Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too [Hardcover]

Susan G. Purdy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 1993

The author of A Piece of Cake presents two hundred low-fat, low-cholesterol dessert recipes with nutritional analyses, substitutions, a glossary, and a index including special sections such as ""yolk-free"" and ""lactose-free."" 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Purdy's is the most careful and thoughtful collection of light sweets that's appeared in recent memory. Those intent on discovering how ingredients react and the chemistry of fats will be sated by her explanations; those searching for great taste and less fattiness will find both in her 200 recipes. Fruits, egg whites, nonfat milk, and decreased quantities of sugar and butter make the difference; in fact, 10 varieties of cheesecake alone, from elegant apple to brown sugar with spiced blueberry sauce, are indicative of her baking imagination. Each dessert includes notes about yield, advance preparation needed, special equipment, temperature and time, and nutritional analysis, as well as a comparison to the traditional recipe. Barbara Jacobs

About the Author

Susan G. Purdy is most recently the author of Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too, a Julia Child Cookbook Award winner. She studied at the Cordon Bleu and L'Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris and with master pastry chef Albert Kumin. She teaches pastry making at cooking schools throughout New England, and her articles on low-fat desserts appear regularly in Eating Well magazine. She lives in northwestern Connecticut.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 474 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks; 1 edition (November 22, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688111106
• ISBN-13: 978-0688111106
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,303,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Low Fat Recipes, February 21, 2000

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labhusky "labhusky" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too (Hardcover)

I have made several recipes in this book, and they do not taste low fat. They also dont have that rubber like texture that alot of healthier sweets have (she does go into detail about that among other things just before the recipes start). I am very happy with this book. Its a rainy day as Im doing this review, and she has a recipe in there for a pineapple banana cake. It takes no time at all to put it together and the smell makes the house so inviting and pleasant. I will use this book many times!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars you would never think these were low-fat!, December 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too (Hardcover)

It is truly amazing how delicious these recipes are--- and easy too! I have gotten rave reviews from everyone that I have served these desserts to, and they are just astonished that they are lowfat. I would highly recommend this to any cook looking to impress (and eat healthier).

4.0 out of 5 stars the title says it all, January 19, 2012

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paula Solomon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too (Hardcover)

Good book for folks who want to watch their waistline and also have desserts. I love Susan's other book (let them eat cake) a little better (mostly because this has a LOT of cheesecake recipes that I do not like at all, but that is just me). I have made several recipes (I especially liked the fruit crisp topping which I keep handy in my fridge for instant crisp in the microwave, and the chocolate biscotti) in the book and most of them are good enough that I have no need for the full fat version.