoticed!

Happy Birthday Gourmet Decorated Cupcakes – Happy Birthday Cupcakes Yellow $39.99 These 6 gourmet, hand-decorated cupcakes are made using the finest ingredients and make every occasion just that much more special. They’ll devour these bakery-fresh favorites that are made with real sugar, buttermilk, and Madagascar Bourbon vanilla bean, and are hand-frosted and decorated to absolute perfection. Choice of Yellow or Chocolate Cupcakes Baked by a small artisan bakery Made with the finest quality ingredients such as sugar, buttermilk, and Madagascar Bourbon vanilla bean Generously frosted and topped with creative handmade decorations Make every occasion incredibly special

Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make $15.95 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 cupcakesNo baking skills or fancy pastry equipment is required. Spotting the familiar items in the hundreds of brilliant photos is at least half the fun.

Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make $15.95 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 cupcakesNo baking skills or fancy pastry equipment is required. Spotting the familiar items in the hundreds of brilliant photos is at least half the fun.

Homemade Fun $2.7 Homemade Fun is Rae Grant’s third charming family activity book. Like the previous books in the series, Homemade Fun offers a generous collection of classic activities for kids and families who enjoy making creative projects at home, paired with delightful vintage art throughout. Parents, especially moms who are juggling kids, time, and a budget, can use this book as a resource when looking for ways to enrich and entertain their kids. Featuring a versatile compilation of classic crafts, games, and activities that are family and kid-oriented, the book can be used for many different situations including camp activities, after-school activities, birthday parties, rainy day events, and vacations as well. Homemade Fun will provide hours of family fun!—stitch a handy wallet—build a tool box—decorate a pillowcase—make paper flowers—bake pretzels—decorate cupcakes—have a pizza party—hold a bubble race plus so much more!

Homemade Fun: 101 Crafts and Activities to Do with Kids $9.99 Homemade Fun is Rae Grant’s third charming family activity book. Like the previous books in the series, Homemade Fun offers a generous collection of classic activities for kids and families who enjoy making creative projects at home, paired with delightful vintage art throughout. Parents, especially moms who are juggling kids, time, and budget, can use this book as a resource when looking for ways to enrich and entertain their kids. Featuring a versatile compilation of classic crafts, games, and activities that are family and kid-oriented, the book can be used for many different situations including camp activities, after-school activities, birthday parties, rainy day events, and vacations as well. Homemade Fun will provide hours of family fun!—stitch a handy wallet—build a tool box—decorate a pillowcase—make paper flowers—bake pretzels—decorate cupcakes—have a pizza party—hold a bubble race plus so much more!

How To Decorate Birthday Cupcakes – Your Step-By-Step Guide To Decorating Birthday Cupcakes $9.99 HowExpert Press, Khyria Cepe,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by HowExpert.com

How to Decorate Birthday Cupcakes – Your Step-By-Step Guide to Decorating Birthday Cupcakes $9.99 HowExpert Press,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by HowExpert Press, via Smashwords

Kids’ Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse: And Other Treats for Colorful Celebrations $5.86 From the mother-daughter baking and decorating team behind the beloved WHIMSICAL BAKEHOUSE books, this trove of recipes and ideas will help you conjure up a colorful world of pixie dust or pirate’s treasure for your kids. Chocolate fairies dance atop a woodland cake surrounded by magic wands and tea party cupcakes; extraterrestrial cupcakes orbit a 3-D rocket cake; a spooky mummy mask cake watches over pudding-filled chocolate cauldrons. Ranging from simple to advanced, the recipes and designs in Kids’ Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse build your skill set so that even novices can ultimately create every vibrantly decorated, delicious treat in this inspiring book. Kids’ Cakes also offers “Plain and Simple” variations for busy days, and suggestions for involving little helping hands (and boosting their confidence, too) with “Kids Can” tasks. Chapters include: The Best Sleepover EverBed Cake, “Half Moon” Black and White Cookies, Banana Bear Pancakes, and Oven French Toast Step Right UpCircus Cake with colorful chocolate bareback riders and clowns, lemon butter Balloon Cookies, and Funnel Cakes Start Your EnginesFire Truck and Rocket Cakes, Out-of-This-World planet and alien cupcakes With detailed baking instructions, a color chart, more than 50 recipes, and a ton of decorating tips and designs for creating colored chocolate embellishments, Kids’ Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse will show you how to turn any birthday, holiday, or even humdrum day into a sweet occasion and will leave you with unforgettable memories of baking together.

My Kid’s Allergic to Everything Dessert Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes for Sweets & Treats the Whole Family Will Enjoy $6.1 Created with the idea that a child’s diet should be healthy and fun, this inviting and easy-to-use cookbook features more than 100 delicious allergy free dessert recipes the whole family will enjoy. From birthday cakes and cupcakes to chocolate-chip cookies and banana cream pie, these recipes substitute rye flour, carob, almond milk, and other ingredients for foods children may be allergic to. This second edition includes updated substitution charts enabling any cook to convert family-favorite recipes into allergen-free delights, and a buying guide shows where to find special ingredients. There is even a chapter covering breakfast ideas, including pancakes, smoothies, waffles, and granola bars. It addresses the allergy and environmental food concerns that parents and caregivers face today as more and more children are diagnosed with multiple food allergies. Helpful tips cover how to avoid allergic foods while traveling, great snacks to take along for the ride, and how to create an allergy-free home.

Natalie and the Downside-Up Birthday $1.99 Natalie couldn’t be more excited about her birthday parties—a kindergarten version and a home party too … until she discovers she has a ‘birthday buddy,’ the not-so-nice Sasha. When Sasha one-ups Nat at every turn, from bigger cupcakes, to horsey rides, to a more purple birthday cake, Nat will have to see past the party balloons to realize who her real friends are, including Jesus.

Organic and Chic: Cakes, Cookies, and Other Sweets That Taste as Good as They Look $27.99 “When I bring one of my sweets into the room—whether at a wedding or an intimate dinner party—the expressions on people’s faces turn that celebration into a memory I’ll never forget. That’s what baking should be.” Many people are coming to recognize the merits of eating organic ingredients, but the idea of “organic baked goods” may bring to mind food that is more boring than beautiful and delicious. But in Organic and Chic, custom cake baker Sarah Magid uses her background in jewelry and shoe design to create vibrantly colored, highly original, delicious organic cakes and other desserts that are perfect for all kinds of celebrations. Filled with gorgeous photographs, Organic and Chic features recipes for delectable baked goods you’ll be excited to re-create and serve to family and friends, from modern floral cakes and cupcakes to rustic farmer’s-market sweets made with seasonal fruits: Red Velvet Love Cake frosted with Vanilla Whipped Buttercream and garnished with edible flowers Vanilla-Bean Butter Cake filled with Sweet Chocolate Ganache and decorated with hand-sculpted butterflies Minty Strawberry Shortcakes, celebrating the bounty of the summer Goldies, a tasty tribute to America’s favorite cream-filled sponge cake Whether you’re preparing some simple Double Ginger Cookies for a block party or bake sale, or experimenting with a rich and luscious dark chocolate birthday cake, you can be confident that you’re serving desserts that are gorgeous and flavorful without resorting to fake, chemical-laden ingredients. Magid offers detailed step-by-step decorating instructions and enough inspiration to help even the most novice baker create bold cake-decorating effects, including eye-popping flowers, hand-sculpted leaves, and metallic-painted brushstrokes. A must for every health-minded baker, this unique cookbook balances exquisite

Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style $17.99 Sharing a delicious meal is everyone’s favorite way of bringing together friends and loved ones. In her new cookbook, Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style, Paula Deen — author, restaurateur, and Food Network star — turns to her friends to share their stories, ideas for entertaining Southern style, and, most important, more than 150 of the prized recipes they serve to their family and friends.With the trademark Southern charm that has made her beloved by fans everywhere, Paula’s new book features delicious, down-home entertaining menus, with recipes that are guaranteed to be instant crowd-pleasers. Whether you’re planning an intimate family dinner, hosting an elegant cocktail party, or feeding a hungry crowd for lunch, these mouthwatering meals are the perfect way to share any occasion with good friends — and have fun doing it! From a tailgate picnic to a bridge supper, a christening to a camping trip, and a family dinner to an ice cream social, there are recipes to delight any gathering.Throw a down-home Birthday Bash with Beer-in-the-Rear Chicken, Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Corn on the Cob, and Buttermilk Pound Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream. Or host a casual Cookie Swap with friends and watch those Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes and Rolled Oatmeal Cookies disappear! An outdoor lunch wouldn’t be complete without real Southern Fried Chicken and Buttermilk Corn Bread. And comfort foods like Quick Crab Stew, Shrimp and Wild Rice Casserole, and Black Bottom Pie are soul-satisfying dishes that warm the heart and soothe the spirit. There are also recipes for refreshing cocktails and beverages, from the Southern traditional favorites,like Plantation Iced Tea and Mint Juleps, to Lemonade and Hot Cranberry Cider.Entertaining Southern style is about much more than the food; it’s about spending time with the people you care about. Paula and her friends are the experts when it comes to creating delightful meals that are

Paula Deen and Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style $26 Sharing a delicious meal is everyone’s favorite way of bringing together friends and loved ones. In her new cookbook, Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style, Paula Deen — author, restaurateur, and Food Network star — turns to her friends to share their stories, ideas for entertaining Southern style, and, most important, more than 150 of the prized recipes they serve to their family and friends. With the trademark Southern charm that has made her beloved by fans everywhere, Paula’s new book features delicious, down-home entertaining menus, with recipes that are guaranteed to be instant crowd-pleasers. Whether you’re planning an intimate family dinner, hosting an elegant cocktail party, or feeding a hungry crowd for lunch, these mouthwatering meals are the perfect way to share any occasion with good friends — and have fun doing it! From a tailgate picnic to a bridge supper, a christening to a camping trip, and a family dinner to an ice cream social, there are recipes to delight any gathering. Throw a down-home Birthday Bash with Beer-in-the-Rear Chicken, Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Corn on the Cob, and Buttermilk Pound Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream. Or host a casual Cookie Swap with friends and watch those Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes and Rolled Oatmeal Cookies disappear! An outdoor lunch wouldn’t be complete without real Southern Fried Chicken and Buttermilk Corn Bread. And comfort foods like Quick Crab Stew, Shrimp and Wild Rice Casserole, and Black Bottom Pie are soul-satisfying dishes that warm the heart and soothe the spirit. There are also recipes for refreshing cocktails and beverages, from the Southern traditional favorites, like Plantation Iced Tea and Mint Juleps, to Lemonade and Hot Cranberry Cider. Entertaining Southern style is about much more than the food; it’s about spending time with the people you care about. Paula and her friends are the experts when it comes to creating delightful meals

Perfect Cupcakes $4.98 Fun, fanciful, and festive, cupcakes offer the simplicity of a comfort food and the uniqueness of a special treat. They combine the bite-sized convenience of a cookie with the elegance of a cake. Now, with Perfect Cupcakes, you can easily explore the full range of what a cupcake can be. Choose confetti-colored sprinkles for a child's birthday party, or a more sophisticated, spicier taste for the adult crowd. Find the perfect flavors to brighten your day – from the decadence of an after-dinner mint to the punch of passion fruit. Perfect cupcakes can take any form, all that matters is the delicious thrill they can bring to any occasion. Take the guesswork out of recipe hunting with the Perfect Cookbook series. Whether it's cupcakes or cocktails, these handy kitchen companions will tend to your every craving. Top-notch recipes, ranging from classic to cutting-edge, are paired with sumptuous photographs, ensuring that the rewards are always in sight. From brunch with friends to a holiday party, never again agonize over what to bring. With this series, the perfect answer is always right at your fingertips.

Picture Yourself Decorating Cakes $8.29 From birthday parties, to baby showers, to holiday dinners, cakes play a special and delicious part in each celebration. Whether you have dabbled in cake baking and decorating before or you have never attempted to create a cake from scratch, “Picture Yourself Decorating Cakes” will introduce you to the pleasures of creating an edible work of art in your kitchen to share with family and friends. This primer on cake decorating includes recipes, methods, and tips that show you step-by-step how to bake and frost cakes that not only taste good but look beautiful. Full-color photographs illustrate each step of the cake creation process, including the ingredients to buy, the basic tools you will need, baking secrets, and decorating techniques from the simply striking to professional quality. Learn how to create cakes for a variety of occasions using buttercream, cream cheese, royal, and fondant icings. And if you want to take your cake decorating to a more advanced level, follow along with the accompanying DVD as co-author Linda Shonk shows you how to apply and mold her Choco-Pan fondant frosting into beautiful flowers and other designs to crown your cake with. Discover how fun and easy it is to create tasty and stunning cakes, cupcakes, petits fours, and more with “Picture Yourself Decorating Cakes!”

Pink Ponies Cookbook $1.99 Pink Ponies Cookbook offers themed recipes for birthday parties or get-togethers, including Chocolate Star Catcher Cookies, Royal Rainbow Fruit Tower, Pink Berry Oat Bars, and Carousel Cupcakes. With these great recipes and fun treats, you can plan the perfect pony-themed party for your little ones.Barbara Beery holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Texas and is an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Barbara is a bestselling cookbook author, entrepreneur, and experienced spokesperson.Pony-themed recipes and party ideas for horse-loving princesses.

Pink Ponies Cookbook $9.99 Pink Ponies Cookbook offers themed recipes for birthday parties or get-togethers, including Chocolate Star Catcher Cookies, Royal Rainbow Fruit Tower, Pink Berry Oat Bars, and Carousel Cupcakes. With these great recipes and fun treats, you can plan the perfect pony-themed party for your little ones.Barbara Beery holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Texas and is an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Barbara is a bestselling cookbook author, entrepreneur, and experienced spokesperson.Pony-themed recipes and party ideas for horse-loving princesses.

Pink Princess Cupcakes $14.99 Cute as a cupcake! Pink Princess Cupcakes offers creative ideas for the perfect princess-themed dessert, including Fairy Princess Cupcakes, Glass Slipper, Sunshine Princess, and Kiss Me Cupcakes. The delicious recipes with adorable decorations are perfect for birthday parties, sleepovers, or any day of the week. Enchantingly good, deliciously fun!

Pink Princess Cupcakes $9.99 Cute as a cupcake! Pink Princess Cupcakes offers creative ideas for the perfect princess-themed dessert, including Fairy Princess Cupcakes, Glass Slipper, Sunshine Princess, and Kiss Me Cupcakes. The delicious recipes with adorable decorations are perfect for birthday parties, sleepovers, or any day of the week. Enchantingly good, deliciously fun!

Second Grade Basic Math Success (Sylvan Workbooks) $5.42 SECOND GRADE BASIC MATH  A solid foundation of basic math skills is essential for early success in math. Children who can connect their understanding of math to the world around them, and build confidence through practice, will be ready for the challenges of mathematics as they advance to more complex topics. The activities in this workbook are designed to help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are: Pick a PackageDetermining how many bags of marbles, seeds in seed packets, or boxes of chocolates are needed helps a child learn how to group objects. Fair Share Calculating how many cupcakes, cookies, and milk shakes twins can share, or dividing chicken and French fries for a family meal, helps reinforce the concept of sharing equally. Piece of Cake Coloring pieces of cake to match each fraction, and determining which fraction is larger, provide practice in recognizing and comparing simple fractions. Rulers RuleMeasuring candy, yarn, action figures, and more allows children to gain confidence in estimating and in using a ruler to measure inches and centimeters. Save the DateChildren identify the date of a beach party, vacation, birthday, concert, and more to practice reading a calendar.  Give your child’s confidence in math a boost with 2nd Grade Basic Math Success.

Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes $0.99 Hannah Robinson is just about to open the doors to her new shop Cupcakes on the Corner when out of the blue her boyfriend Patrick announces that he’s leaving her for another woman. Faced with starting a business on her own, Hannah begins to wonder if her life-long dream has just turned into a nightmare. So her best friend Adam sets his birthday as a deadline – seven months to make her shop a success, or walk away from it all. And as Hannah immerses herself in her new business, she soon discovers that she’s too busy to think about Patrick and his now pregnant girlfriend …or to notice an increasingly regular customer who has recently developed a sweet tooth for all things cupcake. But while Hannah is slowly piecing her life back together, family friend Alice’s is falling apart. Her husband Tom’s drinking is getting out of control and things are about to get a whole lot worse. As the seven-month milestone approaches, Hannah must decide her future. And while she’s figuring out what’s really important, it becomes clear to everyone that happiness in life, and in love, is all in the making.

Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes $9.99 Hannah Robinson is just about to open the doors to her new shop Cupcakes on the Corner when out of the blue her boyfriend Patrick announces that he’s leaving her for another woman. Faced with starting a business on her own, Hannah begins to wonder if her life-long dream has just turned into a nightmare. So her best friend Adam sets his birthday as a deadline – seven months to make her shop a success, or walk away from it all. And as Hannah immerses herself in her new business, she soon discovers that she’s too busy to think about Patrick and his now pregnant girlfriend …or to notice an increasingly regular customer who has recently developed a sweet tooth for all things cupcake. But while Hannah is slowly piecing her life back together, family friend Alice’s is falling apart. Her husband Tom’s drinking is getting out of control and things are about to get a whole lot worse. As the seven-month milestone approaches, Hannah must decide her future. And while she’s figuring out what’s really important, it becomes clear to everyone that happiness in life, and in love, is all in the making.

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Tea Party: 20 Themed Tea Parties with Recipes for Every Occasion, from Fabulous Showers to Intimate Gatherings $9.99 Enjoy life. Drink tea. Celebrate often. Tracy Stern is passionate about tea. She has created wildly popular lines of teas and tea-based beauty products and has hosted hundreds of stylish tea parties to celebrate all sorts of occasions. She has introduced a new generation to the pleasures of tea without any of its traditional stuffiness. In Tea Party, she encourages everyone to make their next gathering that much more special by incorporating tea into the menu. Starting with tips on choosing and brewing teas–from white and green teas to herbal rooibos and different black teas–Tea Party then shares more than seventy-five recipes, both savory and sweet, as part of twenty themed tea parties. Stern features classic tea accompaniments such as Scones with Clotted Cream and Cucumber-Mint Tea Sandwiches as well as novel recipes that use flavorful and healthful tea as an ingredient, including Homemade Potato Fries with Ceylon Tea Salt and Tea-Scented Chocolate Truffles. Above all, the focus is on fun, not fuss. The party suggestions are perfect for afternoons with friends, bridal and baby showers, cocktail and dinner parties, picnics, and brunches. A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party–for a birthday or an unbirthday–will delight kids and adults alike with tea sandwiches made with edible flowers followed by Eat Me! Cupcakes. Chai Breakfast Tea reveals a fantastic recipe for the sweetly spiced irresistible drink along with recipes for chai-scented pancakes and candied almonds. Ideas and inspirations abound for fabulous, easy, and affordable invitations, decorations, table settings, and charming party favors that tie into each party’s theme. Featuring beautiful color photography throughout, Tea Party is a hip, up-to-date slant on a beloved tradition, inspiring everyone to drink a little more tea, celebrate a little more often, and enjoy life a whole lot more.

The Divvies Bakery Cookbook: No Nuts. No Eggs. No Dairy. Just Delicious! $25.99 THE DIVVIES BAKERY COOKBOOK is an opportunity for the millions of people who are dealing with serious food allergies to put the sweet back in their kitchens. With an assortment of delicious recipes, free of the four major food allergens – peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, and eggs (all vegan!), Lori Sandler offers sweet treats that everyone can enjoy and share ANY time: at birthday parties, snack time, bake sales, holidays, picnics, dessert time, and just because. What ingredients are left out have been replaced by double dollops of the good and the gooey – like chocolate, oatmeal, and molasses, – making the confections not only safe to eat, but absolutely delicious for everyone, even those without food allergies.Divvies, an irresistible “fun-foods” company devoted to baking safe-to-eat, tasty treats for people with life-threatening food allergies, has been featured on Good Morning America and The Martha Stewart Show, as well as in the New York Times, New York Post, Gourmet Magazine, Vogue, Everyday with Rachel Ray, Daily Candy, and Urban Baby. All of their products are made in a dedicated facility where no nuts, eggs, milk, or ingredients that may have been exposed to these allergens are allowed in the door. Some of the tasty recipes featured in THE DIVVIES BAKERY COOKBOOK include:Divvies Famous Chocolate Cupcakes (featured on the Martha Stewart Show!)Benjamin’s Chocolate Chip Cookies Pick-Your-Berry Muffins Extra Thick, Treasured-Filled Marshmallow Treats“Ice Cream” Hash Movie Night PopcornWith the degree of “divviculty” indicated for each recipe, tips for the best birthday parties, perfect picnic baskets, cool cupcake towers, snacks in a cinch, tasty travel treats, and bonus gluten-free recipes, THE DIVVIES BAKERY COOKBOOK is the essential allergen-free cookbook for beginners and kitchen experts alike.

The Divvies Bakery Cookbook: No Nuts. No Eggs. No Dairy. Just Delicious! $12.99 THE DIVVIES BAKERY COOKBOOK is an opportunity for the millions of people who are dealing with serious food allergies to put the sweet back in their kitchens. With an assortment of delicious recipes, free of the four major food allergens – peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, and eggs (all vegan!), Lori Sandler offers sweet treats that everyone can enjoy and share ANY time: at birthday parties, snack time, bake sales, holidays, picnics, dessert time, and just because. What ingredients are left out have been replaced by double dollops of the good and the gooey – like chocolate, oatmeal, and molasses, – making the confections not only safe to eat, but absolutely delicious for everyone, even those without food allergies.Divvies, an irresistible “fun-foods” company devoted to baking safe-to-eat, tasty treats for people with life-threatening food allergies, has been featured on Good Morning America and The Martha Stewart Show, as well as in the New York Times, New York Post, Gourmet Magazine, Vogue, Everyday with Rachel Ray, Daily Candy, and Urban Baby. All of their products are made in a dedicated facility where no nuts, eggs, milk, or ingredients that may have been exposed to these allergens are allowed in the door. Some of the tasty recipes featured in THE DIVVIES BAKERY COOKBOOK include:Divvies Famous Chocolate Cupcakes (featured on the Martha Stewart Show!)Benjamin’s Chocolate Chip Cookies Pick-Your-Berry Muffins Extra Thick, Treasured-Filled Marshmallow Treats“Ice Cream” Hash Movie Night PopcornWith the degree of “divviculty” indicated for each recipe, tips for the best birthday parties, perfect picnic baskets, cool cupcake towers, snacks in a cinch, tasty travel treats, and bonus gluten-free recipes, THE DIVVIES BAKERY COOKBOOK is the essential allergen-free cookbook for beginners and kitchen experts alike.

The Good Treats Ckbk for Dogs $3.62 The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains more than 50 recipes for all-natural homemade treats for our canine companions. Although not everyone makes, or even buys, high-end food for their dogs, everyone loves to spoil their dogs with treats. But, The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains far more than simple dog-bone shaped peanut butter treats; it provides instructions for making over-the-top human-grade baked goods such as:Liver-Cheese Brownies Carob Petits Fours Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese Cannolis Wheat-Free Liver-and-Herb Biscotti Apple Oatmeal Mutt Muffins Salmon and Cheese Bon-Bons Coconut-Coated Carob-Crunch Truffles Apple Cinnamon DuzinÆ DonutsUnlike other pet books on the market, this book contains full-color photos of all of the treats and adorable photos of dogs doing what dogs do, thinking about food or eating food. This book is as much about the pampered-pooch lifestyle as the baking. The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs is also the only book that goes beyond biscuits and cookies and contains brownies, bon-bons, biscotti, mini-pizzas, cupcakes, birthday cakes, and more! Also included are special occasion cakes, party tray and gift basket ideas, and tips on throwing the perfect dog party.

The Williams-Sonoma Baking Book: Essential Recipes for Today’s Home Baker $18.83 Nothing evokes the comforts of home better than freshly baked treats straight from the oven. But too many home cooks believe they don’t have the time to bake except for the occasional special dessert. If you are one of them, this comprehensive baking collection, with nearly 400 recipes for everything from homespun favorites and bake-shop sweets to popular restaurant-style desserts, is guaranteed to change your mind. In this inspired book, you will find recipes that both fit into your busy schedule and suit nearly every occasion, from quick dessert for weeknight suppers to fancy cakes for holiday tables.Whether you are dreaming of buttery shortbread for an afternoon snack, a luscious berry pie for a midsummer get-together, a buche de Noel for a Christmas Day buffet, or a batch of rolls for Sunday supper, you will discover how to make it in these pages. The recipes are organized into eight comprehensive chapters: Cookies and Bars; Muffins and Quick Breads; Coffee Cakes, Scones, and Biscuits; Cakes and Tortes; Pies and Tarts; Yeasted Breads; Fruit Desserts; and Custards and Egg Dishes. Each chapter provides an array of flavor options to match the seasons and to accommodate a variety of tastes. Every recipe includes a photograph of the finished dish, so you can see how it will look, as well as photographs illustrating key baking task, ingredients, and/or equipment.Classics enjoyed by adults and kids alike are here, such as lemon bars, chocolate-studded cookies, blueberry muffins with brown-sugar topping, buttermilk biscuits, birthday cake with fudge frosting, pumpkin pie, and country-style cinnamon rolls. Detailed directions for baking chocolate cupcakes, bagels, and madeleines make these typical bakery specialties easy to prepare at home. A large selection of recipes for special occasions, such as almond-flecked chocolate cake with caramel sauce, pear torte with fresh ginger, and cherry cheesecake with a biscotti crust, provides plenty of ideas for holiday

What’s New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion $16.95 The endlessly imaginative duo who turned cupcaking into a national pastime is back, with utterly new, eye-popping creations anyone can make. Create a race-car cupcake, a robot cupcake, or ravishing jewelry cupcakes for a birthday party. Surprise the family with Chinese takeout dinner cupcakes on April Fool’s or serve up a goofy chocolate moose. Captivate Mom with a bouquet of  long-stemmed rose cupcakes and build sand castle cupcakes with the kids. All you need are candies from the corner store and cake mix and canned frosting.  So what is new, Cupcake?• Dozens of “EZ” projects that use just a few ingredients—perfect for kids and parties.• More pictures, brighter colors, bolder designs.• More faux-food creations—so real you won’t believe they’re cupcakes!• More comical critters and the cutest pets ever!• More irresistible party centerpieces to celebrate hobbies, from golf to knitting.• More spectacular holiday cupcakes: Valentine’s, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. You’ll end up with cupcakes so striking that you won’t want to eat them—but so delicious you’ll have no choice!

What’s New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion $6.98 The endlessly imaginative duo who turned cupcaking into a national pastime is back, with utterly new, eye-popping creations anyone can make. Create a race-car cupcake, a robot cupcake, or ravishing jewelry cupcakes for a birthday party. Surprise the family with Chinese takeout dinner cupcakes on April Fool’s or serve up a goofy chocolate moose. Captivate Mom with a bouquet of  long-stemmed rose cupcakes and build sand castle cupcakes with the kids. All you need are candies from the corner store and cake mix and canned frosting.  So what is new, Cupcake?• Dozens of “EZ” projects that use just a few ingredients—perfect for kids and parties.• More pictures, brighter colors, bolder designs.• More faux-food creations—so real you won’t believe they’re cupcakes!• More comical critters and the cutest pets ever!• More irresistible party centerpieces to celebrate hobbies, from golf to knitting.• More spectacular holiday cupcakes: Valentine’s, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. You’ll end up with cupcakes so striking that you won’t want to eat them—but so delicious you’ll have no choice!

Whimsical Bakehouse: Fun-to-Make Cakes that Taste as Good As They Look! $27.5 Three neon-bright layers of cake, tilted at a jaunty angle and adorned with edible chocolate candles; a Jackson Pollock–inspired cheesecake spattered with chocolate, caramel, and peanut butter icing; and a swarm of plump bees perched atop a rainbow of candy-colored cupcakes—these are only a few examples of the unfettered creativity at work at the Riviera Bakehouse. There, mother-daughter bakers Kaye and Liv Hansen turn out some of the most charming, refreshingly eccentric cakes ever to grace a birthday or wedding celebration.Kaye and Liv believe that a cake should taste as good as it looks, so they skip esoteric (and inedible) decorations in favor of simple buttercream, flavored whipped cream, and tinted candymaker’s chocolate, covering their luscious cakes with amusing designs and gorgeous color that are easy to make and delicious to eat. The cakes themselves are no less enticing, pairing old-fashioned favorites like Banana Cake and Spice Cake with sumptuous fillings such as French Custard and Chocolate Mousse. Simple step-by-step lessons, illustrated with photographs, explain how to re-create Liv’s charming chocolate designs, from the bright polka dots that shine against dark chocolate glaze to the shimmering stars that adorn the enchanting “Starry Night.” Templates for the delightful designs allow you to adapt these techniques to create your own unique decorations.With time-tested tips and complete information on everything from mixing colors to adjusting pan sizes, the Hansens explain all you need to know to get started. Whether you’re dreaming of an elegant Chocolate Apricot Pecan Torte or a three-tiered butter cake filled with spiked mocha creamand embellished with fantastical spring flowers, The Whimsical Bakehouse is the ultimate guide to creating delicious, showstopping confections that are completely original.Author Biography: Kaye Hansen is a self-taught baker who began her food career as a freelance caterer.

Year-Round Cupcakes $1.99 Cupcakes have always been crowd-pleasers at school birthday parties and neighborhood bake sales. But today they are also among the hottest culinary trends for sophisticated adults. Cupcakes Year-Round offers a platter full of delicious, grown-up recipes-Black Forest Cherry Cupcakes, Hot Buttered Rum Cakes, Carrot and Zucchini Cakes, and many more-along with kid-friendly PB & J’s, Snowballs, and Spelling Bee Alphabet Cakes. In addition to 50 tasty recipes, organized by season (Easter Egg Nests for spring, Reindeer Snacks for winter), the book includes helpful information on the basics of making cupcakes, from mixing to icing, as well as instructions for piping techniques and tips on customizing cupcakes with syrups, fillings, and decorations. Mix-and-match batter and icing combinations give the baker more than 100 delectable cupcake options. With its unique easel format and retro design, this book proves that cupcakes are just as much fun to make as they are to eat.Author Bio: Sara Neumeier, a former food editor at Martha Stewart Living, is a recipe developer, food stylist, and writer whose work has appeared in Gourmet, Food & Wine, and Real Simple, along with Martha Stewart Living. This is her first book. Jonelle Weaver is a professional photographer whose work has appeared in such publications as Food & Wine, Condé Nast Traveler, and Gourmet.