| Diabetics really aren't supposed to indulge in a lot of | | | | absorbed. Mix all of the wet ingredients together in a |
| desserts, due to the fact that they are normally high | | | | bowl, and in a separate bowl mix together all the dry |
| in sugar and fat. However, now a days you can find | | | | ingredients. Add the nuts to the flour mixture and |
| some tasty diabetic cake recipes and other desserts | | | | then add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture. Fold |
| that have taken the special dietary needs of the | | | | in the raisins. Bake the cake in a bundt or loaf pan for |
| diabetic into account. | | | | 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the |
| Here is a simple recipe to try. | | | | middle of the cake comes out clean. |
| Sugar Free Diabetic Cake | | | | There are some additional tips for you: |
| Ingredients | | | | * Diabetic cake recipes can be found in diabetic |
| - 2 cup water | | | | cookbooks as well as on recipe websites online. |
| - 1 tsp salt | | | | * If you want to use a traditional cake recipe, either |
| - 2 cup raisins | | | | cut the sugar amount by about 25% or use a sugar |
| - 1 tsp cinnamon | | | | substitute like Splenda instead. You can also replace |
| - 1 tsp nutmeg | | | | part of the white flour with whole wheat flour or |
| - 3 tsp sweet n low | | | | whole meal. You can replace about 25-50%. Any |
| - 1/2 cup skim milk | | | | more than that could impair the cake's flavor. For |
| - 1 cup chopped nuts | | | | heavier or dense cakes you can also replace about |
| - 1 tsp vanilla extract | | | | 25% of the white flour with almond flour or ground |
| - 1 tsp baking powder | | | | almonds, although this is not well suited for lighter |
| - 2 eggs lightly beaten | | | | cakes. |
| - 2 cups unsweetened applesauce | | | | * Use a sugar free dessert topping for flavor. |
| - 2 cups all purpose flour | | | | * Even when a cake or other dessert is low in sugar, |
| Directions | | | | diabetics should still eat small servings of a dessert. |
| Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cook the raisins | | | | * Diabetic cake recipes should not contain fruit juice, |
| in water for about 30 minutes until all of the water is | | | | which is high in sugar. |