Publisher's Synopsis
I STARTED BAKING MAYBE 9 YEARS AGO WITH MY NEIGHBOR, MICHELLE, AND SISTER, KIKI. WE WOULD GO TO THE STORE AND BUY THE CUPCAKE BOX MIXES AND READY MADE FROSTING THEN GO HOME TO BAKE UP A BUNCH OF TREATS. WE DID THIS EVERY WEEKEND AND THEN WOULD SIT OUT ON THE CURB AND SELL THEM ALONG WITH SOME LEMONADE. TRUTH-BE-TOLD, WE ENDED UP EATING MOST OF THEM WHILE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO WALK BY. EVENTUALLY I GRADUATED FROM BOX MIXES TO SIMPLE RECIPES THEN MORE COMPLEX ONES. I EVENTUALLY BEGAN CREATING MY OWN RECIPES FOR CUPCAKES AND STARTED MY OWN CATERING BUSINESS CALLED ZOE CAIT CATERING. MAKING CUPCAKES FOR BIRTHDAYS, EVENTS AND WEDDINGS IS INCREDIBLY FUN AND REWARDING, BUT I WAS READY TO BRANCH OFF INTO OTHER TYPES OF BAKING AND RECIPE CREATION. THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO START WRITING DOWN ALL OF MY (SUCCESSFUL) RECIPES AND COMPILE THEM INTO A COOKBOOK. RIGHT OFF THE BAT I HAD TO DECIDED HOW I WANTED THE BOOK TO LOOK, AND BEING AN AVID ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR, IT WAS ONLY NATURAL FOR ME TO DRAW EACH PAGE. THE JOY I GOT FROM BEING ABLE TO COMBINE MY INTEREST IN BAKING AND ART INTO ONE HUGE MEGA PROJECT HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE THAT ALLOWED ME TO COMPLETE THE ACTUALLY WRITING OF THE BOOK IN JUST UNDER A MONTH.
FOR THAT MONTH I AVERAGED ABOUT 3-5 RECIPES PER DAY, SPENDING HOURS THROWING AROUND FLOUR AND SUGAR IN MY KITCHEN TRYING WHATEVER CAME TO MIND. SOMETIMES MY CARAMEL CAME OUT LUMPY OR I BURNT MY CREAM PUFFS BUT FOR THE MOST PART MY KITCHEN WAS CONSTANTLY FILLED WITH TRAYS OF BAKED GOODS. WE HAD SO MUCH FOOD THAT I WAS CONSTANTLY FILLING UP PLATES AND FORCING THEM UPON MY NEIGHBORS. I THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND VITAL ROLE IN THIS BOOK.I STARTED BAKING MAYBE 9 YEARS AGO WITH MY NEIGHBOR, MICHELLE, AND SISTER, KIKI. WE WOULD GO TO THE STORE AND BUY THE CUPCAKE BOX MIXES AND READY MADE FROSTING THEN GO HOME TO BAKE UP A BUNCH OF TREATS. WE DID THIS EVERY WEEKEND AND THEN WOULD SIT OUT ON THE CURB AND SELL THEM ALONG WITH SOME LEMONADE. TRUTH-BE-TOLD, WE ENDED UP EATING MOST OF THEM WHILE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO WALK BY. EVENTUALLY I GRADUATED FROM BOX MIXES TO SIMPLE RECIPES THEN MORE COMPLEX ONES. I EVENTUALLY BEGAN CREATING MY OWN RECIPES FOR CUPCAKES AND STARTED MY OWN CATERING BUSINESS CALLED ZOE CAIT CATERING. MAKING CUPCAKES FOR BIRTHDAYS, EVENTS AND WEDDINGS IS INCREDIBLY FUN AND REWARDING, BUT I WAS READY TO BRANCH OFF INTO OTHER TYPES OF BAKING AND RECIPE CREATION.
THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO START WRITING DOWN ALL OF MY (SUCCESSFUL) RECIPES AND COMPILE THEM INTO A COOKBOOK. RIGHT OFF THE BAT I HAD TO DECIDED HOW I WANTED THE BOOK TO LOOK, AND BEING AN AVID ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR, IT WAS ONLY NATURAL FOR ME TO DRAW EACH PAGE. THE JOY I GOT FROM BEING ABLE TO COMBINE MY INTEREST IN BAKING AND ART INTO ONE HUGE MEGA PROJECT HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE THAT ALLOWED ME TO COMPLETE THE ACTUALLY WRITING OF THE BOOK IN JUST UNDER A MONTH. FOR THAT MONTH I AVERAGED ABOUT 3-5 RECIPES PER DAY, SPENDING HOURS THROWING AROUND FLOUR AND SUGAR IN MY KITCHEN TRYING WHATEVER CAME TO MIND. SOMETIMES MY CARAMEL CAME OUT LUMPY OR I BURNT MY CREAM PUFFS BUT FOR THE MOST PART MY KITCHEN WAS CONSTANTLY FILLED WITH TRAYS OF BAKED GOODS. WE HAD SO MUCH FOOD THAT I WAS CONSTANTLY FILLING UP PLATES AND FORCING THEM UPON MY NEIGHBORS. I THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND VITAL ROLE IN THIS BOOK.
