Lemon Raisins, Low Sugar and Healthy Cake Recipes for Diabetics

Contents:

• Medical Video: Delicious! Super Healthy Sugar Free Cookies - Gluten Free - Dairy Free - No Sweetner
  
• Some ways to reduce the sugar content in cakes
  
• Low sugar cake recipe for diabetics
  
• Lemon Raisin Cake
  

Medical Video: Delicious! Super Healthy Sugar Free Cookies - Gluten Free - Dairy Free - No Sweetner

Who says sufferers diabetes can't eat cake? Sweet cake is one of the foods most avoided by people with diabetes. Yes, the sugar content in very high sweet cakes can indeed make the blood sugar levels of diabetics soar. But, don't be discouraged first, for those of you who like cakes, but also have diabetes, you can try the following creations of low sugar cake: Lemon Raisin Cake.

Some ways to reduce the sugar content in cakes

Cakes usually contain high sugar and calories. This makes people who eat it fear that blood sugar will rise or weight gain. However, it turns out that cakes can be created so you can reduce the sugar and calorie content, without worrying about the deliciousness of the cake.

Here are some ways you can reduce the sugar content in cakes:

• Replace white sugar with artificial sweeteners that are low in calories and low in sugar. For example, replace half the recipe for sugar with a little sweetener sucralose or sweetener stevia.
• Replace sugar with fruits, like bananas. Sweet fruits can be added or become the basis for sweetness to replace sugar. Fruits can also be added as toppings, compared to using cream or chocolate toppings.
• Also add acidic fruit, like lemon. Acid can reduce glycemic index food, so that it can reduce the effect of these foods on blood sugar levels.
• You can also replace wheat flour with oatmeal or wheat flour, so the cake you make is healthier and contains more fiber. Fiber can slow the absorption of sugar in the body so that blood sugar levels do not immediately rise after eating a cake.

Low sugar cake recipe for diabetics

Now you don't need to worry if you want to eat cake. You can create your own cake that is low in sugar to be safe for your blood sugar. Well, here is one of the low sugar cake recipes that you can try to make at home, reported from BBC Food.

Lemon Raisin Cake

Ingredients:

• 120 gr of pure coconut oil or low-fat margarine
• 150 gr of mashed banana
• 1 large lemon (take the juice and grated the skin)
• 120 gr mashed oats
• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 25 grams of potato flour or corn flour
• 100 gr raisins (sultana)

How to make:

1. Mix pure coconut oil or liquid margarine with mashed bananas. Stir well.
2. Then, add lemon juice and grated lemon zest to taste. Stir well.
3. Add the oat that has been made porridge into the mixture. Stir again until evenly mixed.
4. Separately, mix the eggs with baking powder. Then, add this ingredient to the mixture. Stir well.
5. Add the mixture with potato flour or corn flour. Then, mix well.
6. Finally, put the raisins in the mixture and stir until the mixture is evenly mixed.
7. Add the finished mixture to the pan coated with margarine.
8. Bake the mixture for 30-35 minutes in an oven with a temperature of 180C / 350F.
9. After the cake is cooked, leave it first until it is cold. And, then serve. This cake can be served for 6 people.