Karen Tack and Alan Richardson launched a national cupcaking craze with their beautiful, imaginative, and witty creations that are so easy anyone can make them тАФ no baking experience or equipment required. All you need are candies from the convenience store. This sampler shows you how to make hilarious cupcakes that look just like spaghetti and meatballs, brilliant sunflower cupcakes to surprise Mom or friends, cupcake bake sale pies for a potluck, adorable sheep from pound cake, and for your little girl, stunningly fashionable high heels with graham-cracker soles.
Called тАЬthe cake whispererтАЭ by Gourmet, KAREN TACK is a cooking teacher and food stylist. Her work can be seen on the covers of Gourmet, Bon App├йtit, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, WomanтАЩs Day, Martha Stewart Living, Parents, Real Simple, Nick Jr., and many others.
Fellow creator ALAN RICHARDSON has photographed dozens of best-selling cookbooks, and his work appears in many leading food and womenтАЩs magazines. He is the coauthor of The Breath of a Wok, which won two coveted awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.