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Old 11-18-2009, 07:22 AM   #1
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Default 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.

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Old 11-18-2009, 07:45 AM   #2
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

I've made several "diabetic" cakes/desserts and they all taste bad. Blechy.

What about finding a recipe that is more fruit sweetened based rather than sugar?
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Old 11-18-2009, 07:46 AM   #3
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

I just did a quick search online and found quite a few recipes just look up diabetic cake recipes and the double chocolate looks yummy also replace sugar with Splenda
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Old 11-18-2009, 07:50 AM   #4
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Here is great blog with sugar-free recipes. http://healthyindulgences.blogspot.com/
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Old 11-18-2009, 03:02 PM   #5
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

I should have specified...it pretty much has to be white cake and chocolate frosting.

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Here is great blog with sugar-free recipes. http://healthyindulgences.blogspot.com/
ooh, Shannon, that looks promising...IF I can get my hands on some xylitol and coconut flour without having to pay an arm and a leg. think Whole Foods sells either/both? I was planning to go there (or I could go to Trader Joes, they are right near each other) on Friday...
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

xylitol is a good, non icky sugar sub.
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

I know you can find xylitol at WF's, but I have no idea about the coconut flour. A gluten-free mama might know, or you could call WF.

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Old 11-18-2009, 03:09 PM   #8
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

i have a recipe for chocolate frosting, but i've never tried it, so beware.

chocolate buttercream frosting
6 T butter, softened
2 c powdered xylitol, sifted
1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
2 - 3 T milk
1 t vanilla

beat butter until creamy. combine xylitol and cocoa and gradually beat into butter alternately with milk until spreadable consistency.
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

I altered a cake from "Sweet and Sugar Free"- if you read the reviews at amazon, they're pretty much all true. - but I added about a T of sugar and experimented with the amount of stevia in dd's chocolate cake for her 2nd birthday, and it came out AMAZING! I didn't use a "healthy" frosting, so that might have helped, but if I had had more time, I would have figured something out. Dh's birthday cake had whipped ganache frosting, and the result was a rich chocolate thick frosting with very little sugar.
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Dh's birthday cake had whipped ganache frosting, and the result was a rich chocolate thick frosting with very little sugar.
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

http://www.joyofbaking.com/ganache.html

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/t...ganache-071514

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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

so I tried the Healthy Indulgences recipes for yellow cupcakes and chocolate frosting over the weekend. they turned out well...but I'm still thinking/experimenting. new thread:

http://www.gentlechristianmothers.co...d.php?t=334044
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Default Re: is there such a thing as a cake for diabetics?

Well FWIW its the carbs in the cake to worry not so much the sugar. The flour used to make the cake is just as bad if not more so than subsituting the sugar... Saying that I'll honestly say make the cake like your would (there are recipies to help say with the frosting) I'll use chocolate cool whip cut the pieces small weight so he can get an accurate carb count (or make cupcakes) match it with a low fat good protein low carb meal allow him the responsibility of matching his carbs to his insulin and enjoy. Plan a family walk after dinner to aid his insulin...
FWIW is he on MDI (multiple daily injections) or an insulin pump.. Its a bit trickier with MDI but doable and easier with a pump to cover some high carb meals.

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really, if I used whole wheat flour that would still be bad?

he's on MDI. doesn't exercise. and as far as I can tell, does not even seem to count carbs or pay attention to what he eats. don't even get me started...
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also FWIW I've have limited experience and success with xylitol (because its soo hard to find here) so I can't really comment on that I will say though as a diabetic splenda is hands down my fake sugar subsitute choice over the others. Nurasweet and such do stupid things to my numbers and actually cause some resistance blocking my insulins effectiviness but splenda doesn't. Overall though I prefer using less of real sugar and adjsuting porportion and my medication to meet the change.

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really, if I used whole wheat flour that would still be bad?

he's on MDI. doesn't exercise. and as far as I can tell, does not even seem to count carbs or pay attention to what he eats. don't even get me started...
WHole wheat flour has like 80 plus carbs per cup it is very high in carbs a just a slight notch above white flour. Its deffeintly not a part of a low carb diet. If hes not counting carbs then thats his issue. I'm not trying to dismiss your desire to not kill him but its his responsibility to take care of him self. I'm guessing he is a type 2? I jsut say that because a type 2 wont always see the effects of say DKA as fast and drastically as a type one. If I get lazy on my insulin with in about 3 days I can feel liek I'm on deaths door. and literly be there with in a week... Type 2 though often won't realize serious issues till they loose a foot or have a stroke or go blind.

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