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The ''Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book'' (also known as ''The AWWCBCB'') is a recipe book focused on children's-themed birthday cakes published as part of the ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' magazine cookbook series by Australian Consolidated Press, written by Maryanne Blacker and Pamela Clark. First published in 1980, and re-released in 2011, it has become an "Australian cult classic"〔 and a "publishing phenomenon". Between its launch in 1980 and its relaunch in 2011, the book sold more than 1 million copies, despite having been out of print for a significant portion of that period.〔〔 During the 70s and 80s, ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' was among the highest-selling magazines in Australia and published a wide range of cake decorating, recipe and meal idea book and magazine titles. ==Themes and designs== There are 108 themed cakes appearing in the book. The cover illustration is of the "train cake", for which it became synonymous — the cookbook is sometimes referred to as "the book with the train on the cover".〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Shop Online )〕 Some of the more well-known are:〔 * Choo-choo train (cover image), featuring popcorn * Swimming pool, featuring green jelly, typically Aeroplane Jelly * Jack in the box * Piano * Castle, featuring meringue * Clock * Racetrack, figure-8 shape * Robot * Lion * Good witch * Farmyard * Miss Muffet * Cricket bat * Dolly Varden * Miss Piggy * Humpty dumpty * Duck, featuring chips * Pirate * Rubber ducky * Shark * Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe * Echidna * Koala * Giraffe * Ghost * Gingerbread house * Hopscotch * Pink elephant * Typewriter * Butterfly 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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