Cake Made With Pure Via

[Anngel123]

I have to make a birthday cake for someone who is diabetic and has high cholesterol. Has anyone made a successful sponge using Pure Via? Please do not send links to the sites for the products. I have those. Would like to know if anyone has actually used the stuff in the UK?
Many thanks in anticipation.xx

[boxtops]

Anngel - I can't help, I've never heard of it - but I googled it to educate myself. Looks expensive!

As a cholesterol person myself, do you have to make an actual cake? It's on my personal list of no-nos, because of the fat and wheat flour, not the sugar!

[Maydup]

I think you might go to a lot of trouble with your cake Anngel123, only to find its still not quite right for your friend. How about doing something imaginative with fruit, like a pineapple boat? Or a watermelon basket. You could do several if you need them for sharing. Media URL: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jb_vRwCHd40
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[Maydup]

Trying that link again Media URL: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jb_vRwCHd40
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[pastafreak]

Fruit is very high in sugar...so not ideal.
It looks like Pure Via is Stevia. I've not used it,but there are plenty of Stevia products available now,so you'd not need to use that brand.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_6?url=search-alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=stevia&sprefix=stevia%2Caps%2C235

[237SJ]

No, I haven`t but a few years ago I made a chocolate torte with Splenda and you couldn`t tell the difference

[Sqad]

If she is a Type 2 diabetic, which i assume that she is (not sure why i assume that ;-)...then making her a normal birthday cake for her birthday, will have little or no effect on the lifespan of your friend.....providing of course that she doesn't eat ALL the cake.

[woofgang]

I was going to post the same as Sqad. Modern dietetic teaching for diabetics generally (try saying that with a mouthful of nuts) is to avoid food alternatives and focus on eating a generally healthy diet. Treats are no problem provided that they are treats and not eaten all the time. The only exception would be if the birthday person has great difficulty in keeping the blood sugar levels down. If you want to do something a bit healthier, how about a fatless sponge or an american angel cake?
scroll right down to the bottom of the page
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Recipes/

[boxtops]

Hope this works for maydup's link

[boxtops]

hmmm, no, sorry maydup

[Maydup]

Thanks for trying though Boxie!

[atalanta]

This alternative cake ( chocolate) is low in sugars, and uses oil instead of hard fats. It is usually a huge success.

Dry Ingredients:
6 oz plain flour
3 heaped tablespoons cocoa ( you may have to sieve this by itself and then again with the flour.)
One level teaspoon baking powder
One level teaspoon bicarb
5 oz castor sugar

Wet ingredients
One level tablesp. Black treacle
2 eggs
5 fluid oz milk
5 fluid oz corn oil (or other veg. oil but NOT OLIVE)


Prepare two tins, at least 8” diameter, or a ring cake tin.

Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly. Mix all wet ingredients thoroughly.
Mix wet into dry, and stir until mixed. This should be really quite sloppy. Pour into tin/s.
Bake in ready-heated oven at mark 3, 325 degrees or 160 degrees.
They will take exactly 45 minutes.
Split and fill and/or ice if you like. (Wonderful if cooked in a ring mould and filled with raspberries for sumptuous pud.)
Note
If you change the quantities or ingredients or temperatures or baking times the cake won’t work.

Note 2. This cake is low in cholesterol, as it uses oil instead of hard fat.