Vegetable Cakes: The Most Fun Way to Five a Day! Scrumptious Sweets Where the Veggie Is the Star, Hardcover

Description

Vegetables, but not as you know them... A one-of-a-kind baking book, devoted to vegetables, with wonderfully original creations that promise deliciousness as well as health. Why aren't we using vegetables in desserts? They are as sweet as many fruits, and offer incredible flavors and visual appeal, and of course a wonderful boost of nutrition as well. This baking book with a difference brings you a kale and coconut gateau, asparagus and sesame cake, a carrot and cilantro traybake, cheesecakes made with fennel, pumpkin, arugula... along with all their goodness. From beet cheesecake to radish-topped pavlova, smuggling veg into meals has never been easier. Squashes, corn, carrots, spinach, peas, kale, onions and even fiddlehead ferns take you into a new culinary universe, where the tastes are intriguing and the results also irresistibly tempting to eat. Scrumptious sweets where the veggie is the star. A truly different baking book Vegetables offer an amazing variety of flavors, colors, and shapes - and are also packed with goodness. From beet cheesecake to radish-topped pavlova, smuggling veg into meals has never been easier. Squashes, corn, carrots, spinach, peas, kale, onions and even fiddlehead ferns take you into a new culinary universe, where the tastes are intriguing but the results are also irresistibly tempting to eat.

About the author

Ysanne Spevack is a creative natural cook and gardener. Born and raised in Britain she travelled to Los Angeles in 2004, where she lived for a decade before moving to New York where she now divides her time with London. In California, she managed organic estates and orchards including the well-known Ranch retreat. Her first book, The Organic Cookbook, also published by Lorenz Books, sells around the world, and her trove of other books include The Ranch Cookbook for Rizzoli and Fresh & Wild: A Real Food Adventure for HarperCollins. Her recent book, The No-Sugar! Desserts and Baking Cookbook, is a glorious journey into baking without refined sugar. She has written for the Los Angeles Times food section, the Observer Food Monthly, and magazines and newspapers internationally, and has given TED talks on expanding sensory awareness with food. From edible gardens to her travelling kitchen, Ysanne creates recipes that deliver the flavors we crave, with a deep understanding of the ingredients at the root of each dish, and their therapeutic qualities.