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- Medical Video: 2 Ingredient Chocolate Cake | My KETO Sugar Free Recipe that’s Diabetic Friendly
- Healthy chocolate cake recipes for diabetes
- Recipe 1: Chocolate raspberry avalanche cake
- Recipe 2: Creamy chocolate cheesecake
Medical Video: 2 Ingredient Chocolate Cake | My KETO Sugar Free Recipe that’s Diabetic Friendly
Just because you have diabetes doesn't mean you can't enjoy chocolate cake as part of a healthy and balanced diet. Good quality chocolate actually contains some useful antioxidants and vegetable nutrients, but it must be eaten in moderate amounts because it is high in fat and sugar. According to Diabetes UK, the main keys to making healthy chocolate cakes are as follows:
- Use dark chocolate with a high density content (at least 70%) for maximum taste. This type of chocolate is lower in carbohydrates and high in fiber compared to milk chocolate. Chocolate does contain high fat, but it is good fat, unlike sweet chocolate which contains milk fat or other additional fats, such as palm oil which is high in saturated fat.
- Try using powdered almonds instead of flour, or using wheat flour or a mixture of wheat flour and flour, because both are good sources of fiber.
- Add fruits to cake mixes, like mashed bananas. Or you can even add cooked mashed beets.
- Serve chocolate cake with several fruits, such as strawberries, raspberries, cherries, bananas, and pears that are very good for accompanying chocolate.
After learning the tricks above, let's start going into the following recipes for making healthy chocolate cake!
Healthy chocolate cake recipes for diabetes
Recipe 1: Chocolate raspberry avalanche cake
Not only is it rich in raspberry yogurt sauce and chocolate melt on top, it also has fresh baked raspberries in the batter.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Presentation: 12
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup of wheat flour cake
- 1 glass of sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- 1 ½ cups of plain low fat yogurt
- 2 tablespoons of canola oil
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 3 egg whites at room temperature
- 1 ¼ glass of raspberry
- 2 tablespoons of honey
- 2 tablespoons of hot water
- ¼ cup of melted raspberry candied fruit
How to make:
After preparing the ingredients above, do the following instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 175 ° C and coat the pan 22x22cm with cooking spray.
- Mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar, ¼ cup of cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Mix 1 cup of yogurt, oil and vanilla in a small bowl.
- Place the egg white in a medium bowl. Use an electric mixer at high speed, shake until the mixture becomes soft. Gradually, put 1/2 cup of the remaining sugar into the mixture, and shake until it feels stiff and shiny.
- Stir the yogurt mixture into the flour mixture until blended. Add it to the egg mixture until there are no more white lines.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Then, sprinkle 1 cup of raspberry evenly.
- Bake for 40 minutes, or until the mixture expands. Cool on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the baking sheet, and place it on the shelf again until it is completely cool.
- Combine honey, water and ¼ cup of remaining cacao into a small bowl.
- Mix raspberry candied and 1/2 cup yogurt into another small bowl.
- Serve by cutting the cake into a box and adding a spoonful of yogurt and chocolate drizzle on top. Then, garnish with ¼ cup of remaining raspberry.
Information on nutritional value
Nutrition per serving is 201 calories, 5 grams of protein, 40 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 3.6 grams of fat, 0.8 grams of saturated fat, and 178 milligrams of sodium.
Recipe 2: Creamy chocolate cheesecake
Cream cheesecake is the favorite of every dessert fan. Moreover, added with cocoa which makes it taste more delicious.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Total time: 5 hours 20 minutes
Presentation: 16
Ingredients:
- 18 biscuits, crushed
- 2 tablespoons of butter, melted
- 3 packs (8 ounces each) of low-fat cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 ¼ glass of sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup of sugarless cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon of almond extract
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
Instructions
After preparing the ingredients above, do the following instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 160 ° C and coat the 22x22cm pan with cooking spray.
- Mix the crushed biscuits and butter into a small bowl. Press down until the sides are raised to 5 cm on the prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool on the cooling rack.
- Add cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl. Use an electric mixer at medium speed, shake until soft. Add egg white, eggs, chocolate, vanilla, almond extract, and salt. Stir for 5 minutes, or until smooth. Pour into the pan prepared.
- Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake in the oven for 1 hour.
- Cool on the shelf. Then, cover and put in the refrigerator for approximately 2 hours.
Information on nutritional value
Nutrition per serving is 209 calories, 6 grams of protein, 24 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 10.2 grams of fat, 6.1 grams of saturated fat, and 211 milligrams of sodium.
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