Who You Callin' Cupcake: 75 In-Your-Face Recipes that Reinvent the Cupcake Review

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Who You Callin' Cupcake: 75 In-Your-Face Recipes that Reinvent the Cupcake ReviewI was excited to get this cookbook until i noticed several errors throughout.
For example: 12 Lemon cupcakes are supposed to come from 8 cups of flour and
8 eggs. Clearly, this is way off. Another recipe for Chocolate Sponge is supposed
to yield 12 cupcakes, calling for 20 eggs. These recipes call for 2 teaspoons
of salt for 12 cupcakes which can't be correct either.
If you read the recipes, clearly the author put her soul into this book. There are nice distressed style
pictures for most of the cupcakes which is awesome. She is clearly passionate
about her work, and wanted to share that with the readers, however, that just didn't translate
into making sure the recipes were in correct proportions before printing. And since most
of the recipes rely upon the master recipes in the beginning of the book which have incorrect
proportions, it makes the rest of the recipes not work and it also makes you worried to trust
the rest of the recipes as well.
The author's facebook page
shows that they are claiming that altitude, over mixing and lack of use of organic ingredients
is the culprit for people's failed recipes when clearly that has nothing to do with , the fact
that the proportions are way off. 2 teaspoons of salt for 12 cupcakes with 1 2/3 cups of
flour tastes horrible whether your are 200 feet above or below sea level, whether you over
or under mixed it or it's organic.
The author submitted her recipes to the publisher in grams and the
publisher failed to convert them correctly. Be that as it may, what happened
to the proof copy author's get before the book goes to print, or at least an attempt
to make an errata page.The author posted 1 fix, for the basic vanilla cupcakes in grams, using Evaporated Can juice about a month ago. Most people can't get that ingredient. The author has known for several weeks that the proportions are way off and has made no attempt to make an errata page for any of the examples I named above which are clearly wrong. The author also suggests that
people wait for the NEXT printing of the book. Given the sloppy way this book has been handled who would trust the author or publisher at this point to try "revised" recipes.
It appears that most of those who are giving this book 5 stars have made no attempt
to actually bake any of the recipes apparent from them saying things like "i can't wait to try them". I did try to bake the Vanilla Cupcakes, which were good
but I had enough basic understanding and experience not to put 2 teaspoons of salt and the enormous amount of baking powder she suggests. My own changes made an excellent cupcake.
Most who rated this book 5 stars are die hard fans of her baked goods from her bakery and from seeing her on TV.If you are going to use this cookbook, you'll need your own basic recipes for the Vanilla and Chocolate Cupcakes, and only rely on this book for ideas. It is not uncommon
to find cookbooks with some errors, but sheer number of these egregious errors show a lack
care taken in publishing this book, on top of the author not fixing more than 1 recipe.
UPDATE: 9-25-10 I noticed that FINALLY after three months of knowing the recipes were wrong, the publisher and author placed a number of "fixed" recipes up on this page and F.B. This was a super slow response to the bombard of personal e-mails, phone calls to the bakery, and requests on her f.book page the author rejected responding to, despite constant complaints by purchasers that the recipes were not correct. I tried the updated Vanilla Bean Cupcakes TWICE and both times they came out super dry and rough although they did not sink in the middle like her original recipes . I have catered desserts for over 10 years, and do extremely well, and I certainly know my way around making excellent baked goods. Her updated recipe just didn't cut the mustard. They may have changed the recipes , but failed to test them. Surprise, surprise.
I really really wanted these updates to work, but given the way this whole thing was handled i'm not stunned to find these barely mediocre stand-ins doled out as fixes. This book is best used for ideas only. Forget the recipes, and save your ingredients because updated or not the authors recipes just don't measure up. Sometimes people can be so offended that their hard work is being critzied so negatively that they refuse to accept responsiblity. This was apparent by her not "fixing" things for 3 months and offering blaims instead as well as the F.B chatter that erupted so badly that she deleted some of it. The result is that they put a lack luster effort into fixing things they didn't think were a problem in the 1st place. Bottom line, the fixes just don't taste good. It's a shame because she worked really really hard in visual presentation, but there was just too much carelessness in the execution of translating of the actual recipes themselves from bakery to home versions. Some things are a little more than converting numbers.Who You Callin' Cupcake: 75 In-Your-Face Recipes that Reinvent the Cupcake Overview

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