Diabetic Cake Recipes Tips

Diabetics really aren't supposed to indulge in a lot of desserts, due to the fact that they are normally high in sugar and fat. However, now a days you can find some tasty diabetic cake recipes and other desserts that have taken the special dietary needs of the diabetic into account.

Here is a simple recipe to try.

Sugar Free Diabetic Cake

Ingredients

2 cup water
1 tsp salt
2 cup raisins
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
3 tsp sweet n low
1/2 cup skim milk
1 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs lightly beaten
2 cups unsweetened applesauce
2 cups all purpose flour
Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cook the raisins in water for about 30 minutes until all of the water is absorbed. Mix all of the wet ingredients together in a bowl, and in a separate bowl mix together all the dry ingredients. Add the nuts to the flour mixture and then add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture. Fold in the raisins. Bake the cake in a bundt or loaf pan for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.

There are some additional tips for you:

* Diabetic cake recipes can be found in diabetic cookbooks as well as on recipe websites online.

* If you want to use a traditional cake recipe, either cut the sugar amount by about 25% or use a sugar substitute like Splenda instead. You can also replace part of the white flour with whole wheat flour or whole meal. You can replace about 25-50%. Any more than that could impair the cake's flavor. For heavier or dense cakes you can also replace about 25% of the white flour with almond flour or ground almonds, although this is not well suited for lighter cakes.

* Use a sugar free dessert topping for flavor.

* Even when a cake or other dessert is low in sugar, diabetics should still eat small servings of a dessert.

* Diabetic cake recipes should not contain fruit juice, which is high in sugar.