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| Little Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse: Cupcakes, Small Cakes, Muffins, and Other Mini Treats | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kaye Hansen, Liv Hansen
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 15487
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0307382826
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8653
EAN: 9780307382825
ASIN: 0307382826
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
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 best baking book April 14, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Hi everyone I am a baker in new york went to school in london and have just about every book on baking a few weeks ago came across little cakes from the whimsical bakehouse all I can say is this book is wonderful every recipe in the book came out great and is very easy to understand putting together the recipes was to say the least a breeze not much can go wrong with this book I would recommend buying this book I plan on buying all her books and visting her bakehouse happy baking all
Antoinette
From brooklyn
This is so much fun! April 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The recipes are simple enough (though the buttercream icing, sadly, was NOT a hit). Carrot muffins and Blueberry cakes were amazing. The ideas alone rejuvenate the need to bake. They also easily adapt to icings and pans you may already use. The pans suggested can get pricey so definitely hit the outlets and online if you have to purchase anything to experiment; but what does help with that is the chart that gives the measurement of batter per size of pan, even the tiny little ones. Follow the hints and tips throughout the book: they make getting to the end product SO much easier.
A wonderful book! March 7, 2008
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
First, as this book's title indicates, this is a book about little desserts. From cupcakes to muffins to small cakes. Dessert in miniature, which is pretty trendy right now. So if you're looking for a repeat of their first book, you'll find it here, only in miniature form.
The corn muffin recipe was delicious, and their decorations are phenomenal.
Just to give you an idea of the recipes offered, here's a selection. . .
Anytime Little Cakes & Muffins. .
Corn Muffins, Blueberry Muffins, Zucchini Muffins, Banana Muffins, Whole Wheat Blackberry Muffins, Oatmeal Muffins, Pumpkin Muffins, Coffee Chocolate Chip Muffins, Almond Coffee Cakes, Blueberry Crumb Cakes. .
Special Occasion Little Cakes
Strawberry Shortcakes, Raspberry Cheesecakes (miniature, of course), Falling leaves (melted candy painted to look like leaves!), Pumpkin spice cheesecakes, Matt's upside-down cakes (they look soooo delicious!), Nostalgic nibbles and Devilish delights (basically their nod to the twinkie and a chocolate counterpart), Make a wish cupcakes (their interpretation of their "mini" cake from their first book, only in cupcake form), halloween cupcakes, Pate a Choux nests and Pastry Cream, Wild Meringues, and Dulce De Leche, and more!
There are even 3-d Apple bushel cakes (the actual cupcake looks like a bushel of apples - so cute!), Flower pots (the actual pot is candy coating!), and there are directions on how to make your cupcakes look like several different flowers (gorgeous!), and then there's the 3-d Christmas trees, & the much desired Tiered mini cakes (one's a dragon - it's gorgeous, another one has a Paisley design, and the final cake is decorated in beautiful Lilacs.
And all of the frosting and filling recipes they suggest using are here, plus the cake batters. I think you'll find their books inspiring, easy to use, and fun to look at over and over again.
Also, the recipe for Kaye's buttercream is in here (it is out of this world!) and it's scaled down from the version in their first book, to make half a recipe.
I can't stress this enough, this is a miniature bakery book - think cupcakes, mini muffins, muffins, and single portion desserts. If that interests you, then you're going to absolutely love this book!
As a sidenote, as anyone who owns any of their three cookbooks can tell you, the photos are fabulous! You never have to guess what your dessert is going to look like, and the templates are included in the back of the book.
Just buy it!
 Little Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse March 6, 2008
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was not overly impressed by this book, if I had looked at it in a bookstore, I would not have purchased it. Recipes are OK nothing too exciting.
 A little disappointed March 4, 2008
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was so excited to get the newest edition from the Whimsical Bakehouse, but I have to admit, I was a little disappointed. The pictures are cute, but I loved the initial cake book and this just isn't as good. To be fair, I haven't tried any recipes from this one, but I really wanted to be dazzled by cake designs and I just wasn't "dazzled". I guess it would be hard to beat the first book. All in all, I would buy it again and I am sure I will use it as reference.
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