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Decorated Cup Cakes
Twenty To Make Series

by Frances McNaughton

     

Search Press’ innovative Twenty To Make series has expanded to include cookery in its repertoire, and here is a book showing how to make and decorate twenty different delightful cup cakes.

As the introduction says, these little cakes are a new craze and the perfect way of celebrating just about anything. You won’t even have to resort to buying your frosting ready made from the supermarket as there are recipes here for several different varieties, from buttercream to a basic recipe for coloring. You will still need to purchase sugarpaste and fondant icing however, unless you have recipes for these elsewhere, but I guess space is at a premium in these small books. Just about every likely occasion is covered in here and there are some wonderful novelties, from a Hallowe’en pumpkin to St Patrick’s Day shamrock, a wee Christmas tree to an engagement cake featuring a ring where the cake is the open box—clever! I think my own favorite has to be the family tree set of cakes, each sporting a person's face—surrounded by piped leaves and with the name in icing—arranged on the table at a family reunion. There are Easter baskets and fluffy ducks, ideas for various animal-headed cakes, a wonderful entire chess set and a wee wedding cake, to name a few. You don’t need to be an advanced sugarcrafter to produce them either, or possess a kitchen full of sugarcraft cutters and molds, which also counts in the book's favor. There is not a second set of twenty ideas in this book, as the larger photos are needed to bring the creations to life, but there are some other ideas here and there—excellent value for under a fiver (or under ten dollars).

The Book

Search Press
November 2009
Paperback
1844485196 / 9781844485192
How-To Books / Sugarcraft
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2010
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