Product Description

Cupcake queen Susannah Blake brings together more than 60 cupcake recipes, as well as giving the lowdown on baking Equipment, Ingredients, Decorating and Embellishments, and Serving Suggestions. Simple Cupcakes show how easy it is to rustle up a plateful of gorgeous cakes. There are irresistible flavors including orange and poppyseed, blueberry and lemon, and apple and cinnamon. For show-stopping treats, turn to Celebration Cupcakes. From weddings and Thanksgiving, to Christmas and Halloween, there’s a perfect idea to cater for all events. For an extra dose of decadence, try an Indulgent Cupcake. Strawberry cheesecake and lemon meringue are among the mouthwatering options. Cupcakes for Special Diets allow you to give in to your cupcake cravings without breaking any rules— there are plenty of recipes here for dairy-free, nut-free, gluten-free, and low-fat cupcakes. Get the little ones involved by helping them bake their own Kids’ Cupcakes. • This is the only cookbook you’ll ever need to turn you into a cupcake connoisseur—with more than 60 recipes and information about decorations, equipment, and ingredients. • Irresistible photography by Martin Brigdale.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111023 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 159 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781845976859
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
BBC Good Food, Sainsbury's The Magazine, Olive, Delicious.

About the Author
Martin Brigdale is a well-known British photographer specializing in food. He has photographed many cookbooks in England and the Untied States, including Foods of Greece, The Mediterranean Pantry, Michel Roux Desserts, and French Country Cooking. He is an enthusiastic home cook and loves to travel.

SUSANNAH BLAKE has written a number of books, including Afternoon Tea, Cupcake Heaven, On Toast, and Coffee Indulgences for Ryland Peters & Small, and her work also appears in Livingetc, OK!, and She magazines. A passionate traveler, explorer, and diner, Susannah has been all over the world. She lives in Essex, England.

Customer Reviews

Simple, yet elegant
This book is loaded with pictures of beautiful cupcakes that are easy to duplicate. There is a wide variety of creative ideas that are not only pleasing to the eye, but pleasing to the palate.

Cupcake Heaven
The book arrived in excellent condition. I was a little dissappointed in some of the recipes. I think I was looking for a book with big and different recipes. I do like the book but will still await another to quench my interest.

Yummy. And beautiful to look at too!
This book has lovely photography throughout. The cupcakes look yummy to eat but they are lovely to look at too in their own right and the photographs are beautiful and some are the kind of thing you see on greetings cards, so the way that the cupcakes are presented is very good too, and adds to the decorative appeal.
I don't cook but some of the recipes sound easy so maybe even I could attempt some at some time. I really think I prefer looking at pictures of them to actually eating cupcakes, unless they are loaded with soft cream icing and a layer inside as well, making them even more yummy, but I just love the look of them. Which I know is not really the reason to buy a cookery book, but then with cupcakes, they are so much used as decorative pictures now, I have seen them pictured on all kinds of things, from clocks, to shopping bags, to coasters and tins, as well as birthday cards, so obviously I am not the only one who recognises their visual appeal! ;-)
Some of the recipes also really are for delicious sounding cupcakes with indgredients you wouldn't normally think of associating with cupcakes, as I always thought they were just small sponge fairy cakes with a layer of hard icing on the top with a glace cherry to decorate, and though they look very nice and are the ones I have seen used the most as decorations, they do not make my mouth water, but some of the recipes in here, do.
Highly recommended. A beautiful book of luscious photography as well as yummy recipes and for people who do cook, the recipes were very easy to follow. Another bonus too of course for those who cook, is that you can make sure that the finished product contains no nasty ingredients like trans fats and hydrogenated vegetable oils that is nearly always included in shop bought cakes and that ingredient alone is so bad for people. Making your own can be much healthier. As long as you don't overdo the eating of them, obviously!