Diabetic Cake Ideas

Answer 1

Since diabetics have special dietary needs and restrictions, it's especially important to limit food high in sugar and saturated fat. Since cake fits very snugly into that category, diabetics should tread lightly. It's okay for a diabetic to have sugar and saturated fat in their diet, as long as it's sparingly and accounted for in their meal plan. But if you're making a cake for an event where you know diabetics will be attending, and would like to keep their dietary needs in mind, there are ways to make a cake diabetic friendly.

A major consideration when making a diabetic cake is, how do you sweeten it? Many sugar substitutes are available on the market today. When it comes to baking, Splenda has become very popular. Splenda is a brand of sucralose, a sweetener derived from sugar but containing no sugar itself. Splenda measures out like sugar cup for cup, meaning you can substitute a cup of sugar in a recipe with a cup of Splenda. They also have a brown sugar variety, and a variety that uses half sugar, half Splenda for when you just want to lower the sugar content. If you want to go the natural route, agave nectar is a sweetener derived from the agave plant. Agave nectar, which comes from the same plant used to make tequila, contains no alcohol or sugar. Therefore it's great for baking recipes. You can also substitute agave nectar for sugar cup for cup.

Contrary to past beliefs, sugar isn't the only thing that causes and aggravates Diabetes. Lowering the fat and cholesterol content in your cake can also be helpful to a diabetic. Try substituting oil, butter or margarine with an equal amount of applesauce for a moist, low fat cake. When a recipe calls for sour cream, substitute plain low fat yogurt instead. Don't use fat free sour cream, since it lacks the body necessary to fit into a baking recipe. You can also lower the sugar and fat content of chocolate cake in an easy way. Just take a box of chocolate cake mix and mix in a can of cola, then bake as usual. You will get moist and yummy chocolate cake, and you probably won't be able to tell the difference.