Review: Tasty cupcakes for dessert
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2013
When my wife and I watch TV, some of our favorite shows are the cooking competitions on cable networks like Food Network and Bravo. Lately, it seems like the hottest shows are the ones that tickle our sweet tooth (Cupcake Wars, Just Desserts, Sweet Genius, Last Cake Standing, etc.). And the hottest of the hot are cupcakes, which have become art forms as well as tasty delights.After seeing an online sample of "Yammy Diet Cupcakes," I downloaded the book, which includes more than three dozen recipes for cupcakes that the author says contain fewer calories and less fat than regular cupcakes. The color photographs of each recipe are very appealing, and the recipes are complete with easy-to-follow directions.The author states that these cupcakes contain fewer calories and less fat that regular cupcakes, but with most recipes, it wasn't obvious how the reduced calories were achieved. Some recipes included the number of calories and grams of fat, but this information was omitted for some recipes. I would have also liked to have seen the number of grams of carbohydrates, with a subtotal for sugar. I know that artificial sweeteners have to be limited in baking, so the texture and browning characteristics aren't negatively affected, but some of the icings could have incorporated artificial sweeteners to reduce the total amount of sugar in the cupcake.Using the recipes in the book should yield some very tasty desserts.