So how is it possible to include a recipe from The Dollop Book of Frosting (Adams Media, $18.99), the new cookbook by 2012 Cupcake Wars winner Heather Saffer? While interviewing Saffer ...

Cut a 1/2-inch-wide hole to pipe swirls and squiggles. If you want to avoid piping, spoon a dollop of icing onto the cake surface, and drag the spoon through the center to create swooshes and swirls.

Add a dollop of melted yellow chocolate into the ... Frost the cupcakes with white icing. Cut the marshmallows in half and dip the sticky side into pink sprinkles. Attach the marshmallow halves ...

Cut a 1/2-inch-wide hole to pipe swirls and squiggles. If you want to avoid piping, spoon a dollop of icing onto the cake surface, and drag the spoon through the center to create swooshes and swirls.