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A Baker's Field Guide to Cupcakes: Deliciously Decorated Crowd Pleasers for Parties and Holidays Kindle Edition

by Dede Wilson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
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From kid-friendly recipes, such as Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes (Fourth of July) and Hairy Spider Cupcakes (Halloween), to more sophisticated adult recipes, such as Champagne Cupcakes (New Year?s Eve) and Irish Coffee Cupcakes (St. Patrick?s Day), A Baker?s Field Guide to Cupcakes has the perfect recipe for every occasion. Each of the 60 easy-to-make recipes is accompanied by a beautiful photograph and organized by holiday in calendar order, including recipes for special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, graduations, baby showers, office parties, picnics, and more. And with 15 master recipes for batters and frostings on which the recipes are built, each batch of perfectly delectable cupcakes can be personalized according to taste.
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  1. Print length
    164 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Harvard Common Press
  4. Publication date
    August 15, 2006
  5. File size
    3944 KB
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4.1 out of 5 stars
30 global ratings

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Customers find the cupcakes simple enough to make on their own. They also appreciate the creativity and ideas for decorating for every holiday and occasion. Readers also mention the cupcakes look great.

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Customers find the cupcakes simple enough to make on their own. They also appreciate the master recipes.

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"...It even included April Fool's Day. The cupcakes are simple enough to make on your own and you don't need to be a professional to make these great..." Read more

"...My granddaughters use it all the time - great, simple, easy ingredients yielding tasty results." Read more

"Loved the master recipes. Probably won't use the decorative cupcake ideas but they provided a starting place for the creative process." Read more

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Customers find the cupcakes in the book to be creative. They appreciate the ideas for decorating for every holiday and occasion.

"...It's awesome and it has different cupcake ideas for every holiday and things such as baby showers and weddings. It even included April Fool's Day...." Read more

"I really enjoyed this book especially the creativity of the cupcakes...." Read more

"This book has tons of ideas for decorating for basically every holiday and occasion you can imagine...." Read more

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Happy Cooker
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2011
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This is the third book of Ms. Wilson's I have purchased: her chocolate truffle book, Wedding Cakes You Can Make and just recently, this great book.

I much prefer spiral-bound books which this one is and I read every recipe from cover to cover. I put sticky notes on the ones I wanted to try right
away and yesterday made her Cookies 'n' Cream Cupcakes - WOW! I followed her directions to the letter, made the Classic Confectioners' Sugar Frosting - used the Oreo cookies, chopped away. Using my 'best girl friend' - the lovely KitchenAid stand mixer (also purchased from [...] -
I can tell you that I've never tasted any cupcake so delicious - the cupcake was so soft to eat - didn't crumble/fall apart - just absolutely perfect. I
always make notations on recipes and I wrote: "So light and delicious."

Being a perfectionist, I can tell you that I am highly critical of what I make and quick to point out if I have a bad recipe to follow. No matter how good of a baker you are, you're only as good as the recipe.

As a side note, in Wedding Cakes You Can Make, Dede was kind enough to include her email address. I ran into trouble on a cake I was commissioned to make for a shower. I searched the Internet for answers - then remembered Dede's email address was in the book. With one day to go before the delivery date, I was down to the wire. I wrote to Ms. Wilson, explained my problem - within a few hours, she wrote back and gave me step by step instructions on how to fix my problem and how to prevent it from happening in the future.

I am going to see what other book this very talented lady has written and order them! I'd rate this a AAAA+++++.

(I buy nearly everything from [...] - is this a great company or what? No tax, no shipping, no hassles and polite customer service reps. I always shop here first as I don't like shopping but sure is great to sit here, find what I want and push a button!)
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DeLong
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Cupcake Instructions
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2008
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I had recently checked this book out at the library and never in my life have I loved every page of a cupcake book. It's awesome and it has different cupcake ideas for every holiday and things such as baby showers and weddings. It even included April Fool's Day. The cupcakes are simple enough to make on your own and you don't need to be a professional to make these great looking cupcakes. I made April Fool's Day cupcakes and they were a great success. I had no problems and the people I made them for loved them! I would suggest this book if you love making cupcakes that are creative.
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Mysticross
5.0 out of 5 stars Good explanations and illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2023
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I bake cupcakes for my coworkers to celebrate their birthdays. My friend lent me her Baker’s Field Guide to Cupcakes, and I found the recipes to be inspiring for my “business.” I knew I needed to add this book to my collection.
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Michelle, Melbourne
1.0 out of 5 stars Best cupcake is on the front cover!
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2011
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This book was filled with many unattractive cupcake designs. I expected more based on what was pictured on the cover and was seriously disappointed. Buy another book!
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B. Switzer
5.0 out of 5 stars Always Good Results
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2014
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Have now purchased three copies. My granddaughters use it all the time - great, simple, easy ingredients yielding tasty results.
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Lori
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks!
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018
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Thanks!
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Jean M. Enright
4.0 out of 5 stars Cupcakes
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2007
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I really enjoyed this book especially the creativity of the cupcakes. I made several (key lime, lemon merigue, orange) and got rave reviews when I brought them to work. You must like to bake if you use this book. A lot of the recipes have multiple parts of preparation. Also, after making the first batch of the author's recipe for the cupcakes themselves I decided to use my own cake recipes as I found that the ones in the book to be on the dry side and more complicated than cupcakes needed to be.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015
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Her books are a must have for your kitchen and collection
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