Birthday cake recipe for diabetic wanted

[snaffle]

Hurry!!!

I need a recipe for a birthday cake.. and frosting.. by Jan 2!!

It is for a diabetic..

thanks!

[Trailpal]

Yikes! that's coming soon! I don't personally know any diabetic recipes, but I found this website - www.diabetic-recipes.com/cat_cakes.htm it looks like it should have "legal" recipes, and I notice it gives all the sugars/serving kind of info.

AllRecipies.com also has all kinds of cake recipes and gives "diabetic starch exchanges", so even if there is sugar in the recipe, the person knows how much they can tolerate or can adjust their medication.

Good luck!

[DorothyB]

I have a cookbook with some diabetic friendly recipes - it gives the exchanges for each serving. The pumpkin pie is excellent. The pecan pie wasn't any good.

It has the following cake recipes:
Browning Pudding Cake - says it is for chocoholics
Golden Gate Carrot Cake
Chocolate Cake
Coconut Cake
Filbert Applesauce Cake ??
Lady Baltimore Cake
Marashino Cherry Spice Cake

Pick a couple and I'll type in those recipes. In exchange, if you do one, you can tell me how it turned out.

[snaffle]

thanks for the link trailpal!!! I will be checking that out..

Dorothy..I just found out that her favorite cake is a jello cake.. not even diabetic.. but that is the way she eats.. TERRIBLE!!! and chocolate is her favorite too

When you have the time..please type up the chocolate cake AND the carrot cake!!!

[DorothyB]

From "Cooking Healthy Across America" by JoAnna M Lund:

Golden Gate Carrot Cake (freezes well)

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup pourable Sugar Twin or Sprinkle Sweet (I've used Splenda in other recipes and it worked)
1 t baking soda
1 t ground cinnamon
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 egg or equiv in egg substitute
1 t vanilla extract
2 cups grated carrots
1/2 cup + 1 T raisins
3/4 cup (1 oz) chopped walunts
1 8 oz pkg fat-free cream cheese
1 T skim milk
1 t coconute extract
1 cup Cool Whip Free
2 T flaked coconut

Preheat oven 350 deg
Spray 9x9 cake pan w/ butter flavored cooking spray
In large bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cp Sugar Twin, baking soda & cinnamon
Add applesauce, egg & vanilla
Mix gently to combine
Stir in carrots, raisins & walnuts
Spread into pan; bake 30-35 min until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
Place cake pan on wire rack and allow to cool completely
In large bowl, stir cream cheese w/ spoon until soft
Stir in milk, coconut extract & 1/4 cup Sugar Twin
Add Cool Whip
Mix gently to combine
Spread over cooled cake
Sprinkle coconut over top

8 servings; refrigerate leftovers

Diabetic Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch/Carb; 1 Fruit; 1 Meat; 1/2 Fat


Chocolate Cake w/ Chocolate Frosting

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup pourable Sugar Twin or Sprinkle Sweet (or Splenda)
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/3 cup fat free manyonnaise
1/4 cup no-fat sour cream
1 T vanilla extract
2 cups water
1 - 8 oz pkg fat-free cream cheese
1 - 4 srvng pkg Jell-O sugar free instant pudding mix
2/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder
3/4 cup Cool Whip Free

Spray 9x9 cake pan w/ butter flavored cooking spray
In large bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cp Sugar Twin, cocoa, baking powder & baking soda
In small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, 2 T of vanilla extract & 3/4 cup water
Add liquid mixture to dry mixture
Mix gently just to combine
Spread into pan; bake 25-30 min until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
Place cake pan on wire rack and allow to cool completely
In large bowl, stir cream cheese w/ spoon until soft
Add dry pudding mix, dry milk powder and 1 1/4 cup water
Mix well using wire whisk
Blend in 1 t vanilla and Cool Whip Free
Spread frosting over cooled cake


8 servings; refrigerate leftovers

Diabetic Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch/Carb; 1/2 Meat

[qhaddict]

Hope you managed to get something made, snaffle!

As a diabetic for more than 20 years, however, I have to make the comment... just because a diabetic eats sugar in things does not make it "terrible"... honestly, if diabetics "should not" eat sugar, neither should so called "regular people."

Sorry, I've had 20 years of people saying to me, "you're diabetic. You can't eat sugar." It's all about knowing how to eat in moderation, knowing how much insulin is required for what you're eating, and knowing how to balance out things.

I eat pretty much whatever I want and I am complication-free. While I realize not everyone is capable of controlling their blood sugars and insulin levels easily, please don't generalize that diabetics are terrible if they eat something sweet. It's just as bad for you as it is for a diabetic.

OK, off my soapbox.

Jess

[snaffle]

Jess.. thank you...
I completely understand..

this lady is turning 60.. she is probably 100 pounds overweight. She lives on diet coke.. when she drives into town she HAS to stop at McDonalds... says she need the protein from the hamburger.. but will get fries too.

She almost always has a large brownie from caseys in her car.. says she keeps it with her .. just in case..

she will admit she eats terrible.. what a shame.. she is also a super duper heavy smoker...

[qhaddict]

Ooh, I see. That is sad. I am sorry she has chosen that path.

Jess