

I’ve used canola oil, generic vegetable oil, and safflower oil. Use any mild vegetable oil for this recipe.

When the eccentric chef insults Mel's bakery, Oz gets into a blowout argument with the culinary prima donna. The wedding planning is all fun-fetti and games until Mel and Joe meet the head chef at the resort who has been making Oz's life miserable. Their reception will be held at the swanky resort where Oz works as the pastry chef. Life is sweet and business is booming at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery-and the fact that Mel and Joe are getting married is the icing on the cake. The Fairy Tale Cupcake crew must discover the truth behind a death sprinkled with suspicion before Mel and Joe can say "I do", in the thirteenth Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. But when the police discover that Rene has been poisoned, there's no sugarcoating the fact that the last things she ate were the bakery's signature pumpkin spice cupcakes! With their lives and bakery at stake, it's up to Mel and Angie to find out who poisoned their artist friend and why, before their future is frosted for good. In an effort to cheer her up, her doting husband, Peter, brings her a four-pack of her favorite cupcakes every week.

Local glass artist and cupcake lover Rene Fischer-Klein has always suffered from a wide variety of health issues. Until one of their most valued cupcake connoisseurs ends up dead. Life is all sugar and spice for the Fairy Tale Cupcake bakers-Melanie Cooper is engaged to the delectable Joe DeLaura, Angie Harper and her husband Tate are savoring married life, and the bakery is bustling with happy customers. In the twelfth Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay, the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew follows the clever crumb trail of a killer who's anything but cookie-cutter. Now, Mel must follow the clues to find the real killer and keep her reputation from being frosted for a crime she didn't commit. But as Mel and Joe prepare to depart, Cassidy is found dead in the girl's bathroom, next to a note written in lipstick that points right to Mel-making her the prime suspect.

No longer willing to put up with Cassidy's bullying, Mel is ready to tell the former homecoming queen to shut her piehole and call it a night. Melanie Cooper has zero interest in catering her fifteen-year high school reunion, but Angie insists it's only right that they bask in the success of Fairy Tale Cupcakes-and Mel's engagement to the delicious Joe DeLaura is the cherry on topĮverything is going better than expected until Cassidy Havers, resident mean girl and Mel's high school nemesis, picks a fight.
The cupcake baker series#
As the New York Times bestselling series continues, it's going to take every recipe the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew has to whip up a quick defense for Mel Cooper when her high school reunion goes from a cake walk to a car wreck.
