Icing on the Cake (10 page)

To Daddy/Peter: You'll always be our hero…we love you! A special shout-out to Uncle Charles for being a great houseguest and all-round awesome uncle! See, we told you we'd put you in the book!

To our friends and family at PS 6: can't believe graduation is here. We'll miss you so much. Please know how much this super school—and all the people in it—have inspired us over these past six years.

To our families, the Berks, the Kahns, and the Saps: thanks for all the love and support!

Thanks to Jill Fritzo for her help, and a huge hug to Kristin Chenoweth for her interview. We love you and everything you do for animals!

Gracias to Betty Islas (Betty Medina is for you!). Carrie says, “
Te
amo!
”

To our team at Sourcebooks Jabberwocky: thanks as always for being so sweet! XO to Steve, Derry, Leah, Jillian, and Cat.

New
York
Times
bestselling co-author of
Soul
Surfer
, Sheryl Berk was the founding editor in chief of
Life
& Style Weekly
as well as a contributor to
InStyle
,
Martha
Stewart
, and other publications. She has written dozens of books with celebrities including Britney Spears, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Zendaya. Her ten-year-old daughter, Carrie Berk, a cupcake connoisseur and blogger, cooked up the idea for The Cupcake Club series while in second grade. Together, they have invented dozens of crazy cupcakes recipes in their NYC kitchen (can you say “Purple Velvet”?) and have the frosting stains on the ceiling to prove it. They love writing together and have many more adventures in store for the PLC girls!