Developing a sweet tooth

This is weird because I never had one before surgery. Did this happen to anybody else?

Also, I'm particularly craving carrot cake, pound cake or cheesecake. Does anybody have any good sugar free recipes?

i used to have a crazy sweet tooth now i hate sweet stuff....but i find myself craving grilled cheese and olives and pickles lol...idk why!?! but when i do very rarely want something sweet i eat a sf fudgesicle they r gooood

I hope this happens to me once I have my surgery. I LOVE sweets.....hoping my surgeon extracts my sweet tooth   :)    Cindy

Liz is your gal for all the SF receipes.

i went thru a period of craving olives ---- that's weird

yes, yes, yes - which recipe do you want? lol I have a s/f recipe for just about everything! I LOVE carrot cake mmm I'll have to get the cook book and type them out, don't think that I have any of them on here. DO you have a preference??

Liz

Ricotta Orange Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups  flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoonsbaking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperature, plus more to grease the baking pan
• 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
• 1 1/2 cups diabetisweet, splenda or a combo
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 orange, zested
•  
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan with butter. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir to combine.

Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, ricotta, and sugar  sub.until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. With the machine running, add the eggs 1 at a time. Add the vanilla, orange zest until combined. Add the dry ingredients, a small amount at a time, until just incorporated. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean and the cake is beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 45 to 50 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

ALmond Flour Pound Cake

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (1 stick) softened at room temperature
1/2 cup cream cheese
1 cup Splenda
5 eggs, at room temperature
2 cups almond flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream butter, cream cheese and Splenda well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Mix almond flour with baking powder and add egg to mixture a little at a time while beating. Add lemon and vanilla extracts. Pour into greased 9"-10" Springform pan, ring pan, (or 9" round cake pan or a loaf pan) and bake at 350°F for 50-55 minutes.

Mini Cheesecakes (these are my favorite) you could make it as 1 too just adjust the cooking time as needed

2 8oz packages of cream cheese
1/2 cup diabetisweet, splenda or a combo
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
40 sugar free cookies or cookies made into crumbs

Blend cream cheese and sugar until well light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well between additions. Add in vanilla and beat until smooth.

Put paper liners into cup cake pan (or just put them on a cookie sheet - sometimes they get a little funny shaped like this though) put 1 cookie or some crumbs into each cup, top with mixture - fill them about 2/3 full.

BAke at 350 degrees for 12 minutes - top with fruit if desired once cool

Carrot Cake
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
 1 1/2 cups diabetisweet, splenda or a combo
1 cup greek yogurt (or sour cream)
1/2 cup oil
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins

Beat together sugar, sour cream, oil and eggs. Add in vanilla and carrots. Conbrine dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add into wet ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in raisins and nuts.
Pour into 2 9" round cake pans that have been greased and floured. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Try substituting coconut for nuts and crushed pineapple for the raisins. My favorite is pineapple, coconut and walnuts!

Hope that these help the sweet tooth!