This book features killer cupcakes that taste bloody good! After being banished for so long to the land of the pretty and identical, the domestic and the twee, cupcakes are biting back. Here, Lily Vanilli shows how you can take inspiration from anywhere - insects, roadkill, zombies - and recreate it in cake, but always with a delicious result. This book is an introduction to making cakes that look weird, ugly and even grotesque - but that taste divine! There are amazing materials for making edible sculptures and hundreds of things you can do with natural ingredients. Give guests a shock with revoltingly realistic Marzipan Beetles, or add a crunch to your desserts with Morbid Meringue Bones, dipped in raspberry blood sauce. Try out a black cherry Dracula's Bite red velvet cupcake with cream cheese, eat your way through heavenly Fallen Angel Cakes or go for indulgent and truly dark chocolate Devil's Delight Cupcakes. If Ozzy Osbourne made cupcakes, these are the ones he'd want to eat.
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Lily Vanilli, aka Lily Jones, is a baker and cake designer. Originally a graphic designer, she began baking as a hobby and then started selling her cakes at Swanfield market near Brick Lane. Her cakes are made by hand in her own kitchen in east London, and are available online at www.lilyvanilli.com. She is known for her unusual recipes - she experiments with savoury ingredients such as avocado and bacon - and designs spectacular cakes and other edible treats, such as the marzipan insects she made for an Alexander McQueen film project, or the blood and gore cupcakes created for Maaike Meeking's show at London Fashion Week. Read more at http://lily-vanilli.blogspot.com.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By D. Matlack
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just recieved this book today and what a Kick!
Sure some of these designs are going to be familiar to anyone who has done Halloween baking, but there is some new and different: Shattered Glass, Bleeding Hearts, Sweeney Todd's Surprise, Zombie Snacks, Rainbow Cupcakes (I'm especially looking forward to attempting these without making an ugly muddy grey color with all the colors.) and her Day of the Dead Cakes are beautiful! In fact what sets this cupcake book apart from other Halloween treat type books is that with the exception of bacon (yes, bacon.) everything is hand made by the author. Lily Vanilli is an artist and dosen't rely on premade candies and cookies to customize or accesorize her desserts.
Another big plus for this book is that it is a UK cookbook but the author includes both metric and US Standard (cups, tsp, etc.) and conversions for baking temperatures for both Europe and North America. So there is no need to look up conversion charts.
It will be interesting to see how well I can copy her work since clearly it takes a bit of an artistic hand to create these.
Sure some of these designs are going to be familiar to anyone who has done Halloween baking, but there is some new and different: Shattered Glass, Bleeding Hearts, Sweeney Todd's Surprise, Zombie Snacks, Rainbow Cupcakes (I'm especially looking forward to attempting these without making an ugly muddy grey color with all the colors.) and her Day of the Dead Cakes are beautiful! In fact what sets this cupcake book apart from other Halloween treat type books is that with the exception of bacon (yes, bacon.) everything is hand made by the author. Lily Vanilli is an artist and dosen't rely on premade candies and cookies to customize or accesorize her desserts.
Another big plus for this book is that it is a UK cookbook but the author includes both metric and US Standard (cups, tsp, etc.) and conversions for baking temperatures for both Europe and North America. So there is no need to look up conversion charts.
It will be interesting to see how well I can copy her work since clearly it takes a bit of an artistic hand to create these.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Amy Braud
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just received this book and i don't know where to start!! These are some of the most unique and creepy cupcake recipes I have ever seen. Full color photos of each cupcake and detailed instructions for each are given. The "Shattered Glass" cupcake recipe even tells you how to make sugar "glass". I recommend this book to anyone who wants something a little darker for Halloween.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Kellie T.
Format:Hardcover
This is a really cute cookbook! It consists mostly of cupcake decorating ideas, but there are recipes at the back of the book. A lot of it is pretty time-consuming, but totally worth it (especially if you LOVE baking like I do). Great ideas and great recipes!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Sam
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
You REALLY need to be an experienced pastry chef or at least a baker with some decorating skills to make some of these beautiful and creepy creations. This would not be the case had the author gone the extra mile and added step-by-step tutorial instructions with photos, as I've seen in other books of this type. (a few of them have a couple additional small photos, but they're not enough to actually be helpful). She does direct you to refer to the photo of the finished product for aid in forming the shapes, but unless you have talent sculpting from photos, this won't be easy. You also need to buy quite a few specialty tools (unless you already have them, in which case you probably ARE an experienced pastry decorator), which can be expensive, but a good investment if you're planning on doing more marzipan/fondant work.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Shannon
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Bought this as a gift for my cupcake obsessed sister-in-law. She hasn't made any of the cupcakes yet, but I'm excited to try them when she does. They look really creepy and gross, perfect for a Halloween party. It makes a nice addition to her growing collection of cupcake cookbooks. I wouldn't get it for a baking newbie, it is written for someone who already knows how to bake.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By L. Mallory
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book has great ideas that are pretty easy to follow. Most of the actual recipes are in the back of the book. The cupcakes themselves all come out moist and tasty! I made all of them in the mini cupcake size and they still work great! When making the sugar glass shards make sure to use a large cookie sheet or the shards will be really thick, but they are impressive! The book gives you step by step instructions on how to actually pull off the decorating aspects of creating the fun Halloween cupcakes! Which I think is great so you figure it out and then play with it to make it your own. Personally, I think it was worth the money!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A. Wilkinson
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great book for Halloween or the "goth friend"... awesome recipe that shows how to make a fondant bleeding heart cupcake
By Karen Gregor
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this as a wedding shower gift. It contains some very interesting cupcake designs, just wish there were more recipes included.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Cute
There are a lot of good recipes & really cute ideas in this book. The pictures are colorful & nicely done.
Published 3 months ago by S. Holcomb
5.0 out of 5 stars
wicked awesome looking recipes
Some of the recipes in here aren't too complicated, but other ones are crazy. The day of the dead cupcakes are on the cover, there's a hermit crab recipe, and one that looks like a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Joey Pullitzah
3.0 out of 5 stars
Barely Did It For Me
My recipe book just came in the mail today. It took awhile to arrive, so when I got it, I opened it right away and started to go through it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by DeeDee RigorMortis666
5.0 out of 5 stars
Such inspired, creepy ideas!
This book has the cutest decorating ideas. The glass shard piercing the cupcake with the accompanying drop of blood is the coolest, imho.
Published 5 months ago by Kristen S Nicoson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ghoulish Fun
I ordered this as a gift, but almost kept it for myself! These are some really cute ideas & none of them are too complicated. Read more
Published 6 months ago by LaDonna
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not your mama's cupcake!
A fun book sharing the most out of the ordinary cupcakes. My personal fav is the human hearts of course. Great for Halloweeen or those who just love the darker side of the cupcake.
Published 8 months ago by Megan Walkinshaw
4.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Ideas, But Recipes Could Be Better
I am devoted to the world of horror and baking so I had to buy this book as soon as I happened upon it! The decorating ideas were inspiring, clear, and concise. Read more
Published 12 months ago by deadgirlbaking
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun!
What a great, fun book! It arrived quickly and in perfect condition. I can't wait to get started creating all the fun recipes and designs included in the book.
Published 15 months ago by Stephanie
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Zombie ate my Cupcake
I bought this book thinking it would be a good book for my elementary students. However, after looking at some of the illustrations, there were some that were too gruesome for... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. Readalot
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