Daughter L made this beautiful diabetic friendly cake to celebrate both my birthday and Father's Day this year. My birthday is always pretty close to Father's Day. Here is the recipe, she might have made a few changes here and there. She said the icing was made with cool whip and cream cheese along with a few spoons of coconut milk, yum.
The cake looks wonderful! I am sure you enjoyed it for your birthday, hope it was a good one. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteHello Christine ... this cake looks delicious, and you can't beat fresh lower carb fruits like blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.
ReplyDeleteI was quite surprised to see from the original 'diabetic friendly' recipe that per serving is 30g carbs!
Wow, that is high ... and so many 'diabetic friendly' recipes do often have a high-ish carb count for many of their recipes ... it really can be quite confusing!
I appreciate that we each have to decide what foods we want and like to eat, but if my husband Eddie a type 2 diabetic ate a slice of that cake his blood sugar readings would go way high.
We have found that meal plans for the whole day with carb count no more than 50 works well for him, and me. I am not diabetic but my family has a history of Alzheimer's, and from research we have done, eating a diet with less sugar and carbs may offer some protection against this ... I say may!
The type of low carb cake with fresh lower carbs fruit we like is this one
http://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/summer-fruits-lowcarb-sponge-cake-one.html
If you, and your readers, need more details about low carbing this article may be useful
http://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/introduction-to-low-carb-for-beginners.html
The cake your daughter made in the picture does look very nice, and I can see why you said Yum!
Enjoy your Thursday
All the best Jan
Thanks for the useful advice Jan I will pass on to L for next time she is choosing a 'diabetic friendly' recipe
DeleteCheers Christine ...
DeleteMy belated Happy Birthday Wishes to you.
All the best Jan
That does look delicious. It's even better because it's diabetic friendly. Happy belated birthday Christine!
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday and Father's Day! The cake looks yummy and is so nicely decorated.
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday Christine 🎂 🎶
ReplyDeleteThat cake looks so tasty that it is worth having birthdays 💐
Happy Belated Birthday to you...and your cake looks amazing. In fact, I'm sure I put on a couple of pounds just looking at it!
ReplyDeleteIf that tastes as good as it looks, indeed YUM! Happy belated birthday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely thought and effort by your daughter to find a suitable cake for you. Lovely decoration too. Lots of joy for you all :D)
ReplyDeleteA belated happy birthday Christine, a bit late I know but what a delicious looking cake. Thank you for the link. I am going to check it out right now.
ReplyDeletelooks delicious
ReplyDeleteSo yummy!
ReplyDeleteOh that looks so delicious! Happy belated birthday.
ReplyDeleteOh this looks delicious and thank you for the recipe link :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! So perfect for me. Tell L I would love for her to come here and make it for me.
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