No. Any kind of refined flour is generally not a good idea for diabetics. Refining out all the vitamins, fiber and fats just leaves the flour extremely starchy which causes a rise in blood sugar and then a heavy crash.
Cake flour is superfine and thus, superbad. If you can find whole-grain cake flour (ingredients: 100% whole ___") then it's a little better, but the blood sugar reaction will still be bad.
A diabetic cake recipe usually will tend to have much lower levels of sugar than a regular cake recipe. Some Diabetic cake recipes will get rid of sugar all together and add other substitutes.
Diabetic pounds cake recipes differ from regular pound cake in the amount of sugar used in the recipe. To say they taste better is a choice of the consumer, however, if you are diabetic, they are definitely better for your health.
No, cake flour is much finer, giving cakes light texture. You would be better of substituting regular all purpose flour
You still use a cup of cake flour for 1 cup regular flour.
Yes, but the regular flour should be sifted and reduced by one tablespoon per cup.
Cake flour has less gluten in it. Gluten is in wheat flour. It is what gives bread it's texture and structure. cake flour is a soft summer wheat as is pastry flour regular flour and bread flours are a winter wheat a lot more gluten Cake flour is softer and more refined than all purpose flour, if the recipe calls for cake flour then do not substitute for if you do the results will not be the same.
Use a smooth bottomed cake pan and coat it lightly with flour at the bottom, Regular flour not self rising.
Not without some form of leavening agent. If you use regular flour instead of cake flour, it will be slightly heavier in texture.
There are flourless cakes. They are denser than regular cake but can be eaten by those that have gluten problems. They use more egg than regular cake.
it depends on what company flour, your better off sticking withe the cake flour, your cake might go flat if u us e the wrong type
If you are looking for a diabetic cake recipe I would suggest you go to "Kraft Canada" to find a diabetic cake recipe suitable for you. You can also go to a local cake store and ask if they have any diabetic cake recipes available for you.
The top diabetic cake recipe would be a maater of opinion and probably different for each person due to their tastes. I have only tasted a few but the Spring Fling layerd white cake was my favorite. It is made with Splenda and has a filling consisting of reduced sugar apricot preserves and strawberries.
There are numerous diabetic cake recipes online. Several sites offer great recipes. Below are some sites and you can check out diabetic cake recipes. http://www.informationaboutdiabetes.com/Cake.htm, www.diabetic-cakerecipes.com and www.easy-diabetic-recipes.com/diabetic-cake-recipes.html.