Cake advice
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MrsA2
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This site has good recipes, and sections where they describe the different sweeteners
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Sweeteners
Sweeteners can be a tricky topic as lots of brands will try to convince you that they're 'stevia' but are in fact hiding a bunch of nasties. We use either Truvia, Natvia, or Pure Via (usually Pure Via as it's often the cheapest, especially in Morrisons) which can be found in Tesco, Morrisons...
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Robbity
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Most my my diabetic style baking I've adapted from my previous recipes and I regularly use ground almonds and a variety of nut flours/meals (hazelnut, walnut, pecan, sesame...), but unfortunately I don't get on with coconut flour at all! I make my basic low carb chocolate cake with hazelnut meal, cocoa powder, erythritol/stevia mix and the usual full fat butter, eggs, raising agent, etc. Without the raising agent and less egg and a sprinkle of roasted chopped hazelnuts added for a topping this also makes my shortcake too.
The problem with stevia is that it's so extremely sweet that you only need a minute amount of the pure stuff which means it tends to be bulked out with various fillers - erythritol is fine for this but other options are often very much less suitable, particularly for diabetic use. Early in my T2 journey I was buying pure stevia powder and needed a "micro" spoon (generally used in chemistry, etc) for measuring it, but now I mainly use an erythritol/stevia mix. I've seen xylitol highly recommended for use in baking, but this is a big NO NO if you have dogs, as it's not at all good for them and can be a killer.
The problem with stevia is that it's so extremely sweet that you only need a minute amount of the pure stuff which means it tends to be bulked out with various fillers - erythritol is fine for this but other options are often very much less suitable, particularly for diabetic use. Early in my T2 journey I was buying pure stevia powder and needed a "micro" spoon (generally used in chemistry, etc) for measuring it, but now I mainly use an erythritol/stevia mix. I've seen xylitol highly recommended for use in baking, but this is a big NO NO if you have dogs, as it's not at all good for them and can be a killer.
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Hi, Almond Muffins with butter icing.
I make almond muffins in my airfryer.
Mix 2 cups almond flour, 4 eggs, 2 cups powdered sweetener, 1tsp vanilla ess., 1tsp baking soda, and 2tsp baking powder. (Add 3/4 cup flavours such as blueberries, coconut, and choc-chips).
Mix together and poor into small silicone muffin/cake cups and cook in airfryer on 160C for 16min.
I'm still experimenting butter icing but beat 150g soft butter with 2 cups of powdered sweetner and 2 tbs cocoa powder. Change cocoa with other flavours such as vanilla, lemon or perhaps look at Skinney Food Co for thier syrup options.
Smother the muffin with butter icing and enjoy.
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