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Sherry
 
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"Karen" > wrote in
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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



Amen to that! Avoiding sugar used to be the way of thinking. The real
key is to make sure that you have the cake shortly after a meal - not a
couple hours afterwards. I try not to eat "treats" more than an hour
after a meal. If it's close enough to a meal, the rest of the meal can
minimize the "surge" in blood sugar after eating something sweet.

Do you realize a plain cake donut is only 25 grams of carbs, no more
than a slice of toast and much tastier? Although there isn't any fiber
to speak if - it's sure nice for an occasional treat instead of the
toast <rbg> One piece of commercially prepared chocolate cake with
icins is 35 grams of carbs! Most cakes really aren't that high in
carbs, according to this list: just make sure the piece isn't huge!

http://diabetes.about.com/cs/carbcentral/l/blcarbsC.htm

When I *know* I'm going to want dessert, I avoid starchy carbs at the
meal - I eat meat, salad, veggies. Then I've got plenty of carbs
"free" for my dessert!

Of course if hubby's on insulin, he can always "cover" the extra carbs,
can't he?

Sherry