Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 When you mean you are limiting sugar I assume you mean fruit sugars as well right? If there is fruit she can eat you can always make a parfait like treat in a really cool glass and make your own " cool whip " . It is really easy. You just beat heavy cream with a tiny bit of vanilla and sugar subsitute like xylitol/stevia. She will love anything you make for her, just make sure she knows it is special just for her! It seems like there should be some cake recipe out there though...You have me curious! I wonder what can be found online, have you looked at places like Miss Roben's? I used to get lots of stuff from that site. HTH, bigkandtater <bigkandtater@...> wrote: My ASD daughter turns 3 in a couple weeks and although she is not intolerant to casein or gluten, I am severely limiting her sugar as we battle with yeast. Does anyone have any ideas for some sort of treat we can do for her for her birthday? Whatever we do can have a little sugar in it but I would like to keep it as low as possible. The diabetic options usually have the sweeteners that are even worse. Again, we can do gluten and milk, just low on the sugar. Thanks, S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I would give Stevia a try as a sweetener. Everything I've been reading about Stevia indicates that not only does it not feed yeast, but it is a yeast-killer. The info below is an excerpt from the following web page: http://www.rain-tree.com/stevia.htm Properties/Actions Documented by Research: antibacterial, anticandidal, antifungal, antiviral Sounds like good news for birthday cakes, to me! Hoping this helps, Lalita On Feb 9, 2006, at 8:41 AM, bigkandtater wrote: > My ASD daughter turns 3 in a couple weeks and although she is not > intolerant to casein or gluten, I am severely limiting her sugar as we > battle with yeast. Does anyone have any ideas for some sort of treat > we can do for her for her birthday? Whatever we do can have a little > sugar in it but I would like to keep it as low as possible. The > diabetic options usually have the sweeteners that are even worse. > Again, we can do gluten and milk, just low on the sugar. > > Thanks, > S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 - I like the idea about Stevia, but I have never used it for baking, so I can't say if it works. I would worry about the texture of cakes and cookies more than anything minus the sugar. Do you know what I mean? Thought I would mention a book my MIL lent me recently. We are actually going to be making cookies next week from a recipe in this book. It's called: " Sweet & Natural Baking " by Mani Nial The recipes in this book are all sweetened with fruit juice concentrates and sometimes maple syrup. I stay away from maple syrup, but would take it over sugar anyday. The recipes look wonderful and there are also instructions on how you could go gluten free (requires a scale). If you are gluten free, she suggests you only use gluten free flours for smaller items like cookies. It just doesn't seem to work well with cakes. Just wanted to put this book out there for you and others. I bought a juicer recently and since I didn't want to buy concentrate from the store (they have mainly grape and apple which I stay away from), I can make my concentrate myself. MIL said it was hard to find though, but I'm sure you could find it on Amazon or something like it. Happy B-Day! > > > My ASD daughter turns 3 in a couple weeks and although she is not > > intolerant to casein or gluten, I am severely limiting her sugar as we > > battle with yeast. Does anyone have any ideas for some sort of treat > > we can do for her for her birthday? Whatever we do can have a little > > sugar in it but I would like to keep it as low as possible. The > > diabetic options usually have the sweeteners that are even worse. > > Again, we can do gluten and milk, just low on the sugar. > > > > Thanks, > > S. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 http://www.steviacanada.com/rec_cc_choccake.asp A recipe I found. I went to ask.com and typed in stevia cake recipe. There is likely more out there!!!!!! copelpot <copelpot1@...> wrote: - I like the idea about Stevia, but I have never used it for baking, so I can't say if it works. I would worry about the texture of cakes and cookies more than anything minus the sugar. Do you know what I mean? Thought I would mention a book my MIL lent me recently. We are actually going to be making cookies next week from a recipe in this book. It's called: " Sweet & Natural Baking " by Mani Nial The recipes in this book are all sweetened with fruit juice concentrates and sometimes maple syrup. I stay away from maple syrup, but would take it over sugar anyday. The recipes look wonderful and there are also instructions on how you could go gluten free (requires a scale). If you are gluten free, she suggests you only use gluten free flours for smaller items like cookies. It just doesn't seem to work well with cakes. Just wanted to put this book out there for you and others. I bought a juicer recently and since I didn't want to buy concentrate from the store (they have mainly grape and apple which I stay away from), I can make my concentrate myself. MIL said it was hard to find though, but I'm sure you could find it on Amazon or something like it. Happy B-Day! > > > My ASD daughter turns 3 in a couple weeks and although she is not > > intolerant to casein or gluten, I am severely limiting her sugar as we > > battle with yeast. Does anyone have any ideas for some sort of treat > > we can do for her for her birthday? Whatever we do can have a little > > sugar in it but I would like to keep it as low as possible. The > > diabetic options usually have the sweeteners that are even worse. > > Again, we can do gluten and milk, just low on the sugar. > > > > Thanks, > > S. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 My daughter turned 3 on January 27. She, is not gluten or casein intolerant, but I did recently discover that she goes squirly on refined sugar, so I decided to keep them out of her diet. So, I had to figure out some kind of birthday cake just recently for her, as well. I will share with you what I came up with. Basic White Cake Recipe 1/4 cup soft shortening 1/2 cup sugar (I used a blend of pure maple syrup and honey) apple sauce would also work 1 egg 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 cup flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup milk Cream shortening. Add sugar. Add egg and vanilla, beat well. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to creamed mixture stirring after each addition until the batter is smooth. Pour into greased round baking pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes. I added 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, a sprinkle of ginger, and a chopped up apple to the batter. This recipe will make one small round cake, if you need more cake, double the recipe, and use 2 pans. Go to the health food store and get a box of Pamelas ginger cookies- or any round, plain cookie will do. Put the cookies in a row of 4, side by side. Stack them 3 high- so it looks like a snowman. Cut the cake in half, and put each half on either side of the cookie row, round side touching the cookies, flat side out. Now, you should have a butterfly, the cookies are the body, the cake the wings. I took a container of soft cream cheese, mixed in some pure maple syrup, and some ground walnuts, and iced the cake. Decorate your butterfly with sugarfree candy, nuts, raisins, dried fruit, etc. It tasted great. And my daughter LOVES butterflies ( bucka slies ). Hope this helps you. Amber. On 2/9/06, lvchefmel <lvchefmel@...> wrote: > > http://www.steviacanada.com/rec_cc_choccake.asp > > A recipe I found. I went to ask.com and typed in stevia cake recipe. > There is likely more out there!!!!!! > > > copelpot <copelpot1@...> wrote: > - > > I like the idea about Stevia, but I have never used it for baking, so > I can't say if it works. I would worry about the texture of cakes > and cookies more than anything minus the sugar. Do you know what I > mean? > > Thought I would mention a book my MIL lent me recently. We are > actually going to be making cookies next week from a recipe in this > book. It's called: > > " Sweet & Natural Baking " by Mani Nial > > The recipes in this book are all sweetened with fruit juice > concentrates and sometimes maple syrup. I stay away from maple > syrup, but would take it over sugar anyday. The recipes look > wonderful and there are also instructions on how you could go gluten > free (requires a scale). If you are gluten free, she suggests you > only use gluten free flours for smaller items like cookies. It just > doesn't seem to work well with cakes. Just wanted to put this book > out there for you and others. I bought a juicer recently and since I > didn't want to buy concentrate from the store (they have mainly grape > and apple which I stay away from), I can make my concentrate myself. > MIL said it was hard to find though, but I'm sure you could find it > on Amazon or something like it. > > Happy B-Day! > > > > > > > My ASD daughter turns 3 in a couple weeks and although she is not > > > intolerant to casein or gluten, I am severely limiting her sugar > as we > > > battle with yeast. Does anyone have any ideas for some sort of > treat > > > we can do for her for her birthday? Whatever we do can have a > little > > > sugar in it but I would like to keep it as low as possible. The > > > diabetic options usually have the sweeteners that are even worse. > > > Again, we can do gluten and milk, just low on the sugar. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > S. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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