The sponge cake is one of the most basic recipes that exist in pastry. It can be taken alone or used as a base for cakes. This cake for diabetics is also perfect for all those who want to subtract calories from dessert.
To sweeten this cake, we will use stevia, a natural sweetener indicated for children and adults that people with diabetes can use without fear.
What are you waiting for to discover these two sponge cake recipes for people with diabetes?
Contents
Cake recipe for diabetics
Ingredients:
- 150 g pastry flour
- 50 g of cornstarch
- Two tablespoons of baking powder
- One unsweetened natural yogurt (can be Greek)
- Three large eggs
- Lemon zest
- 50 g of stevia
- 80 ml light olive or sunflower oil
- One pinch of salt
- Butter spread (optional)
- One teaspoon of vanilla flavoring (optional)
- One teaspoon of ground cinnamon (optional)
Utensils:
- Bowl
- rods
- sieve strainer
- silicone mold
- Oven
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC
- Beat the eggs well with the manual whisk.
- Add the oil, yogurt, stevia, lemon zest, cinnamon, and vanilla aroma.
- Sift the dry ingredients: flour, cornstarch, and yeast.
- Add the dry ingredients gradually and mix until they are all well integrated.
- Put the mixture in the silicone mold and put it in the oven.
- Let it bake between 40 and 45 minutes.
- Do not unmold the cake until it is cold. You will prevent it from breaking.
Wholemeal sponge cake recipe for people with diabetes with chocolate and orange
Ingredients:
- 200 g of wholemeal flour
- Two tablespoons of baking powder
- One plain yogurt
- Three eggs
- 90 ml light olive or sunflower oil
- 30g stevia
- 60 g unsweetened chocolate chips
- Orange zest
- One splash of natural orange juice
- One teaspoon of cinnamon (optional)
- Orange spice or two drops of orange essence
Utensils:
- Bowl
- rods
- sieve strainer
- silicone mold
- Oven
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC
- Beat the eggs well with the whisk.
- Add the oil, the yogurt, the stevia, the orange zest, the chocolate chips, the orange juice, the teaspoon of cinnamon, and the orange essence.
- Sift the dry ingredients: flour and yeast.
- Add the dry ingredients gradually and mix until they are all well integrated.
- Put the mixture in the silicone mold and put it in the oven.
- Let it bake between 30 and 40 minutes.
Information of interest and suggestions:
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Twenty-five minutes after introducing the mixture, you can slightly lower the temperature.
- Keep the ingredients at room temperature before preparing the cake.
- Sifting dry ingredients is essential. This way, you will avoid lumps, and it will be a fluffier cake.
- You can use skim yogurt.
- If you don’t have a silicone mold, you can grease it with butter and sprinkle it with flour. This will prevent the mixture from sticking.
- Once the cake is in the oven, never open the door. Look at your cake from the glass.
- Baking times are indicative. The first cake may not be perfect, but you must know the oven.
- You can decorate your cake with jam and icing sugar for people with diabetes. To give it an original touch, use templates.