A better option for diabetics

Orange You Glad it's Carrot Cake

1 to 1.5 cups of Ideal brown sugar replacement

1 cup vegtable oil

3 large eggs

1.5 cups of course ground almond flour

1/2 cup of flax seed meal

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp of cinamon

1/2 tsp of nutmeg

1 tsp of vanilla extract

3 cups of medium shredded carrot

Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees

 Grease a 9 by 13 " loaf tin

Mix the suar, oil and eggs together.Add the reat of the ingredients one at a time mixing all the time.

Cook for 30 mins (to test if it is cooked pierce the center with a knife and if it comes out clean its done)

Cool in the tin . 

Enough for 12 servings

Nutritional information

cal : 284
carbs: 18

Fiber/sa: 11 carbs

Net carbs: 6.5

Protein: 5g  

Fat 27.5g

This recipe is recomended by Lila from http://www.tudiabetes.org/
I have found this website very very helpfull to me so far and also very friendly

Diabetic Carrot Cake Recipe

Diabetic Carrot cake ingredients
1/ 2 a cup grated carrots

1/4 cup of chopped dates
1 cup of raisons
1 1/3 cups of water
1/4 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
1 tsp of cinnamon
1 tsp of ground cloves ( optional)
1 tsp of nutmeg

2 cups of wholemeal flour *
2 cup Whole wheat flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of baking soda
* if you prefer you can use white all purpose flour but dont use the baking powder and soda

For The Icing

8 oz of light cream cheese at room temp
5 tblsp of unsweetened pineapple or orange juice
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
1/2 tsp of finely grated orange peel optional

Diabetic Carrot Cake Instructions

Pre heat the oven to 350 deg c

Place all ingredients except the flours into a pan and heat, simmer gentle fro 5 mins
Then leave to cool
Add the flours to the liquid mix and mix well untill all are combined
Spoon the mix into a 8" by 8" baking tin and bake for aprox 45 to 50 mins.

For the Icing

Whisk all the ingredients together untill smooth

I have been looking round trying to gather information and even though this is recomended from a diabetic website people are telling me its not recomended diabetics eat carbs and avoid fruit juices.So only use this recipe if you know its good for you to eat.
I have found a wonderfull website that gives masses of support and advice to diabetics its name is http://www.tudiabetes.org/