Cupcake Envy: Irresistible Cakelets - Little Cakes that are Fun and Easy (35 Designer Projects)

by Amy Eilert, Norm Ford (Foreword by)

Overview

Baby cakes for grown-up tastes.--The News&Observer

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462912964
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	01/27/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Amy Eilert founded Cupcake Envy in 2006, just one year after relocating from New Jersey to Wake Forest, North Carolina. From the very beginning, Cupcake Envy made a big splash. Eilert and her cakes have been featured in local and national media outlets such as DailyCandy.com, Skirt Magazine, Brides Magazine and the Ugly Betty show. In 2009, Eilert began hosting weekly classes for students eager to learn new, accessible techniques in cupcake and mini cake design. She travels throughout the U.S. and Canada teaching classes and judging national cake competitions including That Takes The Cake Sugar Art and Cake Competition and Cakelove 2011. Eilert is also a certified instructor at CakeCentral.com.

Editorial Reviews

"This book features what she lovingly calls "cakelets". They are NOT cupcakes. They are precious mini cakes that you create, often as you learn to do carving. For many newer decorators, carving into a cake is a frightening experience…they just can't see the design within the sheet cake. Amy makes it easy." —SugarZen blog

"[…] works of art."—Skirt.com blog

"Baby cakes for grown-up tastes."—The News & Observer

"While we loved the cupcake trend, mini cakes pull at our heartstrings even harder. They're adorable and perfectly detailed without a wrapper to worry about. It's what we've always dreamed of: smart, cute, beautiful food in one small delicious mouthful." —Get Married Magazine blog

"Cupcake Envy walks readers and aspiring dessert chefs through techniques and preparations to bake exquisite treats that resemble amazing objects such as stylish party dress, a wicked voodoo doll, an adorable baby bottle and more than two dozen other amazing likenesses that people will buzz about! These clever single-serving cakelets assume beloved forms that will appeal to all the special people in your life. Amy's instructions are easy to follow, and readers will easily be able to customize their own creativity to each of the designs." —Java Cupcakes blog

"I think the title of the book I'm reviewing today, Cupcake Envy, must be a play on words. Before I opened it I thought it meant everyone would be envious of the cute cupcakes the reader would make from it. After reading, I realized it actually seemed to mean that ordinary cupcakes would envy the amazing mini cakes found within the pages. This book is eye candy, pure and simple, but doesn't stop there." —Crafty Staci blog

"These unique cakelets will also be a great way to expand your cake decorating skills and learn a few new cake decorating skills along the way." —Cookstr.com

"Amy Eilert has written a book called Cupcake Envy, which will appeal to those who like to get crafty in the kitchen with their baked goods. […] She shows us, step-by-step, how to turn simple cake into spectacular creations. These are perfect for birthdays, anniversaries and other significant events where a themed centerpiece might be welcomed." —Bakepedia blog

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