Cake My Day! Easy, Eye-Popping Designs for Stunning, Fanciful, and Funny Cakes

by Karen Tack; Alan Richardson

Publisher:

Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

, 2020

Overview

The New York Times bestselling authors of Hello, Cupcake! show you how to make a Taxi Cake, a Ladybug Cake, a Siamese Cat Cake, a Guitar Cake, and more.
 
Those cupcaking geniuses, Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, are back, this time with bigger canvases and bolder creations. Everything that can be done with a cupcake can be done better with a cake—with a twelfth of the effort and loads more wow power, using everyday pans, bowls, and even measuring cups.
 
Press candy into frosting for an argyle pattern, or use one of the easy new decorating techniques to produce wood grain for a guitar cake. Turn a round cake into Swiss cheese and Brie for April Fool’s Day. Whether you’re a kitchen klutz or a master decorator, you can transform a loaf cake into a retro vacuum cleaner for Mom or bake a cake in a bowl for a rag doll. Need a piñata for a birthday party? Bake the batter in a measuring cup. Or skip the baking altogether, buy a pound cake, and fashion it into a work boot for Dad or a high-top sneaker.
 
You won’t believe these creations aren’t the real thing—until you take the first delicious bite!

Product Details

• Title: Cake My Day! Easy, Eye-Popping Designs for Stunning, Fanciful, and Funny Cakes
• Authors: Karen Tack, Alan Richardson
• Publisher: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780544263765, 9780544263697, 0544263693, 0544263766
• Resource ID: LLS:9780544263765
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T16:52:53Z

About the Authors

Called “the cake whisperer” by Gourmet, KAREN TACK is a cooking teacher and food stylist. Her work can be seen on the covers of Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart Living, Parents, Real Simple, Nick Jr., and many others.Fellow creator ALAN RICHARDSON has photographed dozens of best-selling cookbooks, and his work appears in many leading food and women’s magazines. He is the coauthor of The Breath of a Wok, which won two coveted awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.