Question:
Does anyone have a s/f recipe for frosting that can be used as decorator icing?
I am 6 days post op and have my daughters birthday coming up in July. I have always made and decorated my childrens cakes. However this time my daughter would like for me to decorate it with sugar free icing so that I can enjoy a bite or two without dumping. Does anyone know of a sugar free icing recipe that I can use for this? Thanks, Nancy Lap RNY 6/25/03 down 17 pounds. — Nancy S. (posted on July 1, 2003)
July 1, 2003
My father in law has been i diabetic for years and just recently my mother
in law has discovered the great new product called splenda i'm sure you
have seen it advertised on t.v. but you can use it in the place of regulare
sugars in all recipes that usually requires sugar so go ahead and use your
time honored family favorite just use the spenda in place of the sugar good
luck to you
— Tracy R.
July 1, 2003
I use different recipes and most of them call for powdered sugar. Make
your own powdered sugar by putting 1 C. of granulated fructose and 1/3 C.
of cornstarch in a blender and blend the heck out of it. It will be
powdered, but still have a very slight grainyness to it. The secret to
using it in frosting recipes is to BE SURE that your butter, margarine, or
cream cheese is totally at room temperature before mixing in with the
powdered sugar and then mix the heck out of it. Visit my profile page or
www.freewebs.com/recipes-after-rny for a recipe book for RNY'ers using
fructose, turbinado sugar and Splenda. On the website you'll find some
sample recipes and photos and information on how to order the book.
There's a phenomenal recipe in there for carrot cake and cream cheese
frosting! Good luck!
— Lynette B.
July 1, 2003
Did you know sweet and low makes sugar free cake mixes and icing? Just mix
with water.
YUM!<P>http://www.diet-shop.com/onlinestore/item.asp?ITEM_ID=109<P>
The site also sells a real good brownie mix. You can buy it on line or
locally. Giant eagle sells this sugar free stuff in the regular grocery
stores.
— bob-haller
July 1, 2003
As a word of warning splenda doesnt always add bulk or something for baking
recipes. I have learned this the hard way:( The website URL I provided has
great products and friendly service. This isnt a advertisement but in many
areas you just cant find locally the stuff they sell on line. The cake mix
is awesome but do add more water. What they call for makes a inedbile brick
that doesnt even mix properly.
— bob-haller
July 1, 2003
I have a suggestion for a wonderfully delicious cake, but it wouldn't be
decorated. Take an angel food cake mix (any brand, you will use the dry
mix only). Now add a can of sugar free pie filling (nothing else). Any
flavor will work ... cherry, blueberry, rasberry, peach .. just be sure it
is sugar free pie filling. <BR><BR>
Blend on low speed. Then mix on medium for 1 minute. Pour into an
ungreased angel food cake pan and cook according to the package directions.
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When cake has finished baking, turn it upside down on counter to cool for 1
hour. After cooling remove from pan. The cake is moist and delicious.
You could frost with cool whip if you can handle that, just keep the cake
refrigerted <BR><BR>
I just check the angel food cake package. There is sugar in it so this
suggestion may not work for you. My mom is diabetic and she has always
been able to have angel food cake. I would think it would have less sugar
than a regular cake, but I could be wrong. I have made this with cherry,
blueberry, raspberry pie fillings. The cherry is my absolute favorite.
Vermont Country Store http://www.vermontcountrystore.com has sugar free pie
filling made with Splenda. I know some (not all) Walmarts carry sugar free
pie filling but it is not sweetened with Splenda. Good Luck and tell your
daughter Happy Birthday for us.
— [Deactivated Member]
July 1, 2003
Bob Haller .. saw your note about the cake mix. If you add 2 or 3 egg
whites to the mix it will allow it to raise higher also without adding fat
to the recipe.
— [Deactivated Member]
July 1, 2003
I am also looking for this! I have tried a couple brands of the sf icing
(from an earlier post from Bob!) and found them to be EXTREMELY sticky. I
also had to doctor them up a little with flavor - I added coffee. They
tasted pretty good, but the consistency was yucky. The sf cakes were good!
— jen41766
July 1, 2003
You can use any icing recipe that you already have. Just in place of the
regular sugar that you would add you can use a product called SugarLike. I
have never tried it personally, but I here it's just like Splenda. But
SugarLike comes in either the granulated (taste just like regular sugar),
liquid (like Kyro Syrup), a powdered sugar version (I think ?), and a brown
sugar (just like the regular brown sugar). I know that www.vitalady.com
has the liquid SugarLike, but I don't know if she has the others. But you
might want to give it a try. I plan on ordering some to replace the
regular sugar that I use now. Use a search engine like Yahoo. There are
several places that will come up that sell it. One I found was a couple
dollars cheaper than vitalady. It's kinda exspensive compared to a regular
pound of sugar, but its worth it. I found one place that sells it for
$19.95 for a 3lbs. I plan on using the alternative sugar for Christmas
baking.
— Snowflake_Princess
July 1, 2003
~~>or you could mix some sugar free pudding with lite cool whip to make
it fluffy. My kidlings love it!
— Denise W.
July 1, 2003
I really don't think that you will be successful trying to substitute sugar
replacements for the powdered sugar in decorator frosting. And, then
there's the fat in the frosting too - it will make you dump as badly as
sugar. My advice to you is to skip the cake - I know your daughter wants
you to take a bite but can't you pretend - or eat a tiny amount of no sugar
added ice cream instead. Or if you absolutely HAVE to have cake, eat just
a tiny bite of cake and not the frosting. Personally, I wouldn't have
touched cake that early out (actually, I'm 19 months out now and won't
touch it). I made a committment to myself when I had surgery to leave the
sweets (even no sugar added ones) alone until I had reached goal and
stabalized. The only exceptions I made to this promise was an occasional
fudgesicle or bit of no sugar added ice cream and I didn't do this often as
it is loaded with calories that aren't particularly nutritious. My idea
was that one bite on a special occassion would lead to more bites later.
And, consider this, what if you don't dump and find that you can eat sweets
- that will make staying away from them more difficult. Sorry if this
sounds preachy - I didn't mean to.
— Patty_Butler
July 1, 2003
If anyones going on a cruise ask about the sugar free desserts, and be
pushy asking where they com from. Thats how I found the sugar free cake its
excellentr, the icing isnt as good. I improved it by blending in some
margarine, just a bit. Cool whip is excellent. Our utronist suggests adding
protein powder to cool whip for a healthy dessertr.
— bob-haller
July 1, 2003
— adeas
July 2, 2003
go to my profile page and click on the link. there is a wls decorator
frosting recipe there.
— franbvan
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