The world is chock full of cupcake books but I just couldn’t resist the title of this latest addition to the cupcake canon.
Cupcake Decorating Lab conjures up an image of very serious business pasting frosting onto cupcakes whilst wearing goggles and a white lab coat, it made me imagine production lines of cupcakes being churned out of kitchens across the nation.
And indeed we are still churning them out and buying them. Whilst self announced gourmets may scoff anything but cupcakes, these individually crafted sugar topped treats will not be doing away in a hurry.
And this week London’s Time Out blog confirmed just that – whilst baking fashionistas may beg to differ that eclairs (and before them, macarons, cake pops and whoopie pies) are over taking cupcakes as the IT bake, the cold hard facts are that a) cupcakes still sell in far greater quantities than any of their bite size bake companions and b) cupcakes are far easier for even novice bakers to have a bash at.
Cupcake Decorating Lab by Bridget Thibeault starts with very basic techniques to top cupcakes and builds up to more detailed sugarcraft techniques. Included are several tricks I’d not considered before – such as these fab Eiffel towers stamped on sugarpaste using food colouring and stationery stamps.
Top of my list to try are: doughnut style cupcakes (pictured above), push pops and buttercream flowers (shown centre bottom on front cover).
All manner of presentations are covered with cupcake wrappers, giant cupcake cakes and jars; the rear of the book has all the recipes you need to do the projects in the book. The style of the projects leans towards kid friendly and accessible rather than scary mary sugar craft.
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I’d be vanilla,pale but smells nice 🙂
Oooh… I’d be chocolate orange. A little bit of good, a little bit of bad 😉 you need some balance, right?
I would be dark chocolate with a hidden caramel filling because I’m really a big softy at heart!
Plain ol’ vanilla!
Not sure if I commented in the wrong place so to be sure doing it here too…I’d be chocolate definitely! 🙂
just love cupcakes!
I’d be a courgette cupcake (its the only way I wouldn’t eat myself). 😉
I would be a coffee flavored with chocolate icing.
Vanilla- subtle but delicious!
Chocolate of course 🙂 I love chocolate 🙂
Vanilla, simple but tasty!
strawberry jelly, sweet & a bit wobbly!
Peanut butter as I’m a bit nutty
I would be a chocolate guiness cupcake, rich, sweet a bit of depth and just that little bit naughty!
I would be a coffee cupcake with vanilla butter frosting with a walnut on top. the coffee as i cant get through a day without it, the vanilla as its classic and the walnut because I’m crazy
almond to hide the poison i contain
white chocolate
Chocolate Fudge then I would be irresistible!
chilli vodka! because they’re two of my fave things
caramel would be lovely 🙂
I would be chocolate orange
double chocolate because i can be both sweet and bitter
A lemon cupcake!!
Peanut butter chocolate chip because it is chunky like me.
chocolate fudge as i have a hard bits but mostly soft 🙂
I would be chocolate as it’s so sweet but then you can also get darker, richer varieties 🙂
a almond cake cos im nutty
bacon and maple syrup cause i’m a sweet ham!
I think I’d be red velvet because I am slightly over dramatic
vanilla, because I’m simple and sweet 🙂
Chocolate because Im sweet!!
Lemon, lovely & fresh
Red Velvet…rather sophisticated!
I would be vanilla, as I could change my image whenever I felt like it! 😉
Chocolate (you are what you eat!)
Cappuchino – deep, rich and gorgeous – I wish!
Triple chocolate chip – simply because it is my fave!!
rainbow cake, because it’s hard work haha 😛
choux pastry hearts
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I would be chocolate because my grandchildren would be able to share !
Sexy Triple Chocolate
tastey read
Lemon – not everyone’s favourite but natural and zesty!
chestnut pudding with pistachio sprinkles and a raspberry glaze. why– it sounds like it could be delicious.
I’d be vanilla,pale but smells nice
I’d be salted caramel – sweet but with a little kick!
Cherry – sweet but dark
Chocolate as everyone loves chocolate
Coffee – an acquired taste
Lemon because I can be refreshing and slightly sharp
pineapple – I’m tropical but I can be a bit difficult at times.
A fruity one – nudge nudge say no more!
White Chocolate and Strawberry, amazing flavours
sweet vanilla!
chocolate because i’m just delicious 😉
Vanilla, because I’m nice and gentle :}
Chocolate and peanut butter, because I’m sweet but nutty! 😀
Chocolate and dark orange because I’m fruity, smooth and perfectly sweet!
Caramel and nut Smooth on the outside but has a unexpected bite.
Something pink, probably strawberry cos i’m sweet and at my best in the summer!
I would have to vanilla, as everybody loves this flavour!
Chocolate, always chocolate!
Lemon, Fresh and fairly popular with most people and easy to get on with.
Lemon, because I aspire to be fresh, zingy & refreshing 🙂
chocolate becuase no-one can resist me!
Vanilla cupcakes! I love the smell of vanilla
I’d be coffee because I drink so much of it!
Dark chocolate and blackcurrant – slightly sharp but still irresistable
I’d be a fairy cupcake because I am girly and I love cute things!
Rose flavoured – positioned between two thorns!
Grapefruit – unusual, not to everyone’s taste but surprisingly nice.
I’d be a lemon drizzle cupcake, because I’m sweet & sour too 🙂
Hazelnut – nutty by name, nutty by nature!
Brazil nut – nutty and exotic