Cupcake Deck: 25 Sweet & Delightful Recipes Book

Initially a 3-star rating on par with Death By Chocolate Cakes. But I've since gone thru it a second and third time and darn it all, I've got a list of 16 recipes I'd like to try. That's pretty impressive for a recipe book. So far I've tested out the two basic cake recipes (Easy Mix Yellow and Chocolate Sour Cream) and three frosting recipes (Butterscotch Buttercream, White, and Chocolate Buttercream). The two cake recipes were surprisingly yummy (the yellow one did NOT taste like cornbread, hooray!) but they both fell and became disappointingly concave. The taste was so good, I'm willing to try again, especially the yellow. Perhaps more flour? All three frosting recipes have been outstanding. The butterscotch was very sweet at first but seemed to mellow a bit on day 2. The white was a medium-soft consistency, rather fluffy at room temp and went very well with the yellow cake. The chocolate frosting was so soft, so creamy and so smooth. Not overly sweet, it was a nice complement to the rich chocolate cupcake. I probably wouldn't attempt to pipe this frosting, not even just a simple swirl a la the book cover. But it was so soft and easy to spread with a spatula, like a slightly cooled ganache. Has a lot of butter in it, so I expect it hardens quite a bit in the fridge. Anyway, good job so far Klivans, you get bumped up to 4 stars.