Enjoy Life’s Cupcakes and Sweet Treats for Everyone!: 150 Delicious Treats That Are Safe for Anyone with Food Allergies, Intolerances, and Sensitivities
July 5, 2010 by admin
Filed under Allergies @ Amazon
- ISBN13: 9781592334049
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Enjoy Life’s™ Cupcakes and Sweet Treats for Everyone! offers allergy-free cupcakes, cakes, and other sweet treats that are safe and delicious. Each of the 150 recipes are free of gluten and the eight most common allergens thus taking the guesswork out of determining which recipes are safe—and which are a risk. Readers will learn how to use naturally allergy-free ingredients and substitutes to add richness, texture, pizzazz, and nutritional content to cakes and cupcakes without losing the “yummy” factor. Each recipe is vetted for taste and safety by the Enjoy Life™ company, a leader in delicious and healthful allergy-free foods. … More >>
I have Enjoy Life’s first cookbook, Cookies for Everyone, and it’s great. The recipes are easy to follow, don’t require any odd ingredients, and most taste yummy. The first cookbook is also more aware of people with corn allergies and actually gives more suggestions to avoid corn products. (Unfortunately, neither book seems to be aware that xanthum gum is an ingredient grown on corn and needs to be avoided by those with corn allergies. An easy fix though. Guar gum is an equal substitute.) I eagerly opened this cookbook to make cupcakes for a birthday, expecting this cookbook to be similar to the first. I closed it, unable to cook from it. So, what’s wrong with the second Enjoy Life’s cookbook, Cupcakes and Sweet Treats for Everyone!? Almost every recipe in the cookbook uses oatmeal flour. I am surprised that a cookbook that caters to food allergies includes so much oatmeal when those with gluten allergies usually avoid it. I know that my grocery stores don’t sell gluten free oatmeal, let alone gluten free oatmeal flour. I feel that I have wasted my money on this cookbook. I have a little guy that can’t have oatmeal. Yes, there are a few recipes in the first cookbook that use oatmeal, but not like the 99% of the recipes in the second book. Now I have to find a substitute for oatmeal flour or get rid of this cookbook.
Rating: 1 / 5
Recipes were easy to follow and they cupcakes actually look like real cupcakes. They are healthy and my kids love them!
Rating: 5 / 5
While GF oat flour does exist, my celiac wife is avenin-sensitive and can’t use it. Had we known this book relied heavily on oat flour for the many cupcake and muffin recipes, it wouldn’t have been on our wishlist.
We may try some of the recipes with substitutions, but our initial impression is not favorable and we expected more from Enjoy Life.
Rating: 1 / 5