CuPcAkE AnaRcHy
Smash the rules! Trash your cookbooks! Start baking cupcakes that will blow people's minds! Designed for cupcake lovers who are sick and tired of the same-old, play-it-safe options, Who You Callin' Cupcake?, written by the master chefs of Chicago's popular Bleeding Heart Bakery, shows inspired bakers how to create stunning alternatives that will rock your guests. These 75 recipes mix unusual ingredients that are as daring as they are delicious. You don't need to be a master chef to use Who You Callin' Cupcake?'s easy-to-follow system for making tasty, original creations like:
- White Chocolate Wasabi
- Roasted Banana with Ricotta
- Earl Grey
- BBQ Pork
- Chocolate Cherry Stout
- Mojito
- Caramel Corn
- French Meringue
- Pumpkin Chocolate Spice
- Marshmallow
- Tandoori
- Bloody Mary
- Tiramisu
Mixing unusual ingredients that are as daring as they are delicious, this book offers recipes for everything from a Vegan S'more cupcake that combines chocolate, graham cracker, and organic marshmallows to The Elvis, a peanut-butter-and-bacon concoction inspired by "The King's" favorite sandwich. No cupcake is complete without decoration, so the authors show how to apply classic French pastry chef techniques to creatively unconventional themes -- with spectacular results. With "Post Punk Cupcakes," the hip hostess can surprise and impress fun-loving partygoers with cupcakes like Wasabi White Chocolate, Love Kills Dark Chocolate Whiskey, or The Mojito (topped with rum-syrup-vanilla-bean frosting, crystallized ginger, and fresh mint). There are themed cakes for everyone from tough "gurls" looking for tattooed and pierced cupcakes to cool moms making Zombie Brain Cakes for their 10-year-old son's birthday party.
About the Authors
Michelle and Vinny Garcia's Bleeding Heart Bakery has been voted one of the top ten bakeries in the world, the Top Bakery in Chicago (by Chicago Magazine) and many other awards. They have appeared in numerous Food Network Challenges, including "Horror Cakes" and "Extreme Mystery Client Wedding.
