Cupcake Magic: Little Cakes with Attitude [Hardcover]

Kate Shirazi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2008

Kate Shirazi makes beautiful and irreverently decorated cupcakes with eggs from her own free-range flock of hens rescued from laying cages—they are cupcakes with both conscience and attitude. Combining a simple, straightforward approach to cooking and an insatiable appetite for cake, here is a collection of delicious new recipes and fun designs for cupcakes. A lively, colorful book packed with baking tips, captivating new cake designs, modern photography, and delightful illustrations, it is split into low-fuss, middle-fuss, and high-fuss recipes, with ideas for sweet and savory, children and adults, and seasonal and special occasion designs. There is also a section devoted to ingredients and equipment. The author writes in such an informal style and with such enthusiasm and humor that any reader will soon share her passion for cupcakes!

Editorial Reviews

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"Has seasonal cupcake recipes for every occasion."  —Garden City Observer

About the Author

Kate Shirazi is the author of Cookie Magic, and she founded the Cakeadoodledo mail-order cupcake business from her farmhouse kitchen.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Pavilion (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1862058105
• ISBN-13: 978-1862058101
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Witty Waste of Time, August 20, 2008

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M. Hill (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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I love cookbooks. I love to read them, cook from them and collect them. This is one of those books that has lovely photos but precious little content. First the positives -- the lecture about buying eggs produced from free range chickens was quite informative and convincing. Additionally, the book was written with great wit and humor, but unfortunately that's the sum total of the pluses. The cupcake recipes and decorating tips are uninspired. These are designs and recipes that have appeared in one form or another in typical homemaking magazines. And, I am still stumbling over the author's insistence that margarine is better than butter in baking. This is the second cookbook I've read this week that suggested using only the best ingredients and then made a case for a hideous chemical ingredient -- in this case it was margarine, in the other book it was vanilla artificial flavoring. Perhaps it is just me, but that kind of inconsistency is beyond annoying. Either use the best all the way through or don't. Anyway, the author comes across as a lovely person, someone you'd love to have tea with, but the book carries little of value.

5.0 out of 5 stars Cupcake Magic Book, July 22, 2011

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JoAnn Knight (St. Pete, FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cupcake Magic: Little Cakes with Attitude (Hardcover)

It was a gift for my daughter and she likes it! I cannot say that I have looked at it myself. But if it makes my cupcake making daughter happy, then it makes me happy!

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cupcakes and book do have magic!, July 8, 2008

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C. S. Baasch "Sue B It!" (Nipomo CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Just as it includes more than dessert cupcakes, this delightful book has that touch of spice and savory that makes it my favorite of cupcake books. It is a bit like reading a witty journal, but with fabulous photos and ideas. I wandered into this cupcake world and am now fully caught up and now am wondering if I shouldn't go rescue some chickens?