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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