40 simple cake recipes for holidays, birthdays, or any occasion.
Presenting playful cakes for kids that are easy to make and taste great. Straight-forward recipes paired with achievable cake decorating instructions makes preparation a breeze. The decorating steps are even simple enough for kids to join in the fun.
Start with one of four foolproof basic cakes to serve as your foundation (yogurt cake, chocolate cake, lemon cake, or vanilla sponge cake), choose your recipe, and get started! From the simplest cakes to the most "complex," every single recipe is suited for even the most novice of bakers: truly a piece of cake.
These creative cake themes for birthdays and holidays include a Rainbow Roll, Tarzan's Jungle, Santa Claus, Halloween Graveyard, Polar Ice Floe, Candy Train, Circus Animals, Race Track, Pirate Ship, Hedgehog, Roaring Lion, Psychedelic Caterpillar, and many more!
Juliette Lalbaltry is a food stylist who develops and writes recipes for magazines, her blog (juliette-lalbaltry.fr), and various company brands. She lives in Paris, France.
Delphine Constantini is a culinary photographer based in Paris.
This makes this the perfect book for novice bakers, or the more advanced baker, even kids who love baking cakes will enjoy this cookbook. 40 cake designs equal lots of baking fun!--Theresa Huse "Dear Creatives" (12/5/2019 12:00:00 AM)
Paris-based baker, food artist and cookbook author Juliette Lalbaltry's latest book starts with teaching kids (and their grown-ups) four basic cake recipes (lemon, yogurt, chocolate and rolled sponge). From these four bases she offers dozens of ideas for clever, totally doable decorations that will guarantee you'll never need to order another party cake.--Amber Guetebier "Red Tricycle" (11/13/2019 12:00:00 AM)
"My daughter recently got into cake decorating so she loves this book. If you have a little baker in your family too, [they] will be so happy to try out the recipes in this book. It has simple cakes to start with and then it moves to more complicated cakes â " all of them child-friendly and adorable.-- "The Fashionable Housewife" (12/9/2019 12:00:00 AM)
... My daughter recently got into cake decorating so she loves this book. If you have a little baker in your family too, [they] will be so happy to try out the recipes in this book. It has simple cakes to start with and then it moves to more complicated cakes - all of them child-friendly and adorable.-- "The Fashionable Housewife" (12/9/2019 12:00:00 AM)
A profusely illustrated and fun resource for making children's parties and celebrations truly memorable, "Cakes for Kids: 40 Easy Recipes That Will Wow!" will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to personal, professional, and community library cookbook collections.--Helen Dumont "Midwest Book Review" (3/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)
A quick glance at the preview pictures convinced me that this is exactly the book I need. It provides easy recipes and multiple decorating options--and what's better, the decorations all look very doable. This is appropriate to the idea that kids should be able to make these recipes, with a bit of adult supervision, of course.... I'd say that this would definitely make a fun Christmas gift for a child who's interested in baking. The cakes are simple but delicious, and the decorations are creative and doable.--Tara Rittler "Tulsa Kids Magazine" (11/12/2019 12:00:00 AM)
This wonderful, easy recipe is from a new cookbook that would make a nice gift â ] . The author guides young cake-makers with four foolproof basic cakes, and gives them decorating ideas for fanciful fun, like The Squinting Spider, The Adorable Hedgehog, Flying Saucers in Spaceâ ]heck, I wouldnâ (TM)t mind these as MY birthday cakes! Itâ (TM)s a fun book for a young, aspiring baker, or an older baker who would like to inspire a younger one!--Dorothy Reinhold "Shockingly Delicious" (12/1/2019 12:00:00 AM)
This is one fun cookbook with cake decorating ideas for kids' cakes. It has 40 fantastic decorating cake ideas, plus recipes that are sure to get you into the kitchen excited to bake! Now, this cookbook for decorating cakes is easy to follow and has easy cake recipes. This makes this the perfect book for novice bakers, or the more advanced baker, even kids who love baking cakes will enjoy this cookbook. 40 cake designs equal lots of baking fun!-- "Dear Creatives" (12/5/2019 12:00:00 AM)
Want to teach some kids to cook? This will get them started, plus get their creative juices flowing as they decorate their cakes. Making a cake for a kids party - some great ideas in here!-- "Savor the Southwest" (12/11/2019 12:00:00 AM)
Gibbs Smith
Pub Date: November 12, 2019
0.5" H x 10.5" L x 8.2" W
96 pages
Hardcover