Christmas Cake

I don't think low-carb and Christmas cake can appear on the same page as flour and sugar are the main ingredients.

I will opt for pud instead and make it a small portion with cream and a tot of brandy to ease it down :lol:

I just make a normal Christmas cake and ration myself to a slice a day.

You could try using Splenda instead of sugar but have not tried it myself.

I agree with Sue.
TBH I plan to have a Home Made Cake with Royal Icing. I'm not bothered what's in it so long as it tastes good. Had the same last year and just had small portions after my meal with little or no effect on Bg numbers. I can't see the point in hunting round for alternative ingredients - it is Christmas. A once a year treat ! .

Not a big lover of Christmas cake and find it rather rich, but in keeping with the Christmas spirit I usually have a small slice and take the marzipan/icing off. My love on Christmas day is sitting down on the evening to cheese and biscuits and a nice glass of red whilst watching Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special for the twentieth time! :lol:

Nigel

What about making a decadent chocolate and almond cake and calling it a Christmas Cake? Anything with fruit, flour or sugar doen't work for me so having something in the house that would be talking to me and could I have a once a year size piece and throw the rest away? Don't think so. So it would end up being several weeks worth of eating a tiny piece.
Or a baked cheese cake. Or a Pumpkin Pie or a pumpkin and almond cake. That way you don't have to buy ingrediants that you are never going to use again for the rest of the year or it wouldn't be a once a year treat would it?
Last year I made a trifle with an almond meal based cake I made for the sponge, sugar free jelly, cream, berries and mascarpone cheese.
Alison

Clearviews.
Must be a culture thing........Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without all the usual things. Turkey, couple of roasts, parsnips, sprouts etc........very small portions of some things. As for the Cake.....it has to be the real thing........again small portions do me no harm and it lasts for a couple of months wrapped in foil in a sealed container. Soaked in Brandy or Guinness..........mmmmh ! Bliss

As for buying all those ingredients........the lady who provides my cake never has ANY left over as everybody thinks the cake is so fantastic she can't make enough of them ! I very rarely let my Diabetes alter my food choices......just modified the portions and can happily eat/drink most things without a problem. Still.......I suppose we are all different.

I absolutely understand the culture thing as I was brought up all over the UK, emigrating to Australia aged 18, then watching my mother valiantly doing the full northern hemisphere thing in the scorching heat and humidty. I continued the tradition as I married and had children until one day my Mum cracked and said that this was stupid, we weren't in the UK anymore and she experimented with an Asian inspired special occasion buffet and slowly things began changing.
If I were to save the left over cake in a sealed tin/box it would no longer be a once year thing as I would be having it in small portions until it was all gone. That is when I have a problem. Then there would be my birthday, his birthday, my three children's birthdays,his four children's birthdays, their weddings ( heaven forbid!) and so on.
My diabetes has totally changed my food choices.That is my choice and what I have is wonderful and I am not deprived.
I take no meds so the only way I can make a difference is with what I eat or don't.
Alison

Alison.
I don't think any of us are deprived, we just all have differing views about what we want and what we are prepared to do. Some make more sacrifices than others. I have to take meds as my Diabetes despite best efforts over many years is just not controllable with diet and exercise alone. Whatever I do. Tried doing without all the meds and nearly ended up in Hospital !

I have a relative in Perth who always has Xmas dinner on the beach, then comes back here and we have another one in the middle of July......wierd or what. :?

At the time of diagnosis all I was told was to cut out sugar and 'eat healthy'. Then I was given the usual 'healthy' NHS diet. I know better now and my Diabetes is well controlled eating the way I do, low GI/GL and reduced carbs......40-50g per day at the moment to shift a few pounds left over from an extended holiday. Keeps the numbers low and the weight off. I do as they say, 'fall off the wagon' sometimes.......not very often.

Sadly, for myself and others diet and exercise on it's own is not an option any more.

I've just added a recipe that I use for a Christmas Cake which amazingly had no added sugar, fat or dairy and tastes amazing. Here is a link to my post... viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18295
I hope this helps Fergus (and my Fergus - husband - loves this cake and he as a real sweet tooth :lol: )
Regards - Helen

I made last year a diabetic christmas cake and tbh no one in the family knew the difference, I used splenda and a bit of brown sugar, no icing etc..all went well

kay45 said:

I made last year a diabetic christmas cake and tbh no one in the family knew the difference, I used splenda and a bit of brown sugar, no icing etc..all went well

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As ive just posted on another xmas cake thread why not just take the icing off and leave it if you dont want to eat it, seems mean on the families non diabetics to leave the icing off a traditional xmas cake, besides one small slice of xmas cake once a year wont kill anyone :thumbup: