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From the former Martha Stewart Living food editor: “A must-read for novices and experts alike . . . really gets the creative juices flowing” (Gastronomy).

Cupcakes are everyone’s favorite little indulgences. They’re loved by kids and adults alike because they’re playfully sweet as well as utterly charming. These days, cupcakes can be found in bakeries everywhere, but with just a little know-how, you can easily bake your own tempting boutique-bakery cupcakes at home and decorate them with flair.

Cupcakes contains recipes for every palate: Here you’ll find classic Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream for the traditionalist, Triple Chocolate Cupcakes for the chocaholic, PB & J Cupcakes for the kids, Salted Caramel Cupcakes for the epicurean, as well as seasonal holiday cupcakes, and dozens more. Whether you are a novice or experienced baker, inside these pages you’ll find friendly advice about ingredients and equipment, cupcake-making and baking tips, and a collection of ideas for decorating your cupcakes with either elegant minimalism or grand flourishes.

With this book as your guide, cupcakes have never tasted—or looked—so good!

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00VAY7D2S
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Weldon Owen; Illustrated edition (March 26, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 26, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3875 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 205 pages
Reviewer: Nyssa
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Good Mix of Standard and Specialty Flavors
Review: Oh, my, it's a good thing the photographs of all these cupcakes don't have calories!Each cupcake is illustrated with a closeup picture so you can see both what you're getting and details on the decorations. The standard flavors are all present: vanilla, yellow, chocolate, and devil's food (a big winner and highly recommended!) along with a nice list of specialty flavors and toppings such as Malted Chocolate Chip, Black Forest, Salted Caramel, and Lime Meringue to name a few. The directions for each cupcake flavor are completely explained and simple to follow.While I don't care for the author's choice of buttercream frosting recipe (it's a personal preference; I don't care for the cooked type of frostings), there are plenty of add in flavorings suggested that work quite well with my preferred buttercream recipe. There are recipes for glazes, fruit curds, various other frostings, and a caramel drizzle in addition to the basic buttercream frosting.The decorations are explained well and are very do-able by moderately experienced home bakers with minimal decorating equipment such as basic frosting tips. There are a few special occasion cupcake flavors and decorations illustrated including a few for holidays such as Christmas, Halloween, and the Fourth of July.The best part of this book is that the recipes yield 12 cupcakes (or six jumbo, 24 mini) each, a reasonable and manageable number for most households.My one and only complaint is about the font that has been used for the recipe ingredients lists. The main listings are presented in a bold-faced font that is easily read, but for some reason the fractional amounts are NOT in bold and in their positions next to the boldface ingredients and amounts are difficult to read by making the fractions seem tiny in comparison and making it hard to distinguish between 1/2 and 1/3 and so forth unless you're working in very bright light. I hope if a second edition is printed, the publishers will fix this problem by printing the fractions in the same bold font as the rest of the numbers, amounts, and ingredient lists.Recommended.

Reviewer: S. D. Fischer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Welcome Addition to My Bookshelf
Review: I have a lot of dessert cookbooks already including a few specifically on cupcakes (500 Cupcakes; Cupcakes from the Cake Doctor) so I wasn't looking for another. But once I flipped thru Cupcakes by Shelly Kaldunski, I knew I wanted it. It is organized intuitively and has many beautiful, full-page photos. Best of all, it includes recipes for tasty creations I had not imagined such as chai & honey cupcakes with honey whipped cream, grapefruit & buttermilk cupcakes, lime meringue cupcakes, banana caramel cupcakes, hazelnut- brown butter cupcakes, and MANY more.Chapters include All About Cupcakes (baking basics); Basic Cupcakes (vanilla, chocolate, yellow, mocha, gingerbread, etc.); Fruit & Nut Cupcakes (triple berry, lemon blueberry crunch, sour cherry-almond, rum raisin, banana caramel, etc.); Chocolate Cupcakes (black forest, mexican chocolate, red velvet, black & white, etc.); Special Occasion Cupcakes (tres leches, tiramisu, jumbo malted chocolate chip, Christmas peppermint, Easter egg nest, etc.); Frostings, Fillings & Finishes (buttercream, cream cheese with variations, meringue, marshmallow, vanilla glaze, caramel drizzle, etc.), and Creative Cupcaking (2 pages of additional suggestions for combining cupcakes, frostings and garnishes).30 finished cupcakes are pictured in full page color photos. Additional smaller color photos are included in the All About Cupcakes chapter to demonstrate techniques as well as garnishes.Since this book covers the basics as well as many original creations, it would be an excellent gift for a beginning baker or someone with more baking experience.I can't wait to start baking!

Reviewer: Rachel
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great recipes
Review: These recipes are easy to follow and really bake up nicely! She offers some great suggestions to change up flavoring. My only complaint is the frosting recipes in the back of the book are so common and basic, and could be found anywhere on the internet. If you're hoping for recipes for the actual cupcake, definitely buy this book!

Reviewer: SMoto
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Frostings Fantastic, Cakes Need Work
Review: My review is based on the the 3 recipes I've tried so far. The frostings in particular were 5 stars in taste & texture, probably from all the butter. The Malt- flavored buttercream was so exceptional I was sampling the last bits off the spatula. The cakes, on other hand while tasty, were all a little dry & disappointing--I'm going to try them again later with some modifications.If you're into easy & simple, the ones I made weren't and used a lot of utencils, pots and bowls when, maybe the cupcake or frosting could have been put together with fewer if you thought about what you are doing.I plan to try out a couple more, but watch the moisture content, so they don't come out dry.

Reviewer: Kate
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love the extras!
Review: I wasn't looking to buy this book, it popped up when I was placing an order for some other cupcake books and I bought it on impulse. I didn't open it for a while, but once I did, I haven't looked back. I have had a few recipes not come out, as some other users have commented, HOWEVER, I won't turn my back on this book for one reason- the extra stuff is amazing. I've started replacing frostings from other books with the ones in this book. The coconut buttercream makes it on to so many of my cupcakes now, it's so delicious. I love that when this book calls for something out of the ordinary, it explains how to make it rather than pick it up at the store. I am very, very new to the home cook world, and I had no idea what lime curd was, but from following the directions in this book, I made my own- and that night, received a grand compliment on my 'perfect' lime curd from a veteran pastry chef who owns multiple bakeries in the area. I beamed for hours. If you're looking for a book with extremely basic recipes and silly little kid decorations, this isn't the one for you. It focuses on great flavor combinations and really making things from scratch- and it's never leaving my kitchen.

Reviewer: Michael Petermair
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Die Cupcakes Bücher die hier erhältlich sind enthalten alle ungefähr die gleichen bzw. sehr ähnliche Rezepte das ist mich bei meiner Backleidenschaft ziemlich auf den Wecker gegangen. Dies ist einfach erfrischend und neu! Nur das Problem ist man bekommt bei uns nicht alles bzw. sollte wissen wo man sich amerikanische Produkte zulegen kann!

Reviewer: Trish C.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I've been baking cupcakes for a while and I must say, this is the best cupcake recipe book you could ever buy.The ingredients are listed in the order that you would use them and the instructions are pretty easy to follow. There's also pictures that would give you some decorating ideas. It also gives you tips on piping and decorating your cupcakes,As for the cakes themselves, they are moist, light and fluffy. Follow the recipe and you would get the best cakes ever. Also, I recommend that your ingredients be in room temperature, especially the butter and eggs.I've only ever tried the buttercream and marshmallow frostings but I bet the others are just as wonderful.Such a great buy and I highly recommend it.

Reviewer: Amazon Kunde
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Aus diesem Rezeptbuch gelingt wirklich jeder Cupcake! Schmeckt alles hervorragend. Mengenangabe sind allerdings in oz, cups und tbsp - man muss also entsprechend umrechnen oder sich die Messbecher dazu besorgen.

Reviewer: Richard P.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: nice little book, best price found, not many about

Reviewer: roadrunner
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Cupcakes: Luscious Bakeshop Favorites from Your Home KitchenThis is a very good little book with lots of new ideas for cupcakes. I bought this to get more decorating ideas for my cupcakes after reading several reviews and was not disappointed. There are quite a few recipes for different types of icing rather than the usual buttercream icings. One thing you do need to be aware of is that this book is obviously printed for the American market as the weight units are in 'cups' and the recipes contain ingredients such as 'heavy cream' and 'confectioner's sugar'. It's easy enough to convert into English (thank you Google) but something to take into account especially as you may have difficulty getting some of the ingredients such as cans of pumpkin puree or light corn syrup. However, a quick check on the internet will give you appropriate UK substitutions. In summary, a very useful addition to my ever growing collection of cupcake books.