Cupcakes

Women's Weekly

by Pamela Clark

These splendid and original little cakes are wonderful for afternoon tea, but they deserve a much bigger role than that. Serve them as a special dessert at a chic dinner party (a different cupcake for each guest) or make a loved one - adult or child - a cupcake as a birthday cake. While the cupcakes in this book look like little works of art, the instructions on making them are clear and undaunting.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2006

About the author

Editor of the Australian Women's Weekly Cookbooks, Director of the Australian Women's Weekly Test Kitchen.

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Reviews

[Heather Adores Books]

I have an abundance of nutella (I know it's bad for us, but🤷) in my pantry, so I thought I would peruse some of the baking cookbooks I have to see if I could whip something up real quick. Not going to be the case with this book.

There are 53 recipes, each include well detailed directions and a lovely picture to show something I could never create. Some of these cupcakes look super cute! Seriously, the pictures are great!

Everything is a bit too fancy for me to make, since I like easy peasy recipes, but if I do end up making something it would probably be the no-bake chocolate cakes.

I like that it gives us more information on: equipment, variations of what to do with chocolate, toffee and fondant, how to pipe and other various techniques. A glossary, index and conversion chart round out this fancy shmancy book.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet parting gift on my last day at the winery, I am not sure whether to shelve it with cookbooks or art books. I am hopeful the recipes will be as delightful as flipping through the adorable full color photographs and helpful glossary. I plan to first test the "froufrou" cupcake (coconut and raspberry!). This is what I call sustainable art.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful cupcake book with lots of helpful decorating hints and beautiful photos. The recipes only make 12 regular sized cupcakes, so you don't have to worry about too many leftovers. I tried the Sweetheart recipe, with raspberry jam, and it was good. Unfortunately, the modeling fondant recipe didn't work for me, so I threw it out, and used icing.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes. It's cupcakes. My friend, who is a sorceress of the kitchen, found this for me and the recipes themselves are almost filling. A work of pure magic and glitter. A GOOD READ, indeed.

[Lauren Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

So many cupcakes to make now!