Scrumptious cupcake recipes-made from scratch or with a mix

Get ready for cute decorated and deliciously flavored cupcakes made easy! Betty Crocker Big Book of Cupcakes feature 175 scrumptious and adorable cupcakes-all using fun decorating ideas anyone can master and simple ingredients available anywhere. And as a unique feature, it shows how to prepare almost every cupcake from scratch and using a mix: You decide which method to follow.

Recipes include kids' favorites, like Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes, as well as sophisticated flavors like Caramel Mocha Cupcakes and Maple Bread Pudding Cupcakes. You'll find:

• More than 175 cupcakes, with a tantalizing full-color photograph of every cupcake, plus helpful how-to photos showing easy decorating techniques
• A special Kids' Parties chapter with decorated treats like Puffer Fish Cupcakes, Monster Truck Cupcake Pull-Aparts, and Campfire S'Mores Cupcakes
• Holiday and Specialty Cupcake chapters including fanciful creations like Easter Egg Baskets, Almond-Filled White Christmas Cupcakes, and Molten Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Perfect for bake sales, birthdays, holiday parties, or just an everyday treat, Betty Crocker Big Book of Cupcakes is one book that really takes the cake.