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Diabetic Christmas Cake

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spongey2010

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Hi All,

Does anyone have a recipe for a diabetic Christmas cake? My boyfriend loves this, but I am trying to help him keep his sugars at a good level, so looking for a 'safe' recipe to give to my Mum to make for him 🙂
 
I think you're right Northie, sucrose/sugar is probably not dissimilar to dried fruit in it's effect on bgs. So the real thing is likely to be much of a muchness with an alternative where the sugar has been replaced by dates or whatever. As you say no reason why an occasional slice couldn't be enjoyed as a treat, esp if the icing and marzipan are removed.

My mum makes an amazing Christmas pud based on a Paul Levy recipe which is basically just dried fruit and Amaretti biscuits I think. Yum! Course I haven't really been doing much focussed post-meal testing before this year so I have no idea how 'spiky' it is 🙂
 
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Hi There,

I think I will try a recipe that has no marzipan and icing then. He wants to eat it with wensleydale cheese???!!! It must be a Northern thing, because a Southerner like me is far from inspired by this idea 🙂
 
spongey2010 said:
Hi There,

I think I will try a recipe that has no marzipan and icing then. He wants to eat it with wensleydale cheese???!!! It must be a Northern thing, because a Southerner like me is far from inspired by this idea 🙂
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Well, the fat in the cheese should slow down the absorption of the glucose into the blood stream, so it can't be all bad. 😎
 
spongey2010 said:
Hi There,

I think I will try a recipe that has no marzipan and icing then. He wants to eat it with wensleydale cheese???!!! It must be a Northern thing, because a Southerner like me is far from inspired by this idea 🙂
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Sounds like heaven! 🙂
 
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