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This book features killer cupcakes that taste bloody good! After being banished for so long to the land of the pretty and identical, the domestic and the twee, cupcakes are biting back. Here, Lily Vanilli shows how you can take inspiration from anywhere - insects, roadkill, zombies - and recreate it in cake, but always with a delicious result. This book is an introduction to making cakes that look weird, ugly and even grotesque - but that taste divine! There are amazing materials for making edible sculptures and hundreds of things you can do with natural ingredients. Give guests a shock with revoltingly realistic Marzipan Beetles, or add a crunch to your desserts with Morbid Meringue Bones, dipped in raspberry blood sauce. Try out a black cherry Dracula's Bite red velvet cupcake with cream cheese, eat your way through heavenly Fallen Angel Cakes or go for indulgent and truly dark chocolate Devil's Delight Cupcakes. If Ozzy Osbourne made cupcakes, these are the ones he'd want to eat.
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Lily Vanilli, aka Lily Jones, is a baker and cake designer. Originally a graphic designer, she began baking as a hobby and then started selling her cakes at Swanfield market near Brick Lane. Her cakes are made by hand in her own kitchen in east London, and are available online at www.lilyvanilli.com. She is known for her unusual recipes - she experiments with savoury ingredients such as avocado and bacon - and designs spectacular cakes and other edible treats, such as the marzipan insects she made for an Alexander McQueen film project, or the blood and gore cupcakes created for Maaike Meeking's show at London Fashion Week. Read more at http://lily-vanilli.blogspot.com.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Lots of fun to be had in this neat little book... some really breathtaking cakes for special occasions are made simple with easy to follow instructions.
Some of the standouts here are a red velvet heart cake, glistening with blood, cakes with "glass" shards coming out of them, space invader cakes, and some gruesome creature based cakes... yuck! (in a good way)
At the back of the book are about 30 more "normal" recipes for cupcakes, so if creating gruesome delights isn't your thing, you should still buy this book to get some seriously inventive and delicious cupcake ideas from one of the most creative people in baking at the moment.
Fully recommended!
Some of the standouts here are a red velvet heart cake, glistening with blood, cakes with "glass" shards coming out of them, space invader cakes, and some gruesome creature based cakes... yuck! (in a good way)
At the back of the book are about 30 more "normal" recipes for cupcakes, so if creating gruesome delights isn't your thing, you should still buy this book to get some seriously inventive and delicious cupcake ideas from one of the most creative people in baking at the moment.
Fully recommended!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book, well, if I am honest I bought it because it is just the sort of thing that appeals to me! I am a fan of anything a little Kitschy and cupcakes, and this seemed to combine both of those loves. It didn't disappoint. It has some really great ideas for some really wicked little cakes - my particular favourites are the hearts, I haven't tried them yet I have to admit but good lord do they look gruesome in the picture! I find that invariably the recipes in this book turn out great. The decoration ideas are superb, little edible beatles and glass being amongst my favourite offerings. I like that the frosting and cake recipes are separate so you can pick and choose, but for each cake shown the frosting and cake recipe used are give, with some alternatives too. I would recommend this book over and over, and don't let how complicated some of the ideas look put you off, they really aren't. A*
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Inspirational, beautiful, truly revolting...
This book is a great buy. It's fun and mouth-wateringly beautiful to look at. My only complaint is that it's a bit thin on the recipe side as it were, but as far as inspiration for... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Geor6e
Great inspiration
A great book for inspiration, but also has very detailed instructions on how to make each design. Good for beginners to follow each recipe exactly, but also good for those with a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ann Onymous
Disappointing
I had really high hopes for this book after reading the reviews. Unfortunately, I tried to make the shattered glass cakes and it really didn't go well at all. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Elizabeth Turner
A scaringly good
I have many cook books. This is definitely one if the more fun ones. Love it to bits. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. Can be used for any occasion.
Published 7 months ago by Mr. D. Leonard
Fantastic ideas for a gruesome baking extravaganza!
I bought this book after reading the reviews of this and several similar books. This was the book I chose, and I'm glad - all the ideas are really fantastic, with clear... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lolly Blackheart
Brilliant!!
I've made a few cakes in this book and absolutely love it!!
The little ghost cakes were so cute!! Read more
The little ghost cakes were so cute!! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Louise Harrop
Good but hard to achieve
The recipies and ideas are fantastic, but actually creating the cakes is quite hard. I found the frustration of achieving the same effects outweighted the enjoyment of making the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Laura Howley
Makes me wish I was more of a baker...
I found this book through the author's blog (google Lily Vanilli and Bleeding Hearts!)and thought the concept was amazing. Read more
Published 13 months ago by findingmoxie
Brilliant for any cupcake lover!
Like most young chefs, I have recently become obsessed with making cupcakes. These fantastic recipes are written with clear instructions and fun images. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Sarah-Lou
yummy braiiiinnnnnnsssssss............
I've only made a couple of cakes from this book, but its very easy to follow and the pictures really help. I also just love the whole concept of it. Read more
Published 14 months ago by TheAl
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