Bake cakes without sugar
Cakes should taste sweet and delicious - but is that also possible without sugar? Alternatives include xylitol, dates or agave syrup. A raw vegetable cake, for example, does without refined sugar and is sinfully delicious.
Recipe for a sugar-free raw vegetable cake
The following cake consists of raw vegetables and is made without sugar. You don't need baking powder. The cake is sweetened with dates and fruit.
- Let the almonds soak overnight. Put them in a food processor with the dates, lemon juice, vanilla and a pinch of salt and chop everything into one dough. You can use almond flour instead of whole almonds.
- Spread a small tart pan or springform pan with nut or almond oil. Press the dough into the mold and pull up the edges.
- Puree the raisins with the water to a creamy mass.
- Add the avocado meat, lemon juice, banana, cocoa butter and powder and vanilla powder and puree everything. Put the avocado chocolate cream on the cake base and put the cake in the refrigerator for two hours.
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Although this cake is delicious, raw and sugar free, it is high in calories, carbohydrates and fat. Enjoy it in moderation so that it doesn't hit the line.
Sweet cakes without sugar
Sweets usually contains refined sugar. Fruits, dried fruit and agave syrup also contain sugar, but not refined. When we talk about sugar in the following, we do not mean the fruit sugar of the apple, but white and brown refined industrial sugar made from sugar beet or sugar cane. If you want to bake without sugar, you have several options:
- Xylitol is an excellent substitute for industrial sugar. Xylitol is a natural sweetener that is made from Corn or tree bark is obtained. It has 40 percent fewer calories than sugar with almost the same sweetness. It does not cause blood sugar fluctuations and is metabolized independently of insulin. Xylitol is suitable for diabetics. It has a caries preventive effect. Warning: If you have a curious dog: Xylitol can be fatal for dogs and other pets!
- Erythritol has fewer calories than xylitol and 70 percent of the sweetness of table sugar. Erythritol is well tolerated and suitable for baking. Erythritol is not suitable for cooking because it crystallizes out.
- Another possibility is the use of dried fruits. Dates are ideal because they have a strong sweetness.
- Agave syrup is a natural liquid sweetener that tastes pleasantly fruity.
- With whole cane sugar (not to be confused with raw cane sugar) use the unrefined, dried one juice of sugar cane. Whole cane sugar contains many minerals and trace elements and is a healthier alternative to white sugar.
- Stevia is not very suitable for baking. It gives sweet baked goods a bitter aftertaste. In addition, it is difficult to dose because it has a sweetening power that is many times higher than that of sugar - which means that the dough lacks volume.
If you are a fan of cakes and cookies, try different ones Recipes for sugar-free baked goods. You'll save calories and do your teeth, pancreas, and slim line a favor.
