Sticky Date, Pumpkin Pie, Pina Colada, French Toast, Pink Lemonade, Baileys Baby, Creme Brulee, Feijoa, Strawberry Shortcake …are just a tiny portion of the innovative flavours on offer from Miss Melicious.

She has managed to corner a section of the cupcake market and claim it as her own with word of mouth for delicious cupcakes resulting in daily queues out the door at her Auckland New Zealand store. Only opening the store in December 2011, Missy sells out of stock nearly every day and has over 4700 avid followers on Facebook. Missy's individual style and flare is both beautiful and surprising, with each cupcake looking as delightful as it is delicious.

Jam-packed with recipes predominately for cupcakes, but including some whoopie pies and cookies, this gorgeous cookbook will be bursting with retro goodness for the home baker.

SAMPLE RECIPE

French Toast Cupcake (pictured left)
Makes 12

Ingredients
115g butter, melted then cooled
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 1/2 ts baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste
3 eggs, seperated

Method
Preheat oven to 180C (160 fan forced)
Line tray with liners
Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl
In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking power, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon
In a small bowl, whisk milk and vanilla
Add egg yolks to butter mixture one at a time
Add dry ingrediants in thirds with milk. Begin and end with dry ingrediants. Mix until well incorporated.
Beat egg whites in a clean dry bowl until soft peaks form and then fold into batter.
Fill liners three-quarters full and bake for 18–22 minutes or until tops spring back when touched gently
Cool in pan for 5 mins, then remonve and cool before frosting, decorate with candied bacon bits.

Maple Butter Cream
Ingredients
125g butter, softened
4 cups icing sugar, sifted
1 tsp milk
2 tsp maple syrup

Method
Beat butter and slowly add icing sugar until crumbly
Slowly add milk and maple syrup until the desired consistency is reached. Add more milk if required.
Beat 3–5 mins until light, fluffy and creamy, but still firm enough to pipe.

Candied Bacon Bits
Ingredients
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp round black pepper
6 Slices bacon, cut into strips

Method
Preheat oven to 200C (180 fan forced)
Line a rimmed baking tray with the foil and place a wire rack inside
Combine sugar and pepper. Add Bacon strips and toss in mixture.
Lay strips of bacon on the wire rack in one layer and sprinkle with leftover sugar mixture.
Bake for 25–30 minutes until browned.
Cool before finely chopping and sprinkling on cupcakes.
Keeps for 5–7 days in an airtight container in the fridge.

Author Biography

A background in fashion and sales, years and years of volunteering in events and having learnt all her crafty skills from her mother from a very young age, Missy has always been passionate about creating and styling. Friends and family are always asking her to help with party planning, designing and constructing creative and delicious treats and from birth she has been a total bossy britches, so I guess you could say she has had the organising bug as far back as she can remember. So after having her 3 daughters she decided to do something about it professionally and Miss Melicious was born. With the support of her husband, mother, family and friends along the way the idea grew bigger and bigger and will continue to morph until she reaches total world domination … or at least meets Oprah!!!