Hello Cupcake
This is the cutest book on making and decorating cupcakes. I purchased 3 of them for gifts. One I got for my niece who teaches second grade and loves to cook -and make treats for her class. The other two have young school age children. I thought this book would be good for them to make cupcakes with their children and for school parties. I haven't given it to them yet, but I think it is adorable and will be very useful.

No Skills Needed
I thought this would be more of an inspiration type decorating book but it is made for people with NO artistic skills. If you are good at decorating it is just a jumping off point for more creative ideas. I like to make cupcakes for my grandchildren and for showing off a bit at our neighborhood BBQ's. I love watching the kids reaction when they see them. That is the big pay off for me. With this book it doesn't take that much effort to get great feedback. Instant gratification! Have fun and don't worry about being perfect!

Certanily more of a cook than a baker...
However, this book does a great job providing inspiration for fun ideas mainly for children....and for those of us that are kids at heart. The majority of the book is easy to complete and it provides even the novice baker with some great tools for not messing up!

Cute Cupcakes
The recipes in the book are very cute and some look easy to make. I am looking forward to making them for school functions.

Beautiful decorations, but disappointed in recipe!
First, let me say that I love the pictures and decorating ideas in this book. I have had the book for about a month, and I have not had a chance to make any of the decorating ideas out of here, but this is my favorite cupcake book so far. My complaint is on the actual recipe I made. I made the Vanilla cupcakes last night for my daughter's birthday today, and they were horrible. I ended up throwing the entire batch out and luckily I have some cake mixes in the pantry and am making new cupcakes this morning for her birthday party this afternoon! So frustrating!