Introduces readers to baking cake and cupcake techniques, tools, and ingredients with cool recipes that will have them baking-and-loving it.

Checkerboard Library. Abdo Digital eBook.

Baking is cool -- Ready, set, bake! -- Safety first! -- Tools of the trade -- Cool ingredients -- Cool techniques -- Cat in the hat cupcakes -- Luscious lemon pound cake -- Heavenly angel food cake -- Tunnel of fudge cake -- Chocolate flourless cake -- Secret center cupcakes -- Wrap it up! -- Glossary -- Web sites -- Index.