Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make by Alan Richardson, Karen Tack
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Book Reviews of Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make
Book Review: Cute cupcakes, and so easy
Summary: 5 Stars
I have NO cake decorating skills whatsoever and I have made 2 of the cupcake designs from this book: the pumpkins and the billard balls. Though they weren't as professional looking as the ones in the photos, they were still very cute. Everyone who saw them raved over them. My family has already bought their own copies of this book after seeing the results. I highly recommend it. Book Review: Cupcake Happy
Summary: 5 Stars
Just what I was looking for! A great product with many ideas, pictures and recipes; uses lots of candy and cookies ~ a recipe for success!Book Review: The Very Best on Amateur Decorating
Summary: 5 Stars
We purchased this book for my 11 yr. old daughter to experiment with cake decorating before we invested in a class for her. We had found the author's website and their blog and just couldn't resist.
There are no special skills required, no special equipment, and ANYONE can make these gorgeous little cakes. And the designs--unlike anything I've ever seen in a cupcake book. So completely different and charming that we just looked at the pictures for three days before we even tried to bake anything. There is nice tutorial at the beginning on how to us Ziplock bags as a decorating bag, how to frost a cupcake, anchor design elements and how to use melting wafers, among other things.
The book is full of pictures to help you along and the directions are very clear. Yes, you do have to make a trip to the store for some of the candy items necessary, but all but one of the items is readily available at the local grocery or convenience store. The only thing I have never seen is white circus peanuts used for the horse's heads.
My daughter has made the sunflower cupcakes, the slumber party cupcakes, and the black and whites. We're having a cupcake for every occasion and looking for excuses to make more. There are very few recipes in the book, some are just ways to doctor up a cake mix and some are simple home made varieties, but the authors don't claim to have written a recipe book. This book is completely about decorating, even though the cake mix recipes have been really good so far.
The inspiration and encouragement to come up with your own designs is huge. The author's website features a cupcake club with a monthly cupcake challenge in which readers send in the pictures of their own themed creations or their reproductions of the designs in the book. We didn't join the club, but my daughter has done the flower challenge and is working on turning Rover into a cupcake. FUN!
My recommendation is to BUY THIS BOOK! If an 11 yr. old can produce fun and delicious cupcakes, let me tell you, anyone can do the same. It's a gem that we'll use over and over and over.
Book Review: Impressive
Summary: 5 Stars
The projects in this book look professional but are made with grocery store items! Very doable. The photos are well done, descriptive, leave no questions as to how to do something. Sometimes we just sit down and read it like a coffee table book. Each cupcake is ultra creative and inspiring. Book Review: Can't wait to bake!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got home from a little vacation and found this book waiting for me. I went through it and I can't wait to try it. It shows you step by step how to do everything. I have a lot of baking and cooking books but this one has me the most intrigued. Some books have these great photos but have you on your own as far as replicating them, but that is not the issue with this book. They even tell you how to make your frosting bag and tip out of a zip lock bag and scotch tape! There are so many different designs in this book and it tells you everything you need to make awesome little cakes and the best part for me is that they don't use fondant! They make great use of different candies to make the flattened colorful pieces and none of that tasteless fondant that so many books rely on now. These are truly creative ideas and come with step by step instructions and templates. I can't wait to try them out!