How to make a cake for diabetics

[Kebab-breath]

Ive never tried either of these ingredients, but I heard stevia can be used as a sweetener and almond flour as a low calorie flour.
Is it going to be possible to make a decent cake which I can eat as a diabetic, using the aforementioned, then?
Craving cake right now!

 

[bulkbiker]

Ride out the cravings and free yourself from the addiction?

 

[Trevor vP]

Ive never tried either of these ingredients, but I heard stevia can be used as a sweetener and almond flour as a low calorie flour.
Is it going to be possible to make a decent cake which I can eat as a diabetic, using the aforementioned, then?
Craving cake right now!

I presume you looking for low carb baking

Try two websites and adapt as needed

https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/keto/recipes


https://wearelowcarb.com/sweet-treats/

 

[coby]

Ride out the cravings and free yourself from the addiction?

YES! It's the ONLY way! I've done it BB

 

[xfieldok]

Google keto mug cake for a quick fix.

 

[Mbaker]

A way to get to @bulkbiker's recommendation is to mentally break through a transition period if you can't white knuckle it - here's a decent site https://www.youtube.com/c/ketoserts
If you do mostly animal based keto your tastes will change and savory will demote sweet. Eventually the gaps between treats will widen...trust the process.

 

[MrsA2]

Plenty of ideas and UK recipes on this site
https://www.ketofitnessclub.com/pages/low-carb-keto-sweet-treat-recipes
They do printed books too (I cant stand following a recipe on a screen)
Just watch the portion sizes. I make, cut into portions and freeze. The coffee cake, rhubarb cake and brownies are good, and easy and freeze well

 

[TeddyTottie]

Well…. I agree and I don’t, with those who slightly suggest that enjoying cake is evidence of moral turpitude . I agree, freeing yourself from the carb cravings is an excellent thing and allows you to break the links of eating for emotional reward and take complete control of your why and how you feed yourself.

However, my personal take is that I like cake from time to time, so I bake a low-carb cake when I want one, guilt-free. It’s not something I have every week, and I find it no problem to only have a single slice a day. But this low carb life is for ever, and that’s a long time without cake…

 

[Bittern]

Try this.

Low-carb almond and olive oil cake




Ingredients
9 Servings

Ingredients

3 jumbo eggs
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
80 g xylitol
juice and grated zest of 1 lemon
grated zest of 1 orange
2 tsp baking powder
200 g almond flour
almond extract
50 g slivered almonds
xylitol icing mix, for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170ºC. Grease and line the base of a deep springform cake tin, 20cm in diameter.
2. Place the eggs, olive oil, xylitol, juice and zest in a bowl and whisk until light and foamy, about 3–4 minutes.
3. Sift in the baking powder and almond flour and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and scatter the slivered almonds over the top.
4. Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until firm. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, before turning out onto a rack and allowing to cool completely.
5. To serve: Serve sliced, dusted with xylitol icing mix.

 

[xfieldok]

Careful with sweeteners. I won't have xylitol in the house because it can be fatal to furbabies.

 

[coby]

Try this.

Low-carb almond and olive oil cake




Ingredients
9 Servings

Ingredients

3 jumbo eggs
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
80 g xylitol
juice and grated zest of 1 lemon
grated zest of 1 orange
2 tsp baking powder
200 g almond flour
almond extract
50 g slivered almonds
xylitol icing mix, for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170ºC. Grease and line the base of a deep springform cake tin, 20cm in diameter.
2. Place the eggs, olive oil, xylitol, juice and zest in a bowl and whisk until light and foamy, about 3–4 minutes.
3. Sift in the baking powder and almond flour and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and scatter the slivered almonds over the top.
4. Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until firm. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, before turning out onto a rack and allowing to cool completely.
5. To serve: Serve sliced, dusted with xylitol icing mix.

Is Almond flour the same thing as Ground Almonds please?

 

[MrsA2]

Is Almond flour the same thing as Ground Almonds please?

Yes

 

[coby]

Yes

Thanks ... baking day tomorrow then

 

[Mezza n]

Ive never tried either of these ingredients, but I heard stevia can be used as a sweetener and almond flour as a low calorie flour.
Is it going to be possible to make a decent cake which I can eat as a diabetic, using the aforementioned, then?
Craving cake right now!

Hi have you tried sugar free mom on face book her recipes are amazing Fantastic cakes keto low carb etc worth a look
Sugar-freemom.com