Sugar Free Diabetic Cookies

We have a friend who has recently been hospitalized. 

He also has cystic fibrosis and is a complete fighter. 

His also has cystic fibrosis relate diabetes.

We decided to visit him and bring him a treat that wouldn't put him in a sugar coma. 

Ingredients; 

• 1 1/4 cup of flour 
• 1 tsp of baking soda 
• 1/4 tsp of salt 
• 2/3 cu of cocoa
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar substitute
• 1/2 cup of sugar substitute 
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 2 eggs 
• 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract 
• 1/4 cup of icing sugar

 

Whisk together dry ingredients (excluding sugar substitute) and set aside. 

Cream together white sugar substitute with butter until fluffy. 

Add one egg at a time until well combined. 

Add vanilla. 

Add dry ingredients slowly until completely combined (will be very thick).

Now add milk and combine. 

Place icing sugar in seperate bowl.
Form little balls with the dough and roll in icing sugar until completely coated.
Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Allow to completely cool before trying.
Store in an airtight container.

My Birthday Cake 2014

Every year (mostly), I make my own birthday cake. 

I really don't mind doing it because I loooove to bake. 

It all started a few weeks ago. 

My sister mentioned to my three year old nephew that my birthday was coming up. 

He told her that he wanted to back me a chocolate strawberry cake because it was his favorite. 

He is just the cutest little guy. 

I decided to invite him over to help me make the cake the day before my birthday. 

It was adorable, and he actually helped a lot more then I thought he would!

This year I am doing something a little different in terms of ingredients. 

I didn't have the time to bake a whole cake from scratch with everything else we have going on right now, especially with an impatient little helper.

So I decided to purchase a box cake and premade icing. 

I know, I know. 

But I wasn't going to just make a cake and slop some icing on it. 

I'm going to revamp the boxed cake!

What you need; 

~ Chocolate Cake Mix (I opted for gluten free as some family members attending are not eating gluten)

~ White Icing 

~ 1 packages of strawberries

~ 3 Eggs & 1 cup of water (for cake)

 

Simple right?  

Step#1; Mix chocolate cake mix according to directions on the box and bake for appropriate amount of time. I baked my cake in two round pans for easy stacking. After they have finished backing, set to the side to let cool completely. 

Step#2; While cake is baking wash and haul all strawberries. I sliced mine and tried to get them to all be the same thickness (tried being the key word here!). Set aside in fridge.

Step#3; Scrap icing into kitchen aid mixer bowl completely. Using the whisk attachment whip the icing until it doubles in size. Cover with saran and place in fridge. 

Step#4; Once cake is completely cooled, pick the cake you would like for the bottom layer and place on a flat sturdy surface to hold cake. Gently cut top of cake to make it as completely flat as possible. Dont worry if its not perfect, mine wasn't! 

Step#5; Then generously add vanilla icing and carefully spread evenly on cake. Next add a fully layer of your sliced strawberries. 

Step#6; After that I sliced the next cake as evenly as I could and carefully placed on top of the other cake.  

Step#7; Repeat step #5 using the remaining icing and strawberries. I added an extra glob of icing to the top of out cake just for fun!