Review: As promised, easy to make
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2014
Yes, there are naysayers in the reviews. The cakes are as promised. Yes, they use soda to make and boxed cakes mixes.If you want from scratch cakes, look up a few of my other reviews in the next few weeks. If you want easy to put together, decent tasting cakes, this is your book. No need to heat the house, the microwave cooks it for you. Don't go getting all whiny about it, it does cook the cake. No, it is not baked I the traditional way, but it tastes decent enough for something fast.I liked this book, easy to follow directions, no missing ingredients, innovative combinations. Quick, easy, and cake in minutes. I probably wouldn't take them to a potluck or make a wedding cake out of one of them, but for fast desserts, it is fine.This has twelve easy recipes for you to try. Call them summertime cakes if you like because being able to make a cake without turning up the heat is a great idea. Or call them science cakes because it is a bit amazing that a soda takes the place of eggs, oil and water!I have made these cakes with diet soda so no extra sugar is added. (The artificial sweetener is a problem for some.) just think, no added fat from the eggs and oil. That is a bonus in my book. If you want cakes from scratch, keep hunting for a different book. If you want a dozen easy recipes for fast no oven cakes, buy this book.