3 cupcake cookbooks to look forward to in 2011 (there are many, many more, these are just 3 I noticed on Amazon, where the covers link to and descriptions come from). The first one isn't all about cupcakes, but does have them in the title and I sure hope has a recipe or two!
Carrots 'N' Cake: Healthy Living One Carrot and Cupcake at a Time by Tina Haupert - out from Sterling Epicure in May 2011
Let them eat cake! From one of the most popular blogs on the internet comes an innovative, even fun way to diet. Carrots 'N' Cake is all about eating your carrots…and savoring your cupcake, too.
For some people, losing weight means restrictive dieting, obsessive calorie counting, and constant hunger. Not Tina Haupert! She learned that it didn't have to be that way. Tina shows how to in drop the pounds and keep them off by adopting eating habits that are healthy, balanced, and above all, livable. She serves up easy-to-follow fitness routines, food tips, and her most popular feature: cookie Friday.
TINA TELLS HOW TO:
Hang with your friends on a Friday night without packing on the alcohol pounds
Navigate buffet tables at parties
Handle the holidays painlessly.
And more!
Dress Your Cupcake by Joanna Farrow out from Spruce in April 2011
Cupcakes are delicious irresistible treats that are easy to make and yummy to eat. Following the successful Dress Your Gingerbread, Dress Your Cupcake is another fun and colorful title that provides a new "dress up" twist on the continuing cupcake craze.
Dress Your Cupcake provides the ultimate fun in the kitchen as you learn how to create cupcakes with a little personality and a lot of style. Choose from a whole host of fun, friendly faces and designs - human, animal and recognizable objects - to create a collection of memorable and truly individual cupcakes. The book contains 50 fun designs for deliciously decorated cupcakes and includes the perfect party pieces for Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and more. With ideas for both kids and grown-ups, playing with your food has never been so much fun!
Containing a comprehensive introduction, easy-to-follow instructions on how to ice and decorate your cakes and information on all the techniques, recipes and templates you will need, Dress Your Cupcake is sure to inspire even the most novice of bakers to get creative with their cupcakes.
About the Author
Joanna Farrow is an expert in cookie and cake baking, with more than 30 years experience and over 40 books to her name. A successful home economist and food writer, her other baking and decorating titles for Octopus include Dress Your Gingerbread and Kinky Cupcakes.
Mini Cupcakes by Leslie Fiet - out from Gibbs Smith in March 2011
Mini Cupcakes specifies the finest ingredients, including Madagascar vanilla, dark Belgium chocolate, and organic fruits to create amazing mini cupcake creations. Combine great cake recipes, such as Key Largo Lime or Chocoholic, with filling recipes, such as banana cream or salted caramel. Add frosting and toppings such as white chocolate ganache or margarita cream cheese and you have endless combinations of rich and decadent goodness. With tips for making, baking, and decorating, this cookbook offers perfect combinations, from the Breakfast at Tiffany's cupcake to Pretty in Pink, from the Diva cupcake to the Mocha Latte. Part delicious cupcake, part tiny pieces of art, Mini's cupcakes are the perfect treat to satisfy your cravings or entertain in style.
About the Author
Leslie Fiet is the owner of Mini's Cupcakes in Salt Lake City, Utah's first bakery specializing in gourmet cupcakes.
Carrots 'N' Cake: Healthy Living One Carrot and Cupcake at a Time by Tina Haupert - out from Sterling Epicure in May 2011
Let them eat cake! From one of the most popular blogs on the internet comes an innovative, even fun way to diet. Carrots 'N' Cake is all about eating your carrots…and savoring your cupcake, too.
For some people, losing weight means restrictive dieting, obsessive calorie counting, and constant hunger. Not Tina Haupert! She learned that it didn't have to be that way. Tina shows how to in drop the pounds and keep them off by adopting eating habits that are healthy, balanced, and above all, livable. She serves up easy-to-follow fitness routines, food tips, and her most popular feature: cookie Friday.
TINA TELLS HOW TO:
Hang with your friends on a Friday night without packing on the alcohol pounds
Navigate buffet tables at parties
Handle the holidays painlessly.
And more!
Dress Your Cupcake by Joanna Farrow out from Spruce in April 2011
Cupcakes are delicious irresistible treats that are easy to make and yummy to eat. Following the successful Dress Your Gingerbread, Dress Your Cupcake is another fun and colorful title that provides a new "dress up" twist on the continuing cupcake craze.
Dress Your Cupcake provides the ultimate fun in the kitchen as you learn how to create cupcakes with a little personality and a lot of style. Choose from a whole host of fun, friendly faces and designs - human, animal and recognizable objects - to create a collection of memorable and truly individual cupcakes. The book contains 50 fun designs for deliciously decorated cupcakes and includes the perfect party pieces for Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and more. With ideas for both kids and grown-ups, playing with your food has never been so much fun!
Containing a comprehensive introduction, easy-to-follow instructions on how to ice and decorate your cakes and information on all the techniques, recipes and templates you will need, Dress Your Cupcake is sure to inspire even the most novice of bakers to get creative with their cupcakes.
About the Author
Joanna Farrow is an expert in cookie and cake baking, with more than 30 years experience and over 40 books to her name. A successful home economist and food writer, her other baking and decorating titles for Octopus include Dress Your Gingerbread and Kinky Cupcakes.
Mini Cupcakes by Leslie Fiet - out from Gibbs Smith in March 2011
Mini Cupcakes specifies the finest ingredients, including Madagascar vanilla, dark Belgium chocolate, and organic fruits to create amazing mini cupcake creations. Combine great cake recipes, such as Key Largo Lime or Chocoholic, with filling recipes, such as banana cream or salted caramel. Add frosting and toppings such as white chocolate ganache or margarita cream cheese and you have endless combinations of rich and decadent goodness. With tips for making, baking, and decorating, this cookbook offers perfect combinations, from the Breakfast at Tiffany's cupcake to Pretty in Pink, from the Diva cupcake to the Mocha Latte. Part delicious cupcake, part tiny pieces of art, Mini's cupcakes are the perfect treat to satisfy your cravings or entertain in style.
About the Author
Leslie Fiet is the owner of Mini's Cupcakes in Salt Lake City, Utah's first bakery specializing in gourmet cupcakes.
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