The Lakeside Collection

Now even the kitchen-challenged can make creative cupcakes that will wow the crowd.

• The easy-to-follow techniques in the Hello, Cupcake! Cookbook will show you how one-of-a-kind cupcake designs can be made using a zipper lock bag and everyday candies and snack items you can get at your local grocery store.
• No expert baking skills or fancy pastry equipment required!
• Impress your guests with cupcakes ranging from the silly to the scary to the sophisticated:
• Raise the tent on a big-top circus cupcake for a kid's birthday. 
• Delight doggy lovers with confectionery "pupcakes."
• Serve up a memorable and tasty April Fool's Day gag with corn-on-the-cob cupcakes.
• Give trick-or-treaters some sci-fi excitement with alien invasion cupcakes.
• Bring a special touch to other holidays with turkey cupcake place cards, a white cupcake Christmas wreath, Easter egg cupcakes, and more.
• These and other unforgettable designs are covered in the sections Cupcaking Techniques, April Fool's, Party Animals, Happy Birthday, Cupcake!, Hostess with the Mostest, Nightmare Before Thanksgiving, Holiday on Icing, and Cupcakes and Frostings. 
• You'll have fun just spotting the familiar ingredients in the photos of these imaginative creations.
• The softcover, 230-page book (10" x 9") includes hundreds of color photos.