title: Cupcake Envy: Irresistible Cakelets - Little Cakes that are Fun and Easy
author:  Amy Eilert 
description: "Baby cakes for grown-up tastes."<b><i>The News &amp; Observer</i></b><br /><br />"<i>Cupcake Envy</i> walks readers and aspiring dessert chefs through techniques and preparations to bake exquisite treats that resemble amazing objects such as stylish party dress, a wicked voodoo doll, an adorable baby bottle and more than two dozen other amazing likenesses that people will buzz about! These clever single-serving cakelets assume beloved forms that will appeal to all the special people in your life. Amy's instructions are easy to follow, and readers will easily be able to customize their own creativity to each of the designs." <b><i>Java Cupcakes</i> blog</b><br /><br />"These unique cakelets will also be a great way to expand your cake decorating skills and learn a few new cake decorating skills along the way." <b><i>Cookstr.com</i></b><br /><br />"While we loved the cupcake trend, mini cakes pull at our heartstrings even harder. They're adorable and perfectly detailed without a wrapper to worry about. It's what we've always dreamed of: smart, cute, beautiful food in one small delicious mouthful." <b><i>Get Married Magazine</i> blog</b><br /><br />"[] works of art."<b><i>Skirt.com</i> blog</b><br /><br />"Amy Eilert has written a book called Cupcake Envy, which will appeal to those who like to get crafty in the kitchen with their baked goods. [] She shows us, step-by-step, how to turn simple cake into spectacular creations. These are perfect for birthdays, anniversaries and other significant events where a themed centerpiece might be welcomed." <b><i>Bakepedia</i> blog</b><br /><br />"This book features what she lovingly calls "cakelets". They are NOT cupcakes. They are precious mini cakes that you create, often as you learn to do carving. For many newer decorators, carving into a cake is a frightening experiencethey just can't see the design within the sheet cake. Amy makes it easy." <b><i>SugarZen</i> blog</b><br /><br />"I think the title of the book I'm reviewing today, <i>Cupcake Envy</i>, must be a play on words. Before I opened it I thought it meant everyone would be envious of the cute cupcakes the reader would make from it. After reading, I realized it actually seemed to mean that ordinary cupcakes would envy the amazing mini cakes found within the pages. This book is eye candy, pure and simple, but doesn't stop there." <b><i>Crafty Staci</i> blog</b>
zlib_text: CUPCAKE
  
  Sweet Curves, book 10
  
  MEGAN WADE
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Megan Wade
  All rights reserved.
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and
  retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
  editing: More Than Words
  Created with Vellum
  
  CONTENTS
  1. Emmy
  2. Drake
  3. Emmy
  4. Drake
  5. Emmy
  6. Drake
  7. Emmy
  8. Drake
  9. Emmy
  10. Drake
  11. Emmy
  12. Drake
  Epilogue 1
  Epilogue 2
  Also by Megan Wade
  
  “Y
  EMMY
  ou picked the best one.” I smile at the little girl as I reach into the glass case and carefully pull
  out her cupcake. She picked the one topped with generous swirls of bright purple icing and
  snowy white edible glitter sprinkled on top, giving it that decadent royal feel. I carefully place the
  purple confection in a pink box, seal it, and attach the little handle before I hand it over.
  “Thank you.” She smiles, and I can’t help but smile back 