The good news is everyone in the family can enjoy these desserts and not just diabetics.  They are lower in calories and fat and often replace part or all of the simple sugar and white flour for more healthy ingredients.  You can either find diabetic cake recipes to use or you can try adapting traditional cake recipes by cutting the amount of sugar or replacing it with a sugar substitute and replacing part of the white flour with wholemeal.  You can experiment with this to suit your taste.

Here is a tasty diabetic cake recipe for you to try.

Diabetic Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
6 tbsp of  reduced calorie margarine
1/2 tsp chocolate extract
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup and 2 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
12 packets Sweet-n-Low granulated sugar substitute
1/4 cup and 2 tbsp of granulated sugar
1/4 cup liquid egg substitute
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp grated orange peel
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
2 large egg whites

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Spray a bundt pan with a non-stick cooking spray and set aside. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons of margarine and then remove from the stove. Stir in chocolate extract and cocoa. Set aside the mixture to cool. In a small mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and then set aside.

In a large mixing bowl with your electric mixer on medium speed, cream the remaining margarine, 9 Sweet-n-Low packets, sugar, egg substitute, orange peel and vanilla. Beat in the chocolate mixture. Add buttermilk and flour mixture alternately and beat well after each addition.

In a large metal bowl with your electric mixer set at a high speed, beat the egg whites, remaining Sweet-n-Low packets and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Next, spoon the mixture into the bundt pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and completely cool on baking rack before serving.

The good news is that diabetic cake recipes are readily available in diabetic cookbooks as well as online.  Or you can experiment on your own by using the simple tips provided here.