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Cupcakes are getting their revenge! After being banished for so long to the land of the pretty and identical, the domestic and the twee, cupcakes are biting back. Here, Lily Vanilli shows how you can take inspiration from anywhere—insects, roadkill, zombies—and recreate it in cake, but always with a delicious result. This book is an introduction to making cakes that look weird, ugly, and even grotesque —but that taste divine! There are amazing materials for making edible sculptures and hundreds of things you can do with natural ingredients. Give guests a shock with revoltingly realistic Marzipan Beetles, or add a crunch to your desserts with Morbid Meringue Bones, dipped in raspberry blood sauce. Try out a black cherry Dracula’s Bite red velvet cupcake with cream cheese, eat your way through heavenly Fallen Angel Cakes, or go for indulgent and truly dark chocolate Devil’s Delight Cupcakes. If Ozzy Osbourne made cupcakes, these are the ones he’d want to eat.
• Cupcakes continue to be immensely popular—“cupcake” is currently the most searched-for recipe term.
• Commissioned to design a death-themed cake for London Fashion Week, the macabre and bizarre continue to influence this upcoming baker who has recently been profiled in The Sunday Times, Evening Standard magazine, and Metro.
• Illustrated throughout with a trendy gothic horror theme.
About the Author
LILY VANILLI aka Lily Jones, is a baker and cake designer. Her cakes are made by hand in
her own kitchen in east London, and are
available online at www.lilyvanilli.com, as well as at Harrods food hall. She is known for her unusual and spectacular designs, such as the marzipan insects she made for an Alexander McQueen film project, or the blood and gore
cupcakes created for Maaike Mekking’s show at London Fashion Week. Her blog is at http://lily-vanilli.blogspot.com.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Yummy Goodness,
This review is from: A Zombie Ate My Cupcake (Hardcover)
This book came just in time for Halloween this year! The cupcakes were a big hit at work and at home as well. Most of the receipes are easy and scrumptous. Others look pretty intimidating and time consuming. I don't know when I will attempt those ones. Overall a really fun cupcake book to have. I do love my zombies too!
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My New Favorite Cupcake book!,
By D. Matlack "Guidedog" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: A Zombie Ate My Cupcake (Hardcover)
I just recieved this book today and what a Kick!Sure some of these designs are going to be familiar to anyone who has done Halloween baking, but there is some new and different: Shattered Glass, Bleeding Hearts, Sweeney Todd's Surprise, Zombie Snacks, Rainbow Cupcakes (I'm especially looking forward to attempting these without making an ugly muddy grey color with all the colors.) and her Day of the Dead Cakes are beautiful! In fact what sets this cupcake book apart from other Halloween treat type books is that with the exception of bacon (yes, bacon.) everything is hand made by the author. Lily Vanilli is an artist and dosen't rely on premade candies and cookies to customize or accesorize her desserts. Another big plus for this book is that it is a UK cookbook but the author includes both metric and US Standard (cups, tsp, etc.) and conversions for baking temperatures for both Europe and North America. So there is no need to look up conversion charts. It will be interesting to see how well I can copy her work since clearly it takes a bit of an artistic hand to create these. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Creepy And Cool Cupcakes At Your Fingertips,
By Amy Braud - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: A Zombie Ate My Cupcake (Hardcover)
I just received this book and i don't know where to start!! These are some of the most unique and creepy cupcake recipes I have ever seen. Full color photos of each cupcake and detailed instructions for each are given. The "Shattered Glass" cupcake recipe even tells you how to make sugar "glass". I recommend this book to anyone who wants something a little darker for Halloween.
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Defend your cupcakes!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Zombie Ate My Cupcake (Hardcover)
This is a really cute cookbook! It consists mostly of cupcake decorating ideas, but there are recipes at the back of the book. A lot of it is pretty time-consuming, but totally worth it (especially if you LOVE baking like I do). Great ideas and great recipes!
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