The cupcake is America's darling. It's celebrated in upscale bakeries, on Sex in the City, on the cover of Gourmet, and in thou-sands of classrooms-where every day, it seems, a parent has sent in a batch for the kids to share. The very word conjures up whimsy, coziness, pleasure, nostalgia. Not to mention the fact that their diminutive size means you can eat a lot of them. Once upon a time, a family had only two recipes for cupcakes-chocolate and...

The New York Times–bestselling phenomenon. “From Hawaiian Pineapple to luscious Lemonade Cake, the recipes are foolproof ways of faking homemade.” —First for Women
 
Move over Betty Crocker—101 Things to Do with a Cake Mix will amaze your friends and leave them Jell-O green with envy! From Snickers Surprise Cookies to Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake, it’s the best thing...

Those cupcaking geniuses, Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, are back, this time with bigger canvases and bolder creations. Everything that can be done with a cupcake can be done better with a cake?with a twelfth of the effort and loads more wow power, using everyday pans, bowls, and even measuring cups. Turn a round cake into Swiss cheese and Brie, and it?s April Fool?s! Simply press candy into frosting for an argyle pattern or use one of the easy new...

"A totally new take on fuss-free baking with 50 easy-to-master recipes that put an inventive spin on beloved classic cakes, using one sheet pan and minimal supplies"--

From family favorites like chocolate chip cookies, to unusual variations like fruit salad cake, and cream cheese spirals, each recipe include shots of the finished dish, nutritional analysis, and tips and variations.

Learn how to perfect the prettiest trend in cake decorating—using edible flowers and herbs to decorate your cakes and bakes—with this impossibly beautiful guide from celebrity baker Juliet Sear. Learn what flowers are edible and great for flavour, how to use, preserve, store and apply them including pressing, drying and crystallising flowers and petals. Then follow Juliet step-by-step as she creates around 20 beautiful botanical cakes that showcase...

If you like cake, and you like chocolate, then you'll love cake POPs-the delicious little treats that are a cross between a cake and a lollipop. Discover cake POPs-a combination of moist cake and a sweet candy coating, moulded onto a lollipop stick and then decorated to create a whole host of characters. Clare O'Connell of the Pop Bakery teaches you all you need to know, from how to create the cake balls-a mouth-watering mixture of chocolate cake...