Sugar Free - or - Healthier option - Chocolate cake recipes??

[Beach Mama]

Natvia and Stevia are from supermarkets, Xylitol from a health food shop. I haven't used them for baking but use them in coffee etc. definitely a different taste to sugar, especially xylitol, but they don't have chemicals so it's just an acquired taste!

[Phteven]

IMO all the sugar substitutes taste dreadful and most of them are no better for you than sugar.
You can find glucose in the brewing section of the supermarket and use it as sugar since it is metabolised differently to fructose - there are some recipes on the Sweet poison website.

You only have a birthday once a year and if you're going to eat cake you may as well enjoy eating cake instead of trying to convince yourself that a second rate excuse is just as good as the real thing. DH doesn't eat processed sugar most of the time (and he doesn't substitute sweeteners) but for his birthday I make a killer pavlova and he eats it.

[Netix]

You only have a birthday once a year and if you're going to eat cake you may as well enjoy eating cake instead of trying to convince yourself that a second rate excuse is just as good as the real thing

I thought this too.

I had a think, and two *relatively* low sugar desserts you could make (which have dark chocolate) would be profiteroles or tiramisu. Otherwise, the chocolate cake I make, has 1 1/2 cups of white sugar, which is a bit, but it makes a fairly big cake, with 2 1/2 cups of flour. I can post the recipe if you like.

[~~Snoogans~~]

hmmmm suppose you are right Onyx and Netix ... the thing is, my birthday was last week, and he *pigged out* on my caramel mudcake! so was trying to do a sugar free one for his...

nah stuff it!

gimme one with sugar in it!

Would love it if you could give me yr recipe Netix

Meow - I looked for coconut flour today! but couldn't find it in Woolies... do you just get it at yr local grocery shop over there??

Thanks girls!

[meow]

I do just buy it at the supermarket here. I know plenty of people use it in Oz but not sure where to buy it sorry.

[Netix]

Nikky, I have posted the recipe; https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...1/#post3072658

[~~Snoogans~~]

Thanks so much Netix!

Have just read the recipe...and I am going to attempt to make it on Sunday while the man is off playing golf!