Extreme Cakeovers: Make Showstopping Desserts from Store-Bought Ingredients

Make over any purchased sheet cake or frozen pound cake into a stunning creation that looks like it came from a fancy bakery—no special skills or equipment necessary! Even if you’ve never tried to decorate a cake before, with a good supply of candies and other store-bought treats and the detailed instructions in Extreme Cakeovers, you’ll be able to accomplish forty unique designs. You can:

   • Fashion robot hands from chocolate-covered doughnuts

   • Make Fruit Roll-ups blossom into a bouquet of red roses

   • Roll Rice Krispies Treats and Swedish Fish into realistic sushi

   • String a pretty strand of gumball pearls

   • Create a train smokestack from an ice cream cone and marshmallow

Including tips and designs to please everyone from five to one hundred, Extreme Cakeovers is a whimsical guide to crafting cakes that will be the centerpiece of any occasion, from kids’ birthdays to Halloween, Father’s Day to Valentine’s Day, engagement parties to retirement gatherings.

Introduction   

Tools and Techniques

Basic Cake and Frosting Recipes      

Dinner Is Served       

On the Move 

Going Retro  

For the Betties          

No Passport Required          

Geek-o-Rama            000

Summer Luvin’         

Holiday Fun   

Sources          

Acknowledgments     

Index