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Vegan, Gluten-Free, and (Mostly) Sugar-Free Recipes from New York's Most Talked-About Bakery
Clarkson Potter
May 2009
On Sale: May 5, 2009
144 pages ISBN: 0307408833 EAN: 9780307408839 Paperback
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Simply, BabyCakes is your key to an enlightened, indulgent,
sweets-filled future. This is important news not only for
parents whose children have allergies, for vegans, and for
others who struggle with food sensitivities, but also for
all you sugar-loving traditionalists. The recipes in these
pages prove that there is a healthy alternative to
recklessly made desserts, one that doesn't sacrifice taste
or texture. Having experimented endlessly with alternative,
health-conscious sweeteners, flours, and thickeners, Erin
McKenna, the proprietress of beloved bakery BabyCakes NYC,
developed these recipes–most are gluten-free, all are
without refined sugar–in hopes of combating her own wheat,
dairy, and sugar sensitivities. In BabyCakes, she shares
detailed information about the ingredients she uses (coconut
flour, xanthan gum, and agave nectar, for example) and how
to substitute them properly for common ones–all the while
guiding you safely through techniques she’s spent years
perfecting. When BabyCakes NYC opened on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in
2005, it helped propel the gluten-free and vegan baking
movement into a new stratosphere. Suddenly there was a
destination for those with wheat allergies and other dietary
restrictions–and, soon enough, celebrities and dessert
lovers of every kind–to indulge freely in delectable muffins
and teacakes, brownies and cookies, pies and cobblers. Enclosed within these pages are all the “secrets†you’ll
need to bring the greatness of BabyCakes NYC into your own
home as well as raves and recommendations from devotees such
as Natalie Portman, Jason Schwartzman, Mary-Louise Parker,
Zooey Deschanel, and Pamela Anderson. For confectionists of all kinds, delicious alternatives lie
within: Red Velvet Cupcakes, Chocolate Shortbread Scones
with Caramelized Bananas, Strawberry Shortcake, and
BabyCakes NYC’s celebrated frosting (so delicious it has
fans tipping back frosting shots!), to name just a few.
Finally, Erin’s blissful desserts are yours for the baking!
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