Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make - Softcover

Karen Tack and Alan Richardson show how to create funny, scary, and sophisticated masterpieces, using common sweets and snack items. With these easy-to-follow techniques, even the most kitchen challenged cooks can: Raise a big-top circus cupcake tier for a child's birthday Trot out a line of confectionery "pupcakes" for a dog fancier Serve sausage and pepperoni pizza cupcakes for April Fool's Day Bewitch trick-or-treaters with chilly ghost chocolate cupcakes A white cupcake Christmas wreath And Easter egg cupcakes No baking skills or fancy pastry equipment is required. Spotting the familiar items in the hundreds of brilliant photos is at least half the fun.

Called "the cake whisperer" by Gourmet, KAREN TACK is a cooking teacher and food stylist. Her work can be seen on the covers of Gourmet, Bon App tit, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart Living, Parents, Real Simple, Nick Jr., and many others. Fellow creator ALAN RICHARDSON has photographed dozens of best-selling cookbooks, and his work appears in many leading food and women's magazines. He is the coauthor of The Breath of a Wok, which won two coveted awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.