July 6, 2009
5 Minutes for Books: Babycakes Bakery Cookbook
What parent doesn’t want the best for their children? From the day our little kidlets are born, we’re looking out for their best interests from food, to education, to playmates and influence.
We also love to give them yummy treats on special occasions. Frequently we like making special occasions out of ordinary days. We love creating things that will cause our children’s eyes to light up and sparkle. I know that I love to hear my son laugh when he’s delighted by something that I’ve presented him with. Pure, undefiled enjoyment of a young child. You cannot beat that with anything! Enter BabyCakes: Vegan, Gluten-Free, and (Mostly) Sugar-Free Recipes from New York’s Most Talked-About Bakery
The great thing about this particular recipe book is that it encourages special foods on ordinary (and otherwise) days but presents the food in such a way that you don’t have to feel so very guilty handing it over to your two year old. It encourages and provides recipes that use fresh fruits, agave nectar, coconut oil and apple sauce instead of sugars and other oils which are hard for little bodies to process. If the pictures are worth anything, you can use these alternative and all-natural ingredients and your food will still look fabulous and taste delicious. From vanilla cupcakes to blueberry crumb cake, to double chocolate chip cookies, I didn’t run across anything in this cookbook that looked un-edible. I myself would scarf any of it down and I imagine I wouldn’t have to bribe my two year old into some taste testing of his own. This book is good stuff, pure and simple.
If you or your little one suffer from any variety of food allergies or if you just want to avoid sugars, you’ll want to look into this particular cookbook. It can be discouraging to find desserts that aren’t packed with sugar and this book offers some suggestions and hope that even a strict diet can be a fun one.
Even if you already have a healthy household and are food conscious, this book is helpful in that you will not have to read an “ordinary” recipe and try to figure out the substitutions for eggs/sugar/gluten, etc. The measurements and ingredients are specifically for vegan/gluten-free foods making it very straight forward for the health conscious cook. I love it! Check out BabyCakes
We have one copy of BabyCakes to give to one of you. Leave a comment (U.S. residents only) if you’d like to win.
The winner of Sometimes a Light Surprises is #11 -Becky .
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In addition to contributing to 5 Minutes for Books, Carrie blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know, and is the author of the 5 Minutes for Photography column.
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Comments on 5 Minutes for Books: Babycakes Bakery Cookbook »
Jamie @ 7:46 am
I love to bake! What a great giveaway!
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Adventures In Babywearing @ 7:57 am
Ok- seriously I am SO JEALOUS and wish I could enter this one! GAH! Love babycakes…
Steph
chyk @ 8:12 am
i have wanted this book froever
nikki joanis @ 8:27 am
I would LOVE to win this book!
Renee @ 8:35 am
I’d love to win this book, I’m really trying to cut processed sugar, and well processed anything out of our diets. I guess if I don’t win, I’ll just have to buy this book.
Hailey @ 8:55 am
I want to win!! Yummy!
Mel Turley @ 9:16 am
Our family has been trying to eat healthier since my hubby had a heart attack in May. He is doing well now and has lost 20 pounds since then. I would really like to try some of the recipes in this book – particularly to get my kids further away from processed foods. I want them to stay healthy and not have to experience preventable chronic diseases and health problems when they are adults.
Thanks for the info on the book and the chance to win!
Katie @ 9:43 am
Sounds delicious!
Sherri D. @ 9:44 am
I would love to win this cookbook – my daughters and I have taken on baking as our new hobby, and this would be great!
Jen @ 9:50 am
I love cookbooks. I want to win!
Amber @ 10:22 am
Yum! Sounds like a great cook book.
Heather H @ 10:24 am
Would love this!
Ellen C. @ 10:26 am
I love to bake so this book would be perfect for me. Thanks for the chance.
Mozi Esmes Mommy @ 10:30 am
I’ve been struggling to find things my 2yo will eat. Would love to find ideas in this book!
Buffie @ 10:45 am
This cookbook sounds like it would be great. I would love to win a copy.
Suzie McKe @ 10:46 am
This would be great for my little guys!!
Shelly W. @ 11:07 am
Oh, I’d love this for my daughter. She loves to bake cupcakes.
Jinii @ 11:54 am
Yummy! I would love to bake something out of this book!
angie @ 12:36 pm
this book sounds delicious
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Territory Mom @ 12:48 pm
Oh my goodness I just added this book to my Amazon wish list.
I heard about from:
http://whattofeedyourkids.blogspot.com/
Check out her map of gluten free restaurants in NY. I live in Oklahoma, but I found it very helpful.
Bess @ 1:43 pm
I absolutely LOVE to bake things…yum yum!
skoots1mom @ 2:14 pm
sounds yummy!
thx for offering
Jill H. @ 2:44 pm
I saw this book on Amazon, and it immediately went on my wish list. I’d be thrilled if I won it!
Julie P. @ 4:09 pm
This book would be perfect for me since my son has lots of life-threatening food allergies. He would love to try some of these treats!
Angela C. @ 4:11 pm
I would love to win a copy. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Kel @ 4:17 pm
This would be great for our family baking time!
denise @ 5:13 pm
I would love to win this book.
IE Mommy @ 5:23 pm
Sounds wonderful. Thanks for the oppportunity!
sara @ 6:56 pm
This cook book sounds awesome. My daughter has discovered a love for cupcakes and I would like to be able to allow her one without feeling like I am handing over something truly unhealthy! Thanks!
courtney @ 8:14 pm
FUN giveaway! This book looks great.
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PisecoMom @ 8:26 pm
Thanks for the chance to win!
~Leigh @ 10:25 pm
My gluten-free babycakes would love a copy of Babycakes!
Laura K @ 11:04 pm
Yay! What a neat and healthy give-away!
Raelena @ 3:06 am
count me in please!
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CMC @ 6:57 am
I’d love to win this – I’m getting bored making the same old things over and over.
Beth @ 9:31 am
This looks awesome! Please enter me!
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Jessica @ 10:01 am
This book does look amazing!!
Beth @ 10:01 am
This sounds delicious. I’d love to win.
Chelsea @ 10:21 am
This book looks so fun and tasty…thanks for the giveaway!
Rachel @ 1:17 pm
Ummm…tasty treats that are also healthy for my children! Hopefully I will win!
LaVonne @ 4:05 pm
What a great giveaway. I love sweets that are more healthy!
Madonna @ 4:58 pm
I would really enjoy having this book to bake from, I lurve cookbooks and especially health conscious ones.
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jane jakins @ 8:16 pm
baby cakes
Christina @ 3:04 am
This is a wonderful giveaway! Ever since I’ve been a child I loved to bake (even calling up radio programs and giving them my Baked Alaska tips, plus I think I was the only ten-year-old who owned a candy thermometer!) and I’m always looking for new books and information!
sarah @ 6:00 am
I’d love to try some things in this book!
sarah @ 6:00 am
I’m a subscriber!
kathy pease @ 10:52 am
Thanks for the GREAT giveaway
please count me in
Lindsey@A Kindred Spirits Thoughts @ 12:17 pm
How cool! This book looks like so much fun! Thanks for the giveaway and the review.
Jennifer C @ 5:53 pm
Yum yum. I would love to win – I love to bake.
Staci A @ 9:33 pm
I love baking with my 4 year old. We’d love to use the Babycakes book together!
Urailak @ 4:54 am
Please enter me. Thanks!
Stefanie Hartman @ 6:17 am
Looks like a great book. Love to try the recipes with my little ones. Blessings
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Ingrid Prueher @ 10:05 am
Hi! I am trying to instill good eating habits to my 19 month old. With so many diseases on both sides of the family we have to eat healthy. This cookbook would reinforce that sweets can be healthy too. Thanks so much for the opportunity!
Have a great weekend!
Badger Momma @ 9:51 pm
I would love to win the Babycakes Cookbook! I’m an avid cook and baker and I try and teach my girls a little about how to navigate around the kitchen little by little.
Lisa @ 11:44 pm
Sounds like a fun cookbook!
Lea @ 11:45 pm
Oh yum! Just looking at the cover makes me hungry!
Teresha @ 9:26 pm
I would really benefit from this since I have a gluten allergy and really miss baked goods.
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Marcia Goss @ 1:34 pm
My daughter really needs this cookbook. She is a vegetarian, and just discovered that she has food allergies. This cookbook would really help her.
Daniel M @ 2:59 pm
looks like a great book, could really use the help with eating better
Laureen @ 4:02 pm
This looks like the perfect book for us as I attempt to transition my family to a more vegan, raw food diet. Wish me luck with that!
Thanks for the chance!
Jen @ Happy Little Homemaker @ 3:25 pm
this looks fantastic!