From Janell Brown, creator of the Cupcake Wars–winning bakery One Sweet Slice, comes a beautiful collection of gourmet cupcake recipes made with accessible ingredients. Organized into Classics, Sweet & Light, The Dark Side, Warm & Comforting, and A Little Nutty, the book delivers everything from Vanilla Bean and Unbeatable Chocolate to Lavender Honey, Strawberry Margarita, and Mayan Hot Chocolate. Complete with a full library of buttercreams, cream cheese icings, ganaches, fillings, and step-by-step decorating ideas, it turns any home baker into a champion cupcake maker. Recipes from a Food Network Cupcake Wars champion bakery 50 gourmet flavors made with accessible grocery-store ingredients Full icing and filling library plus step-by-step decorating projects Every recipe tested at an award-winning Utah bakery “Nothings tastes better than a good simple cupcake.”Perfect for a home baker who loved watching Cupcake Wars and wants to make bakery-quality gourmet cupcakes with grocery-store ingredients.
