Review: Several Flavors and Decorating Ideas to Try
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
I'm a cupcake maven. I love that the portions are controlled, and that each cupcake becomes a palette for all sorts of decorations, frostings, and fillings. I'm always on the lookout for new takes on old flavors or new ideas for decorating, and this book has a few of each worth investigating.This cookbook has ten recipes for chocolate, white, and other flavored cupcakes to try, making between 12 and 18 cupcakes per batch, a manageable number for most households. There are nine frosting flavor recipes including several buttercream flavors one of which is an exceedingly rich Chocolate Fudge frosting, cream cheese frostings, and marshmallow frosting.The focus of latter portion this book is the clever decorating ideas for Christmas cupcakes such as Santa Hat Cupcakes using whole strawberries for hats, Candy Cane Cupcakes, and Santa Cupcakes which use mini-marshmallows, chocolate chips, and coconut to help form Santa's face.I would have liked more detailed explanations or photographs of how to frost and decorate the cupcakes as shown, including the cupcake on the cover of the book. A few more unusual flavors added to the selection of recipes would have been welcome as well, since most were standard flavors seen elsewhere.Moderately recommended.