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. <BR><BR> 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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