Recipe for trouble: the Cupcake Club

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Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Publication Date
[2012]
Language
English

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The second book in a delightful, delicious new series by New York Times bestselling author Sheryl Berk and her cupcake-obsessed daughter, Carrie.

Shy Lexi has developed a crush and the club helps her bake him a heart-shaped cupcake, but not everything goes quite as planned. Peace, Love and Cupcakes is The Babysitter's Club for a generation raised on Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes.

Meet Lexi Poole.

To Lexi, a new school year means back to baking with her BFFs in the cupcake club. But the club president, Kylie, is mixing things up by inviting new members. And Lexi is in for a not-so-sweet surprise when she is cast in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet. If only she could be as confident onstage as she is in the kitchen. The icing on the cake: her secret crush is playing Romeo. Sounds like a recipe for trouble.

Can the girls' friendship stand the heat, or will the cupcake club go up in smoke?

Includes reciples and tips to try at home!

"Kids and cupcakes are the perfect recipe."—Sophie and Katherine, stars of TLC's DC Cupcakes

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Contributors
Berk, Carrie author., aut
ISBN
9781402264528

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Also in this Series

  • Peace, Love and cupcakes (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 1) Cover
  • Recipe for trouble: the Cupcake Club (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 2) Cover
  • Winner bakes all (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 3) Cover
  • Icing on the cake (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 4) Cover
  • Baby cakes (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 5) Cover
  • Royal icing (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 6) Cover
  • Sugar and spice (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 7) Cover
  • Sweet victory (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 8) Cover
  • Bakers on board (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 9) Cover
  • Vote for cupcakes! (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 10) Cover
  • Hugs and sprinkles (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 11) Cover
  • Cupcakes are forever (Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) Volume 12) Cover

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Booklist Review

When the Peace, Love, and Cupcakes club reconvenes at the start of fifth grade, some of the peace is missing. Jealous of her BFFs' amazing summer adventures, Lexi narrates this second installment in the Cupcake Club series. As the club tackles more unique cupcake orders, she learns to be more self-confident and stick up for her ideas in the budding business and when it's better to compromise. The class rendition of Romeo and Juliet also stirs up Lexi's feelings for Jeremy. But why he won't eat cupcakes is a mystery to be solved. More concluding recipes are the icing on this cupcake.--Leeper, Angela Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Kirkus Book Review

Kylie and her friends, introduced in Peace, Love and Cupcakes (2012), are back for another bakefest. Founders of a successful cupcake-baking club they call "Peace, Love and Cupcakes," the girls are now entering fifth grade and have been separated for the summer. Lexi, the focus of this installment, spent part of the summer with her quirky aunt in New York City, but she experiences some jealousy as her friends come back with stories of their own summer adventures. After school starts, she's attracted to Jeremy, with whom she's been partnered in the school production of Romeo and Juliet. This makes for some uncomfortable moments as she, with her friends egging her on, searches for a way to let him know she likes him. Meanwhile, the girls are baking at-times vast quantities of cupcakes to fill commercial orders. One weekend they need to come up with 3,500 cupcakes, baked and decorated, which they--remarkably--do! The entrepreneurial aspects of the club seem far beyond the capabilities of a few grade schoolers, however motivated. While most of the interactions and situations (except the baking, and the Shakespeare is a stretch) are typical of the age, there's nothing terrifically compelling going on here. Appended recipes add an amusing, probably yummy, dimension. Fans of the first effort--and young bakers--will likely enjoy another outing, but it's nothing more than an average early chapter book in a crowded field. (Fiction. 8-11)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Booklist Reviews

When the Peace, Love, and Cupcakes club reconvenes at the start of fifth grade, some of the peace is missing. Jealous of her BFFs' amazing summer adventures, Lexi narrates this second installment in the Cupcake Club series. As the club tackles more unique cupcake orders, she learns to be more self-confident and stick up for her ideas in the budding business—and when it's better to compromise. The class rendition of Romeo and Juliet also stirs up Lexi's feelings for Jeremy. But why he won't eat cupcakes is a mystery to be solved. More concluding recipes are the icing on this cupcake. Copyright 2012 Booklist Reviews.

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