8 x 8-3/4 in; 132 pp ; full-color photographs throughout
Paperback
Published in March, 2008
ISBN 0811861902
ISBN13 9780811861908

$19.95  

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Cakes for Kids -- What makes an unforgettable birthday party? The cake! In this colorful, charming cookbook, Matthew Mead has created 35 whimsical cakes sure to be a hit at any party. Designed for the novice or expert, Cakes for Kids includes basic cake and frosting recipes as well as guidelines for baking, assembling, and decorating 3-D works of art. The chapters are divided into three levels of difficulty: easy cakes like Over the Rainbow (which uses multicolored candies to do the hard stuff), medium-level masterpieces like the Rockin' Guitar, and trickier designs like the Delicious Dinosaur. No matter what the level of expertise, step-by-step illustrated instructions make preparing of these confections a piece of cake!

Matthew Mead is a New Hampshire-based author, editor, photographer, and stylist. He recently published Easter Eggs with Chronicle Books.

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Cakes For Kids

2008-04-21 | 1:08 PM | christi jensen

What a great book! Matthew Mead doesn't forget the poor frazzled non-baker parent, but he doesn't leave you with the cool-enough-but-already-been-done Jello cake, either. If someone in your family's been through the birthday cake relay before, there's ideas that will more than show off their skillz, as well. A veteran of Country Home and a few of his own holiday idea books, Matthew Mead proves once again that he really thinks about his readers. I think you'll agree.