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Diabetic Chocolate / Sponge Cake with Almond Flour

vicki.milne said:
Hi all,

My 10 year old son was diagnosed Type 1 just over a week ago and he feels like he's missing out on loads already so I'd like to bake him a cake.
I've been searching on-line and it's taking an age to search through all of the stuff out there.
Does anyone know of any chocolate sponge / Victoria sponge cake recipes which I can cook for him?
Ideally I'd prefer one with almond flour (as I believe it's fairly low carb) and also sweeteners as opposed to sugar (Splenda? - never cooked with sweeteners before but assume it works) AND a recipe which provides nutritional info (as I'm just attempting to get to grips with carb-counting).

Hope I'm not asking for too much!
Many thanks in advance,
Vicki
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vicki.milne said:
Hi all,

My 10 year old son was diagnosed Type 1 just over a week ago and he feels like he's missing out on loads already so I'd like to bake him a cake.
I've been searching on-line and it's taking an age to search through all of the stuff out there.
Does anyone know of any chocolate sponge / Victoria sponge cake recipes which I can cook for him?
Ideally I'd prefer one with almond flour (as I believe it's fairly low carb) and also sweeteners as opposed to sugar (Splenda? - never cooked with sweeteners before but assume it works) AND a recipe which provides nutritional info (as I'm just attempting to get to grips with carb-counting).

Hope I'm not asking for too much!
Many thanks in advance,
Vicki
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Hi Vicki I have been having a mooch and found these, I'm sure you can adapt them to give your son a treat!

Vicki Try These They are all in the Diabetes.co.uk recipe book free to down load they have all foods in there its really good. Well I think it is and it gives you options. Good luck. Moira xxxxxxxx


Serves 12

120g butter

200g Stevia

125g soured cream

2 eggs

150g almond flour

1 tsp. baking powder

Zest of an orange

3 peaches

Nutritional

Value (per serving)

Calories 185

Total fat 18g

Saturated Fat 7.4g

Carbohydrates 6g

Fibre 2g

Protein 4.2g

Chocolate &

Peach Loaf

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4 or 180°C,

and line a loaf tin with baking parchment.

Put the butter and Stevia in a large bowl, and

beat them together using a wooden spoon.

Mix in the soured cream. At the same time,

mix in the eggs one by one.

Pour in the almond flour, baking powder, and

orange zest, then whisk thoroughly.

Slice the flesh of the peaches into thin pieces.

Dice any remaining flesh, and add the diced

peaches to the loaf mixture.

Pour the mixture into the loaf tin, smoothen

the top with the back of a spoon, and

arrange the peach slices on top. Bake in the

preheated oven for 70 minutes.

Place the cooked mixture on a cooling tray

and leave for 20 minutes before you remove it

from the loaf tin.

Enjoy with a steaming hot drink!

or This

Servings 10

2 medium egg whites

120g Stevia

120g almond flour

1 tsp. almond essence

Nutritional

Value (per serving)

Calories 75

Total fat 6g

Saturated Fat 0.4g

Carbohydrates 2g

Fibre 1.2g

Protein 3g

Macaroons

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4 or 180°C,

and line two baking trays with baking

parchment.

Pop the egg whites in a large bowl and whisk

until they’ve stiffened. This should take 5-7

minutes.

Fold in the Stevia, almond flour, and almond

essence.

Put the butter in a small saucepan and place

over a low heat. When it’s melted, add it to

the egg white mixture.

Place a dessert spoonful of this mixture on

the baking trays. Ensure that each spoonful

is clearly separate from the others, otherwise

they might merge during the cooking process.

Put the macaroons in the preheated oven and

cook for 15 minutes.

Cool them on the baking trays for 15 minutes,

then move them onto a wire rack to cool

entirely.

Or This

diabetes.co.uk

YOU COULD ADAPT THIS One I'm sure


diabetes.co.uk

Serves 10

300g clementine’s

6 large eggs

5 tbsp. Triple Zero sweetener

150g almond flour

150g self-raising flour

2 tsp. almond extract

1 tsp. baking powder

Nutritional

Value (per serving)

Calories 195

Total Fat 10g

Saturated Fat 1.6g

Carbohydrates 20g

Fibre 2.3g

Protein 7g

Clementine &

Almond Cake

Preheat the oven to 180°c/Gas Mark 4.

Place the peeled clementines in a saucepan.

Add just enough water to cover the

clementines and bring to the boil.

Lower the heat and simmer for 25 minutes

until tender. Then chop up the clementines

and remove the seeds.

Place the stewed clementines in a blender

and whizz until smooth.

Grease a 7-inch loose-bottomed tin with

butter and line it with baking paper.

Using an electric whisk, beat the eggs for a

few minutes until they are light and frothy. Add

the Triple Zero sweetener, stewed clementines

puree, almond flour, self-raising flour, almond

extract and baking powder and beat for 3

more minutes.

Pour this mix into the cake tin and bake

for 50-60 minutes. To check if the cake is

cooked, poke a cocktail stick (or something

similarly long and thin) into it. If the stick

comes out clean, the cake is cooked.

Remove the cake from the oven, allow it cool,

then remove it from the cake tin and serve.


Serves 8

200g self-raising flour

200g almond flour

200g butter

5 tbsp. Triple Zero sweetener

5 eggs

1 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla extract

3 tbsp. homemade jam (see page

408)

Nutritional

Value (per serving)

Calories 286

Total Fat 17g

Saturated Fat 2g

Carbohydrates 35g

Fibre 4g

Protein 12.6g

Victoria

Sponge

Preheat the oven at 180°c/Gas Mark 4.

Grease and line two 8-inch cake tins with

greaseproof paper.

Put all the ingredients in a food processor

except for the jam and blend until they are

thoroughly mixed. Spoon the mixture into the

two cake tins. Bake for 25-30 minutes until

firm and golden.

Remove the cake from the oven, allow to cool

for five minutes, then remove the cakes from

their tins.

Once the cakes have cooled, spoon a layer of

the homemade jam on the flat side of each

sponge and stick them together. If you have a

cake leveller, it helps to cut the bottom half of

the cake flat so that it stands level.

Enjoy!
 
Moira29 said:
I have just seen a recipe for Beetroot brownies I will not be trying those!!!!! Eeeeewwwwwwww!
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Thank you for all your help Moira, those recipes look great!

Well I cooked the Brownies yesterday and they were completely inedible, no idea what went wrong so I may have to try one of those other ones!
 
I think you are taking a very good approach to getting all the right information ready, and knowing that he will need a special treat when things seem tough, it is a big shock to be diagnosed as diabetic T1 and then finding all the things you like the most are off the menu, and frustration is a game beater, and where do I go from here is hard to do when a child is struggling to understand things have to be not allowed, may your searching bring about good outcomes, ttfn from Karen.
 
Teeny75 said:
Aldi also do 87% dark chocolate 5 25g bars for £1.29
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I've used aldi ground almonds and their dark high cocoa content chocolate in my baking and theyve worked brilliantly and i haven't spiked with the chocolate!
 
vicki.milne said:
Thank you for all your help Moira, those recipes look great!

Well I cooked the Brownies yesterday and they were completely inedible, no idea what went wrong so I may have to try one of those other ones!
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Which brownie recipe did you make Vicki? Thinking of making some this weekend and want to be sure they'll work
 
vicki.milne said:
Thanks, but it's very early days for us so we are still on set insulin doses.
Didn't want to spike the BG levels whilst they're still being monitored at this stage but wanted him to be able to have a little treat.
Hoping we can start the carb counting very soon for this reason.
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Hopefully they will start very early as it is basic maths- but do have to have a balanced starting point first. Good luck.
I was 4 when diagnosed and doing great at 46 - don't know any other way of life
 
If all else fails then go to the frozen isle in the supermarket and purchase some frozen cream éclairs they are very low carb ie., less than 6 carbs each one.
 
CarbsRok said:
If all else fails then go to the frozen isle in the supermarket and purchase some frozen cream éclairs they are very low carb ie., less than 6 carbs each one.
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That is really worth knowing, thank you!
My home baking has been dreadful!
 
vicki.milne said:
That is really worth knowing, thank you!
My home baking has been dreadful!
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You are more than welcome, I used to love them but developed coeliac disease so that treat went out of the window :(
Hope your son his settling down ok and you aren't so stressed by it all now.
 
CarbsRok said:
You are more than welcome, I used to love them but developed coeliac disease so that treat went out of the window :(
Hope your son his settling down ok and you aren't so stressed by it all now.
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Oh no, not coeliac disease to complicate things further. Hope you've managed to find yourself some other treats to replace them.
Thank you. Yes we're finding our feet a bit more with it all now.
 
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