"Lori" > wrote in message
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> I am getting married in May. I, along with both sets of parents, am
> diabetic.
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> Does anybody have any good diabetic cake recipes? How about icing?
> The only experience I have with diabetic icing is that it's too fluffy
> to decorate with. There may be other recipes out there.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.

I don't have any recipes. I would suggest asking in a newsgroup that deals
with diabetes and/or nutritional issues. As for the icing, you can use a
fluffy icing for the body of the cake and then decorate with fresh flowers.
If you want to pipe borders, you could use royal frosting. Unless you get
carried away, there shouldn't be that much frosting in a simple top and
bottom border and you could always just leave that on the plate. Plenty of
people scrape off the frosting and just eat the cake. I'm hesitant to
mention this as I wouldn't want this on MY wedding cake, but you might
consider a product called "Bettercream" by Rich's. It is available at cake
decorating stores and at GFS Marketplace. It is a non-dairy, whipped
frosting with a formulation similar to coffee creamer. It can be piped into
simple shapes. Not being diabetic, I don't know if it would meet your
needs. Here are a couple of links:
http://richs.com/bakerydeli_products_1.asp
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/V...owercakes.html