Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too

by Susan G. Purdy

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.

Genres: Cookbooks

474 pages, Hardcover

First published November 22, 1993

About the author

Also known as Susan Gold Purdy.

Reviews

[Brian]

I've been baking from this book for years, it's loaded with delights (and a few misses too). The pie crust is a staple. Purdy tends to recommend too much vanilla for my taste and sometimes understates the cooking time. She includes great background on the recipes. Great book for those that don't want to sacrifice taste (at all) but would prefer not to have excess fat in their baking.

[Dale Rogerson]

This book has been my go-to for years and years. The recipes are great and so do not taste low-fat. I make her Vermont Maple Apple Muffins at least once a month and her Lemon Poppy Seed cake is absolutely divine. Definitely a great-to-have cookbook!

[Alien Citizen]

The recipes do not taste low fat and are both easy to put together and delicious. There are recipes for cakes and other kinds of desserts as well, puddings for example.