This and That
October 2016
It’s A Good Day For A Cupcake
 
Read About Cupcakes 
A Piece Of Cake: A Memoir
by Cupcake Brown

An inspirational, frequently disturbing memoir of a troubled youth describes how the author fell victim to the ills of the child welfare system, detailing her experiences with sexual abuse, neglect, drug and alcohol addiction, prostitution, and gang banging, as well as her long and difficult struggle to rebuild her life.
Cupcake
by Rachel Cohn

Former "bad girl" Cyd Charisse moves to New York City to live with her half-brother Danny while exploring career options and various relationships, including the one with Shrimp, who is surfing in New Zealand.
Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel with Recipes
by Jenny Colgan

Having spent her childhood helping her grandfather in his bakery, Issy Randall decides to open her own cafe after being laid off from her desk job, but she encounters a host of problems on the path to success in business.
The Diva Frosts a Cupcake
by Krista Davis

After a baker's feud leaves a shop employee murdered, Sophie Winston must sift through the clues to find the killer, all while trying to plan a cupcake fundraising event.
How To Eat a Cupcake
by Meg Donohue

When former best friends Annie Quintana and Julia St. Clair form a tentative alliance to open a cupcake shop, they become the target of a dangerous enemy bent on sabotaging their bakery, while they try to get past the betrayal that tore them apart years earlier.
Fudge Cupcake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
by Joanne Fluke

When bakery owner and sleuth Hannah Swensen discovers the body of Sheriff Grant behind the high school where she is teaching her cooking class, she must prove the innocence of the prime suspect, her brother-in-law Bill.
Cake: A Slice of History
by Alysa Levene

A cultural celebration of the ubiquitous role of the cake in everyday life shares the stories behind favorites ranging from the fruit cake and pound cake to the birthday cake and the angel food cake, exploring how cake became a central treat in times of celebration.
The Icing On the Cupcake
by Jennifer Ross

When Ansley Waller's fiancé Parish cancels their upcoming wedding, Ansley decides to leave Dallas and make a fresh start. In a surprise move, she heads to New York City to live with her recently widowed grandmother Vivian, who gives Ansley an ultimatum:get a job or go home. Before long, she's opening up her own cupcake shop and even trying her hand at dating. But the ways of Manhattan's eligible bachelors are altogether different from their Southern counterparts, and worse, someone's got a half-baked scheme to sabotage Ansley's new life.
Dying For a Cupcake: A Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery
by Denise Swanson

Returning home to Shadow Bend, Missouri where she hopes to launch her new line of cupcakes, Kizzy Cutler finds her plans derailed by the strange death of her assistant and several attempts on her own life, which makes her realize that someone is not so sweet on her return.
All's Fair In Love and Cupcakes
by Betsy St. Amant

When Kat's best friend Lucas unwittingly signs Kat up for a reality television cupcake baking competition, Kat suddenly has the chance to win a successful career in New York--but may lose Lucas in the process.
Bake Some Cupcakes 
Bake Me I'm Yours-- Cupcake
by Joan Belgrove

The one hundred recipes featured in this innovative cupcake cookbook include a range of yummy sponge cakes, icings and frostings, ideas for embellishment, and suggestions for incorporating cupcakes into every occasion.
The Big Book of Cupcakes
by Betty Crocker

Presents recipes to make more than 175 cupcakes with fun decorating ideas and preparation instructions from scratch or using a mix in categories such as Kids' Parties, Holiday and Specialty Cupcakes.
The Art of Cupcakes: More than 40 festive recipes
by Noga Hitron

Provides instructions for decorating cupcakes with forty different variations, including cupcakes for weddings, birthdays, and children's parties.
What's Up, Cupcake?: Creating Amazing Cupcakes
by Dana Meachen Rau

"Step-by-step instructions teach readers how to create food art with cupcakes."
Hello, Cupcake!
by Karen Tack

An imaginative array of unique cupcake designs explains how to use snack items and common candies to create a variety of confectionery masterpieces to suit any occasion, from a big-top circus cupcake tier for a child's birthday, to a white cupcake Christmas wreath, ghost chocolate cupcakes, turkey cupcake place cards, or sausage and pepperoni pizza cupcakes for April Fool's Day.
The Cupcake Cafe Cookbook
by Ann Warren

Reveals the secrets behind the beautifully decorated, flowery confections of New York City's Cupcake Cafe, showing home cooks how to bake and decorate a bounty of exquisite baked goods with the aid of photographs, instructional drawings, and directions.
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