Sugarcoat It!: Desserts to Design, Decorate, and Devour

by Jen Besel

Overview

Get ready to decorate desserts into edible works of art! Learn to make beautiful treats, including ice cream cone cupcakes, layered cakes, and monsterific brownies. These delectable desserts are beautiful to look at and even tastier to eat!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491408612
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:	800L (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

Stunning Desserts … Decorated by You! 4

Sugared Flower Cupcakes 8

Painted Cookies 10

Cream Puff Tree 12

Ice Cream Come Cupcakes 14

Simply Stenciled Cake 16

Tiered Fondant Cake 18

Royally Iced Cookies 22

Farm Friends Cake Pops 24

Edible Decorations 26

Dunked and Dipped Treats 30

Big-Eyed Owl Cake 32

Monster Brownies 36

Pile-of-Books Cake 38

Hedgehog Cake 42

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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