MSCHMITT-- Fairytale Cake by Mark Sperring 24

 MSCHMITT-- Fairytale Cake by Mark Sperring 24

The inhabitants of every fairy tale ever written are making a very special cake and delivering it for a very special birthday!

MSCHMITT--- Smurf Cake by Peyo 30

MSCHMITT--- Smurf Cake by Peyo 30

Baker Smurf has an emergency! He is short one egg for the cake he is baking! Papa smurf decides to send Smiley and Grouchy Smurf to the hen-house to get another egg, but he warns them to be careful not to get caught by the mother hen. After a failed attempt Smiley and Grouchy finally get an egg for the cake but when they get back they find the egg will not work because it is beginning to hatch! Papa Smurf saves the day with a special cake recipe that does not need any eggs at all!!

MSCHMITT-- Whopper Cake, Karma Wilson, 32

MSCHMITT-- Whopper Cake, Karma Wilson, 32

What happens when you make the biggest cake in the world?  A huge mess, of course!  This is a fun book for kids.

Booze Cakes: Confections Spiked with Spirits, Wine & Beer, by Krystina Castella & Terry Lee Stone

Booze Cakes: Confections Spiked with Spirits, Wine & Beer, by Krystina Castella & Terry Lee Stone, 144 pages

This is one of those cookbooks that have such good writing that you end up reading the whole thing.  Fun fact: Cocktails really only came to prominence during Prohibition- sweet mixers were required to choke down the rotgut that was typically available.  There are some really good-sounding recipes in here, and while they include alcohol, none of them sound overly alcoholic.  Recipes I am going to try as soon as I have butter include blue hawaiian cupcakes (imagine cupcake sized pineapple upside down cakes! egads!) and a rosemary limoncello cake when I need to impress someone.