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Birthday cake

acampbell

acampbell

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Type 1
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Seeing my daughter in distress
My daughter 's 4th birthday is next Sunday and she was recently diagnosed with type 1. I need some ideas for a Birthday cake. She doesn't like chocolate or cream very much.
I am having difficultly finding out what type of cake has the lowest carb count. I can not bake, so it needs to be bought. All advice welcome
 
Could you not mention to your local baker and ask if they could do a low-sugar version, however she can still have a slice of normal cake just in a smaller quantity provided you inject the appropriate amount of insulin, if your unsure ring her DSN up tomorrow and ask.
 
Waitrose do a seriously almondy range. They have mini cakes with jam or lemon curd in but as they are small aren't too bad. The larger cake has cherry and possibly marzipan I think. But again made with almond flour so lower carb. You could prob find the carb values on line.
 
acampbell said:
My daughter 's 4th birthday is next Sunday and she was recently diagnosed with type 1. I need some ideas for a Birthday cake. She doesn't like chocolate or cream very much.
I am having difficultly finding out what type of cake has the lowest carb count. I can not bake, so it needs to be bought. All advice welcome
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I hope your daughter has a lovely birthday and good luck with finding a cake. Have you looked for local online cake makers near to your area? as I'm sure they have been asked to make many basic cake alterations due to dislikes and allergies. Or family and friends who know someone, word of mouth possibly ?
Good luck RRB
 
Lenny3 said:
Waitrose do a seriously almondy range. They have mini cakes with jam or lemon curd in but as they are small aren't too bad. The larger cake has cherry and possibly marzipan I think. But again made with almond flour so lower carb. You could prob find the carb values on line.
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After looking at the carb values, def not lower carb :(which is a shame
 
Cheese cake often works well if she likes that.

Alternatively as long as you know what the carb value is then just inject to cover it. Possibly worth a split dose if she isn't too bad with the shots.
 
CarbsRok said:
After looking at the carb values, def not lower carb :(which is a shame
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They are LOWER not neccesarily Low carb. But at 8.8g of carb in each of the mini ones, that's better than your average shop bought cake. On a very Low carb diet, they wont be good. But better than 33.4g per 20th of a minions birthday cake from tesco. If you can precisly cut the cake into equal 20 pieces.
 
That's strange, being in the same Range, I would have thought they were both lower. Just goes to show you have to read the labels.
 
Just to say thanks to everyone who replied. After much searching, and lots of time checking the back of foodstuffs and ringing local backers.. I made a cheesecake ( with all low carb (er) ingredients), wrote her name on it, topped it off with 4 candles and she loved it. Mission achieved!
FYI results c. 10g per slice
 
Sounds great, at 10 carbs per slice that's excellent :) Cheese cake is normally made with a biscuit base, so I would love to know the recipe, it would be interesting to know what was used. I hope the day was a very happy one for you all, @acampbell
Best wishes RRB
 
My toothy fruity cheesecake...Gluten, diary and wheat free lemon biscuits ( for the base), low fat cream cheese and no sugar added orange jelly... and small slices
 
acampbell said:
My toothy fruity cheesecake...Gluten, diary and wheat free lemon biscuits ( for the base), low fat cream cheese and no sugar added orange jelly... and small slices
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Could you post or send me the full recipe (measurements etc) and instructions :)
 
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