> wrote in message
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> Anyone got a decent sugar free (no splenda either) icing recipe?
> My husbands birthday is tomorrow!
> Thanks in advance,
> Nancy
>

Hi, Nancy!

I don't know of any decent sugar-free icing; on my own birthday I splurge
and have a small piece of the real thing. I just factor in those carbs as
part of my meal plan, and even if my BGs run a little high, I know it's just
temporary. (I maintain pretty tight control of my BGs at all other times.)

Even if you had sugar-free icing, what would you put it on? The carbs in
the unfrosted cake itself are usually pretty high due to the flour content,
even if the cake is sugar-free. Many people think all a diabetic has to do
is avoid sugar and he/she will be OK; not true! It's the carbs we have to
watch, and sugar is just one source of carbohydrate. We can have sugar
(not in unlimited amounts, of course) as long as those carbs are taken into
consideration when planning our meals.

So I guess my advice to you would be to make your hubby a "real" cake for
his birthday, and let him celebrate a bit; his birthday only comes once a
year. You can always give away the rest of the cake if you feel having it
around would be too great a temptation for him.

Hope this helps!

Karen
Type 2