Diabetic Spring Fling Layered White Cake

"White cake layered with strawberries and Apricot preserves. I searched the internet for a cake that I could make as a special treat (birthday) for a good friend that is diabetic. He thought it was wonderful and was quite flattered that I took the time to make it. This is not difficult to make, but there are alot of steps to it. I am not "used to" the taste of the fat free cream cheese, and quite honestly, do not like the frosting. UPDATE: My daughter used this cake recipe and "Absolutely Sugar Free" Frosting (recipe #123602) to do a wedding cake - Awesome together!!! Much better than the cream cheese frosting listed with the recipe!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 10mins
Ingredients:
16
Yields:
18 1/2 inch slices
Serves:
18
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, lightly spray two 9-inch cake pans with Pam and set aside.
  • MAKE CAKE.
  • Sift cake flour, mix splenda, flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar together in a medium sized bowl on low speed until ingredients are blended.
  • Add softened butter, mix on low speed about 2-3 minutes.
  • Add egg whites, mix on low speed until incorporated, scrape sides of bowl, mix on medium high speed 1-2 minutes or until batter is light and well blended.
  • Scrape sides of bowl, add buttermilk and extracts, mix on medium speed until blended.
  • Pour cake batter into prepared pans.
  • Bake in preheated 350 oven 20-25 minutes or until edges of cake appear slightly dry.
  • Allow cake to cook in pans 10-15 minutes.
  • Remove from pans and cool on wire racks until ready to Ice.
  • PREPARE ICING.
  • Beat softened butter and Sllenda briefly in a medium sized bowl, just until splenda is incorporated.
  • Add cream cheese, mix until lump free, about 1 minute.
  • Scrape sides of bowl and add vanilla, mix well.
  • ASSEMBLE CAKE.
  • Slice cooled cake layers in half- using a serrated knife, slice cakes in half horizontally, to create 4 cake layers.
  • Place 1 cake layer on cake stand or plate- spread 1/3 of the preserves over the cake layer.
  • Top with 1/3 of the sliced strawberries.
  • Repeat process until all layers are assembled.
  • Ice cake.

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Reviews

  1. I made this cake for my cousin and it was great!!! I did use the "Absolutely Sugar Free" Frosting (using White Chocolate pudding mix) which was a very good frosting! I could barely tell that it was (essentially) sugar free! We even had a taste test with a bakery sugar free cake and this cake won! I did make a few minor changes--I used sugar free apricot preserves and I also used frozen strawberries (stronger flavor). Next time I will slice the strawberries thicker. I will also use 8 in. instead of 9 in. cake pans for a little more height to make it easier to cut the cakes in half!
     
  2. I made this a few years ago for my diabetic mother's birthday. I wish I took a picture b/c it came out so beautiful. It was good. But the five star rating is b/c of how well it tasted with the "absolutely sugar free" frosting you suggested pairing up with this cake. I used the extra frosting to dip my strawberries in. Very yummy. I usually get the worst aftertaste with sugar free items, but the frosting didn't give me that yucky aftertaste. Thank you for bringing a smile to my mothers face on her birthday. Will make again :)
     
  3. Wonderful flavor and texture. I took this cake to a church potluck recently because several members are diabetics. WOW! you should of heard what everyone was saying about it. I was asked for the recipe many times. I took the few remaining pieces to my Father In Law who is also a diabetic and his only complaint was the cream cheese frosting (he doesn't know what is good anyway.) I made it in a 9 x 13 cake pan, I have a cake slicer to divide it in half. I recommend this cake to everyone.
     
  4. This cake is quite heavy. The top of the cake crusts up like cornbread and the cake was a bit dry to me. Needs a bit of tweaking. Great if you're not a cake lover.
     
  5. Best white low sugar cake I've found. I took the cake part of this recipe and made a double decker sugar-free jello cake with the absolutely sugar free whipped cream frosting and it was a hit. My teenagers loved it. Thanks so much for giving me the building blocks to make it.
     
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Hi, My name is Renee. I am very happily married and have 3 grown married daughters and 6 absolutely precious grand-babies!! ?I LOVE to cook BUT I work outside the home full-time, My husband is self employed so I do his bookkeeping and I own a tie dye business so ANY free time I have at all is usually spent with the grand kids or doing some tie dye!!
 
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