Crazy About Cupcakes
by Krystina Castella
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Read in August, 2008
This book is beautiful and nicely organized, with hints for baking cupcakes at the beginning, lists of cupcake recipes, frosting recipes, and a whole section of suggested decorations. At the end is a little chart that matches cupcake recipes with frosting counterparts. Yum. It also has very clear directions for baking novices.
However, my attempt at making the "chocolate macaroon cupcakes" with "dark chocolate frosting" failed. First: the frosting was a disaster. I ha...more
However, my attempt at making the "chocolate macaroon cupcakes" with "dark chocolate frosting" failed. First: the frosting was a disaster. I ha...more
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Read in April, 2008
I love to browse through these kind of cookbooks and get ideas for parties and I pretty much judge them on the pictures since I am a diabetic and my opportunities for baking are limited :) This one is cute but most of the cupcake decorations are a little overdone and over the top for my taste but what is cool is there is a flavor combinations and design elements section in the back like for instance for the blueberry cupcake recipe you can try either cream cheese frosting, coconut pecan frostin...more
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Read in October, 2007
The cupcakes in this book are so fun to make -- and come out fabulous. Lots of ideas and decorating tips. Plus the back section tells you what frostings are best paired which each cake and what recipes can be combined for layered cupcakes.
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I love this one. I don't do any of the funky flavors or themes in the back of the book, but that core collection of recipes in the beginning is great.
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Let me know if you're interested in eating any of my 5000 cupcakes I'm baking.
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
dessert lovers
Excellent cookbook! All the recipes look yummy
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