You want to use about one part Splenda to two parts sugar. There is now a Splenda baking blend that you can buy in the store that comes ready to use for baking, so you don't have to worry about measuring out the ratio yourself.
The healthiest and sweetest diabetic pound cake recipe is probably Splenda Blend Sour Cream Pound Cake. This recipe is very easy and subsitutes splenda for sugar, for the diabetes patient.
Splenda can be used in place of sugar, but be prepared to tweak the recipie considerably.
splenda even though it is made with sugar, so i don't get how it is better. How do we know it IS NOT sugar anyway? They could be faking! actually, you cud use baby food. that's how alot of people do it, and it tastes pretty good.
Ya, sort of.
A diabetic pound cake recipe is a pound cake recipe that presumably substitutes the sugar in the normal cake recipe for Splenda or some other diabetic safe sugar substitute. There are many such recipes you can find on the web.
Since diabetics have special dietary needs and restrictions, it's especially important to limit food high in sugar and saturated fat. Since cake fits very snugly into that category, diabetics should tread lightly. It's okay for a diabetic to have sugar and saturated fat in their diet, as long as it's sparingly and accounted for in their meal plan. But if you're making a cake for an event where you know diabetics will be attending, and would like to keep their dietary needs in mind, there are ways to make a cake diabetic friendly. A major consideration when making a diabetic cake is, how do you sweeten it? Many sugar substitutes are available on the market today. When it comes to baking, Splenda has become very popular. Splenda is a brand of sucralose, a sweetener derived from sugar but containing no sugar itself. Splenda measures out like sugar cup for cup, meaning you can substitute a cup of sugar in a recipe with a cup of Splenda. They also have a brown sugar variety, and a variety that uses half sugar, half Splenda for when you just want to lower the sugar content. If you want to go the natural route, agave nectar is a sweetener derived from the agave plant. Agave nectar, which comes from the same plant used to make tequila, contains no alcohol or sugar. Therefore it's great for baking recipes. You can also substitute agave nectar for sugar cup for cup. Contrary to past beliefs, sugar isn't the only thing that causes and aggravates diabetes. Lowering the fat and cholesterol content in your cake can also be helpful to a diabetic. Try substituting oil, butter or margarine with an equal amount of applesauce for a moist, low fat cake. When a recipe calls for sour cream, substitute plain low fat yogurt instead. Don't use fat free sour cream, since it lacks the body necessary to fit into a baking recipe. You can also lower the sugar and fat content of chocolate cake in an easy way. Just take a box of chocolate cake mix and mix in a can of cola, then bake as usual. You will get moist and yummy chocolate cake, and you probably won't be able to tell the difference.
Flour, eggs, sugar, oil, flavoring, baking soda.
Make the cake with a sugar substitute such as SPLENDA. There are several diabatic approved suger replacement products available. If the cake is already made with sugar you can convince them the cake would make a wonderful dessert for the rest of the family or a gift for someone special.
As long as its not made with powder sugar. Are you baking a cake?
Hey, Obviously it sweetens the cake and will make it taste a whole lot better!! Without the sugar the cake would be absolutely tasteless and bland! I always use sugar in baking! x
It appears that both sugar substitutes are used in diabetic recipes. Some people say not to use Splenda for health reasons, but it appears that both work well as sugar substitutes for people with Diabetes.
You replace a cake mix by making the cake from scratch. Any cake recipe from a cook book or found online will tell you how much flour, sugar, baking powder or baking soda, salt and other ingredients to use.