What's short and sweet and cute as a button? Cupcakes! And, everyone loves 'em! Trusted favorites at picnics, potlucks, and bake sales, cupcakes go equally well at relaxed and informal gatherings or at elegant parties. Here are fifty scrumptious ways to bring smiles and those nostalgic memories back faster than a kid can lick the batter off a beater. Try a Cinnamon Sugar Puff Cupcake-they go from mixing bowl to oven to one happy taker in less than...

"Get ready to measure, mix, and decorate! Baking with Kids is just the book you need to help teach children to bake. Show your children how to safely use basic equipment in the kitchen and explain all about the important ingredients they'll need to make the most delicious baked goods. Recipes include muffins, scones, breads, pretzels, crackers, pizza dough, pie crust, cake, cookies, cupcakes, and more! Celebrated chef and instructor, Leah Brooks creates...

While visiting her grandparents, literal-minded Amelia Bedelia finally learns, despite some mishaps, how to bake an apple pie.

A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale about a not-so-clever gingerbread man.

Nancy's failure to pay attention gets her into trouble when she bakes cupcakes for the school bake sale.

In exchange for tickets on a Caribbean cruise ship, Jenna and her friends in the cupcake club must bake 12,000 cupcakes for a pirate-themed event.

"Delaney is shocked to find out her mom is expecting twins. She likes being an only child. It's been 10 years, and she's had her parents--and her room--all to herself. But her cupcake club pals are excited to bake for the baby shower--until Delaney's momwants a giant stork made out of cupcakes"--

As he helps his father prepare to celebrate his mother's birthday, Froggy makes a big mess trying to do things his own way.