Book Review: Zombie Cupcakes: From the Grave to the Table with 16 Cupcake Corpses

Zombie Cupcakes: From the Grave to the Table with 16 Cupcake Corpses

by: Zilly Rosen (Author)

Conjuring up her inner George A. Romero, professional cake designer Zilly Rosen focuses her creative attention on crafting a legion of edible undead inside Zombie Cupcakes: From the Grave to the Table with 16 Cupcake Corpses. With a nod to Romero's zombie franchise, Rosen offers instructions for crafting 16 terrifying treats, including:

Toxic Bite

Zombie Rising

Keep an Eye Out

Destroy the Brain

and more!

Readers can raise their own macabre multitude of Zombie Cupcakes creations from the undead with an average creation time of less than one hour. Each Zombie Cupcakes design includes a full-color photograph of the zombie creation at hand, as well as an illustrated instructional overview and a convenient sidebar list of every item you will need to complete the cupcake.



Product Description (From Amazon UK)


The cupcake craze shows no signs of dying, as the invasion of cupcake bars spreads across the planet and Martha Stewart releases her own addition to the many cupcake books being devoured by eager chefs. But if there s one thing that sticks in the throat, it s that all those cupcakes are so damn cutesy... Zombie Cupcakes serves up an overdue backlash. Cooked up in the darkest of graveyards, it presents a ghoulish army of delicious creations that appear anything but sugar-coated. Recipes range from Zombie Flesh to Zombie Brain, from Gravestones to Night of the Living Cupcake. All the cooking and icing techniques are included, and every recipe features step-by-step instructions for the baking and icing, alongside devilish illustrations and photography. As a finishing touch, zombie quiz panels will test your undead knowledge, making this the book that will raise the spirits at even the most lifeless of gatherings.

About the Author


Zilly Rosen trained as an artist before taking up a career as a gourmet baker and cake decorator. She lives in Buffalo, New York, where she runs her own business producing bespoke cakes for any celebration.

Product Details

Paperback: 80 pages

Publisher: The Ivy Press (September 21, 2010)



My View

Zilly's talent is outstanding! This book is a fun one for children as much as for adults. I love any book that can easily involve children in a family activity. The second my kids saw some of the cupcakes, they wanted to start making them right away! Each child picking out their gorey favorites ( I mean what do you expect from my kids - thier motto the grosser the idea the better!)

Two special ideas in the book is the rating system- the recipies are rated in difficulty by skulls. And on some of the pages there are some trivia questions which is interesting as it makes the book even more interactive.

I reviewed an e-book copy and I am hoping to pick up a paper copy as this would be a great addition to any cookbook library. Especially if you have kids around.

One of my favorites was "The Birds" - it made me realize how much this book could be used for things. For example our family has movie night. I think it would be fun if we had "Horror Night" and the kids could spend the afternoon baking cupcakes for the movies. You know make "The Birds" cupcakes for Alfred Hitchcocks movie "The Birds" or The Bride and Groom"  for the movie of Nightmare Before Christmas". How much fun that would be munching away on these delicious cupcakes while watching horror films.

I know I will be keeping an eye out for her name on posible other books that may be made in the future.




I was not compensated by any means for this book review. My view is strictly my own.