Baking Bliss!: Baked Desserts to Make and Devour

by Jen Besel

Overview

Turn on the oven, and get ready to bake up a sweet storm. Learn how to create tasty treats, including cupcakes with hidden shapes, checkerboard cakes, and stained glass cookies. These delectable desserts are beautiful to look at and even tastier to eat!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491408599
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Custom Confections
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	740L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Jen Besel has been eating desserts since before she could read. Today she pairs her long-time love of all things sweet with a passion for writing. Always trying to perfect her cupcake swirl, Jen lives in southern Minnesota with her husband and two sons.

Table of Contents

Mouthwatering Desserts … Baked by You! 4

Hidden Present Cookies 9

Black and white Angel Food 12

Checkerboard Cake 14

Mini Apple Cakes 18

Sweetheart Cupcakes 20

Perfect Pie Pops 24

PB and J Cheesecake Brownies 26

Blueberry Cheesecake Tarts 28

Red Velvet Cookies 30

Boston Cream Bites 32

Molten Caramel Cake 36

Stained Glass Cookies 38

Layered Fruit Pastry 40

Tips, Tricks, and Recipes 44

Glossary 48

Read More 48

Internet Sites 48

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2014
Gr 6 Up—Frozen pastry, prepared pie crusts, cake mixes, and melting candy are employed in projects (more than a dozen per volume) that emphasize craft over cooking. Some of these projects are incredibly easy (dip pretzel rods or cookies into melting candy, then decorate with sprinkles), while some require a high degree of artistic skill along with patience and a steady hand (layered cakes covered with rolled and cut fondant, homemade gel cake decorations). Beautifully designed, with mouthwatering images of finished projects and process photos where needed, these books are like real-world Pinterest boards. Some kids will like this skip-to-the-fun-part approach, but others will find the reliance on prepared or semi-prepared foods irksome—and, in truth, the finished desserts don't taste as good as they would have had they been made from scratch.

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