The unstoppable rise of the cupcake trend shows no sign of waning, currently the fastest growing recipe search on Google UK. The comprehensive introduction provides all the decorating know-how you'll need to get started, including ingredients, equipment and icing techniques. With a cute, colourful design and cut-out cupcake photographs that jump off the page, these recipes are as fun to look at as they are to eat! Along with Dress Your Gingerbread in the same series, playing with your food has never been so much fun!

Joanna Farrow is no stranger to playing with her food, having given cookies a whole new look in Dress Your Gingerbread. A home economist and food writer, she has also contributed to numerous food magazines and has written a number of other titles, including Ready Steady Cook for Kids, Good Fast Family Food and Cake.

INTRODUCTION: The Cupcakes: Vanilla, Chocolate, Carrot and Lemon, Making Buttercream and Other Frostings, Decorating Tips, Finishing Touches, Useful Equipment; DECORATING INSTRUCTIONS: Christmas tree, Sleigh bells, Heart, Witch, Snowman, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Ghost, Jack O'Lantern, Grave, Present, Skull & bones, Wedding cake Puppydogs, Polar bear, Hedgehog, Monkey, Spider, Shark, Octopus, Spring chicks, Butterfly, Kangaroo, Hippo, Lion, Horse, Flower garden, Rose Ice cream soda, Funnyface, Ballerina, Cartoon Bomb, Wormy apple, Handbag and shoes, Burger, Robot, Mouse, Dartboard, Golfers bag, Big Surf, Car, Rainbow, Mole on hill, Teddy bear, Rubber duckie, Happy clown, Fairy, Dragon, Sugar monster, Tea party