The Birthday Cake Book: 75 Recipes for Candle-Worthy Creations

Learn to decorate like a pro from your own home! You only get one birthday each year, and in this book Dede Wilson has created 75 recipes for special cakes that will make your celebration a memorable one. The book begins with a set of master batter and frosting recipes that can be mixed and matched and used as the basis for fun, inspired cakes like Confetti 'n' Sprinkles Cake, Teeny-Tiny Chocolate-Orange Birthday Cake, Grand Golden 50th Birthday Cake, and the Banana Split Cake. With this book, anyone can bake and decorate cakes like a pro at home!

Price: $19.95

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Colette's Birthday Cakes

No one makes more beautiful cakes than Colette Peters. Now anyone with an interest in pastry art can make them at home. There are cakes for every sort of birthday celebrant. Each month has a sign of the zodiac cake (for Aquarius, a Water Pitcher mosaic), a birthstone cake (for June, a Crown of Pearls), and a flower cake.
In addition there are assorted cakes such as a doctors bag, a chess set, and an Art Deco confection. The book includes delicious basic recipes and instructions for everything from how to build a tiered cake to airbrushing with sugar.

Price: $35.00

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Birthday Cakes for Kids

At last, here's a beautiful book full of fuss-free imaginative cakes to make for children of all ages. Annie Rigg shows you how to make various cake mixes in different quantities, as well as frosting and decorations for fabulous but effortless cakes. She then takes you through some Simple Cakes such as Princess Cupcakes, a Meringue Mountain, and a Just Fantastic, Chocolate Cake to end all chocolate cakes! Chapters on Animals, Wigs and Wheels, Fantasy, and Wildlife offer all sorts of cake ideas for novice and confident bakers alike. From a fluffy marshmallow Sheep to a pirate's Treasure Chest, and a Ladybug to a Hot Air Balloon, there's something here for every occasion, whether you're short of time or you are prepared to spend the afternoon in the kitchen baking, icing, and decorating.

*Includes step-by-steps and diagrams for the harder techniques of baking and decorating.

*60 achievable birthday cake recipes for busy mothers.

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FamilyFun Birthday Cakes: 50 Cute & Easy Party Treats

Kids will love helping to create their very own magical birthday cake. These awesome desserts, decorated as everything from mermaids to fire trucks to ladybugs, will make a child’s special day even more memorable. Though they look like works of art, they’re actually easy to put together and won’t keep you in the kitchen when you should be celebrating. All that’s required are a few clever cuts in a freshly baked cake plus artful frosting and colorful candles. Most important, there’s room for creativity, so each treat can be customized however you and your child like.

Price: $9.95

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Kids' Birthday Cakes

Don't say you can't cook a cake ever again! Many of these fun creations are based on packet mixes and purchased cakes. Discover how easy it is to make someone's birthday special. Each recipe comes with a photograph and simple instructions.

Price: $12.40

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The Birthday Cake Book

A compendium of recipes for 20 cakes created especially for special birthdays. With a cake to match the personality and circumstance of every birthday celebrant, this book contains recipes that will confirm for novice and expert baker alike the unique pleasure provided by a fresh, beautiful, homemade birthday cake. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Price: $12.95

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Birthday Cakes: Recipes and Memories from Celebrated Bakers

Exquisitely illustrated with more than 55 color photographs, Birthday Cakes features memorable, celebratory cakes and birthday stories by renowned chefs, cookbook writers, and passionate bakers -- including the likes of Julia Child, Alice Waters, James Beard, Alice Medrich, and Jim Fobel. This elegant yet easy-to-use cake-making book invites us to celebrate everything birthday: the making and presentation of the cake, the warm glow of the candles, the whispering of a wish, and the heartwarming ritual of cutting and sharing the cake. Everyone will enjoy oohs and aahs when a Meyer Lemon Pound Cake is served, a beautiful, sophisticated cake that can be decorated with glazed flowers and long French birthday candles. A fabulous three-day cake-making extravaganza for the truly dedicated is Gayle Ortiz's Princess Cake, a Swedish sweet-sixteen tradition. For happy smiles all around, there's a simple, delicious chocolate cake dressed in luscious frosting, just like grandmother used to make. Sprinkled with fun ideas and tips for decorating, this collection of cake recipes and personal birthday memories will inspire cakes so special friends and family will wish they had more than one birthday.

Price: $24.95

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