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schmamy · 11-18-2009, 07:22 AM

So my mom asked me to make a cake for my dad's birthday next week. His favorite is white cake with chocolate frosting, and I know they both will be expecting cake from a box and frosting from a can. (Which is actually yummy to me, in spite of my desire to move toward healthy eating and my enjoyment of cooking from scratch

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But my dad is an insulin-dependent diabetic. Which you would never know from his diet

Cake like that is the last thing he should be eating.

So I'm wondering, is there such a thing as a diabetic-friendly cake recipe? I'm totally willing to make both the cake and frosting from scratch...but it can't be too weird or they won't like it. I've thought about trying Splenda, even though I am philosophically opposed to fake sugar...but I'm afraid it would ruin the taste. I can't abide the aftertaste of fake sugar. My exposure to Splenda--in flavored water, maybe? I can't remember--was not positive.

HELP!

11-18-2009, 07:22 AM	#1
schmamy Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,321	is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics? So my mom asked me to make a cake for my dad's birthday next week. His favorite is white cake with chocolate frosting, and I know they both will be expecting cake from a box and frosting from a can. (Which is actually yummy to me, in spite of my desire to move toward healthy eating and my enjoyment of cooking from scratch ) But my dad is an insulin-dependent diabetic. Which you would never know from his diet Cake like that is the last thing he should be eating. So I'm wondering, is there such a thing as a diabetic-friendly cake recipe? I'm totally willing to make both the cake and frosting from scratch...but it can't be too weird or they won't like it. I've thought about trying Splenda, even though I am philosophically opposed to fake sugar...but I'm afraid it would ruin the taste. I can't abide the aftertaste of fake sugar. My exposure to Splenda--in flavored water, maybe? I can't remember--was not positive. HELP! __________________ ~Amy~ married to Mr. Wonderful (2005) DS1 - 2007 DS2 - 2010 DD - April 2017 "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - 2 Corinthians 12:9

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