My wife wants to make me cakes to eat rather than us going out and buying them. Buying is easy - turn the packet over and the carb content is clear and then insulin estimation is fairy simple. However, although I see lots of recipes saying low-carb, low cals, etc etc I do not see any recipes giving actual carb figures. Is there anywhere with recipes that specifically gives the carb figures - whether low-carb or not?
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Where do I find cake recipes giving approximate carbohydrates content per serving?
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Hi @jimpalace ..
Here's the recipe for a Chocolate Cake that you might like .. and as @Guzzler has said, there are plenty more on the Diet Doctor website .. just search recipes for cakes/desserts ..
Enjoy
Here's the recipe for a Chocolate Cake that you might like .. and as @Guzzler has said, there are plenty more on the Diet Doctor website .. just search recipes for cakes/desserts ..
Enjoy
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If you have an old favourite that you want to bake, you can work it out.
Just Google "carbs in ... " for each of the ingredients and do a bit of calculation.
I find it easy in a spreadsheet and have converted many recipes this way.
Just Google "carbs in ... " for each of the ingredients and do a bit of calculation.
I find it easy in a spreadsheet and have converted many recipes this way.
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There are definitely low carb cake recipes which give detailed nutritional information, you may just have to look around the web to find them. Serious low carb bakers will usually provide such information as it's relevant to them and their families too. Try our own (T1) Ewelina's Diabetic Good Baking blog for starters!
But you can work out fairly accurately for yourself how many carbs there are in a home baked cake. You need to look at the nutritional information for each ingredient - i.e. carbs per 100g, then do a bit of maths to calculate the number of carbs in the actual weight of the ingredient you use, and finally add the whole lot together. Divide by the the number of slices you'll cut the cake into which will give you (close enough but depending on the precision of your cuts
) the carbs per individual portion. Some ingredients such as eggs and butter are (virtually) carb free, it's the flour and sugar that will be the main ones to work with. Though if you use alternative "diabetic friendly" sweeteners such as erythritol and stevia which have more or less no digestible carbs to interfere with glucose levels, all you may have to worry about are the actual flour and any fruit or other goodies that you can add to the basic mix....
Have fun!
Robbity
PS I see @helensaramay has just beaten me to it!
But you can work out fairly accurately for yourself how many carbs there are in a home baked cake. You need to look at the nutritional information for each ingredient - i.e. carbs per 100g, then do a bit of maths to calculate the number of carbs in the actual weight of the ingredient you use, and finally add the whole lot together. Divide by the the number of slices you'll cut the cake into which will give you (close enough but depending on the precision of your cuts
) the carbs per individual portion. Some ingredients such as eggs and butter are (virtually) carb free, it's the flour and sugar that will be the main ones to work with. Though if you use alternative "diabetic friendly" sweeteners such as erythritol and stevia which have more or less no digestible carbs to interfere with glucose levels, all you may have to worry about are the actual flour and any fruit or other goodies that you can add to the basic mix....Have fun!
Robbity
PS I see @helensaramay has just beaten me to it!
