Cupcake Envy

Never bake a boring cupcake again — by learning how to turn mini cakes into eye-catching cakelet sculptures!

This cupcake cookbook dares you to think beyond the traditional cupcake mold to make incredibly fun and creative mini cakes. These quick single-serving cakelets assume popular forms that will appeal to all the special people in your life. Bake exquisite treats that resemble:

• a stylish party dress
• a desktop humidor
• a cheery coffee cup
• an adorable baby bottle
• a wicked voodoo doll
• an elegant purse
• a flowerpot
• and more than two dozen other amazing likenesses

Best of all, it's easy to prepare the cakes just by using standard pans that are already in your kitchen!

Amy Eilert founded Cupcake Envy in 2006, just one year after relocating from New Jersey to Wake Forest, North Carolina. From the very beginning, Cupcake Envy made a big splash. Eilert and her cakes have been featured in local and national media outlets such as DailyCandy.com, Skirt Magazine, Brides Magazine and the Ugly Betty show. In 2009, Eilert began hosting weekly classes for students eager to learn new, accessible techniques in cupcake and mini cake design. She travels throughout the U.S. and Canada teaching classes and judging national cake competitions including That Takes The Cake Sugar Art and Cake Competition and Cakelove 2011. Eilert is also a certified instructor at CakeCentral.com.