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| Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make | 
 enlarge | Authors: Alan Richardson, Karen Tack
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 166
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9.1 x 0.8
MPN: 0618829255
ISBN: 0618829253
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8653
EAN: 9780618829255
ASIN: 0618829253
Publication Date: April 24, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW COPY,NO UGLY REMAINDER MARKS !!!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Impressive July 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Hello Cupcake August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book with lots of cute and fun ideas. Most of the cupcakes can be made with very little or no cake decorating experience. I am making the "spaghetti" for a cake walk and am sure it will be a great hit!
Most of the candy used is easy to come by and you can use cake mixes and canned frosting so you don't even have to be a good baker! If you have kids this would give you some fun projects to work on together.
 Baker Beware! August 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is full of darling cupcakes, and my 10 year old daughter and I have made the sunflower cupcakes and the penguins so far. She has loved every minute of it. However, that being said, it has been a very frustrating experience every time for me. The canned frosting that the book suggests to use is way too soft, and perhaps the homemade frosting would hold up better but geez, these are already so time consuming as it is. When we put the oreos on the sunflowers they inevitably would start to slide off. Not to mention the petals which laid down flat - forget trying to do 2 rows of them. When we made the penguins, everything from the marshmallows to the wings to the beaks would slowly start to slide off, and the black frosting would drip all around the edges. My friend made the butterflies and they looked pretty good. Just be prepared to have some of your very time consuming creations not look that great.
Clever but a bit time consuming September 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Clever ideas for outstanding cupcakes--something for everyone in this book from kids to adults. The cupcake decorations do require some searching for materials, but most were candies quite readily available (starbursts, licorice strings, m&ms). The authors do include photos of the items needed, recipes for the actual cakes and which frostings to use and how to do every step of the process. VERY detailed instructions, clear and easy to follow with LOTS of photos. LOVED the designs (animals, faux tv dinners, insects, flowers, gorgeous monarch butterflies, pool balls and bowling pins) and ideas for simpler fare like initials and patterned white designs. No fancy equipment is used--not even a pastry bag; they show you how to use a simple zip top plastic storage bag!
Most designs do require time, however, and require time to round up the necessary items as well as bake and cool cakes, frost them and then the decorating. GREAT concepts, easy instructions and wonderful results--just plan on several hours to decorate unless you are either skilled or artistic (neither of which I am :-).
I recommend this book to all MOMS, Grandmoms and hostesses.
 Not too bad September 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lots of cute ideas and good technique ideas! The ingredients used are easy to find items in your grocery store so no special ingredients to buy. I prefer my stuff a little more homemade but for looks - it's just right.
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