Ive always wanted a chocolate wedding cake and my hubbys finally given in, were going to have white chocolate so it still looks traditional (that was the comprimise!) and chocolate sponge inside.
Only problem is, about 15 people on the day have diabetes, do you think i should provide alternative desserts as we are having our wedding cake as dessert?
or any ideas/suggestions would be great! thanks
CommentAuthorGeordie_Nikki
My brother has diabetes and we're worried what he can have, still need to speak to him about it
CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
My dad is diabetic as well a few guests, so there all having an option from the dessert menu if they want instead of the wedding cake. Our cake tho is 3 tiers so were having fruit at the bottom, choc in the middle with plain sponge at the top to satisfy all taste buds.
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CommentAuthorNicci
I never even thought of that-loads of my h2bs family are diabetic and were having an 8-tier chocolate cake. UH OH :(
CommentAuthorKelley
Oooooh i like the idea of having seperate flavour sponge! hmmm good idea Hails!
im going to have to have a look into desserts now!
Im having a chocolate sponge on my bottom tier and a sponge with Jam and cream on the top covered in icing and decorated....im sure every one will eat this and looks just as good
CommentAuthorMrs Daltry
im diabetic,and as long as you can account for the extra sugar or carb count it shouldnt be a problem,iv been tought how to carb count and its really quite easy,but if they cant do it then it might be worth having a back up plan just in case
CommentAuthorKizzy81
Most diabetics are either controlling it by diet and thus eat sensibly, or inject so don't need to be as strict. You can't cater for everyone, I know we'd all like to, but it's impossible. For example, a good friend of mine won't eat egg (but isn't veggie or anything) and we're having a nicoise starter. If I remember, I'll tell the caterers to leave out egg for hers, if I don't she'll just have to eat around it!!!
CommentAuthorMrs Rebecca Hossfeld
Diabetic choc cakes still taste absolutely fantastic, my mum is diabetic so whenever I make any cakes I use sweetener instead :)
CommentAuthorMrs Alsbetty
my dad is diabetic but he will eat cake he will just be very careful and check his numbers before etc, most can have things like this, i work in a residential home as one of my jobs and a girl there has diabetes too, she also has cakes as treats and hers is quite severe but as long as numbers are checked before hand it will be ok, people know what they can and can't have i wouldn't worry too much, maybe make a little pretty card telling people whats in it as people always seem to want to know whats in a cake anyway i find x
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CommentAuthorCupCake
I think if you are having wedding cake as your pudding then you need to ask the diabetic peeps if they can eat the cake or not, and if not get an alternetive.... maybe a diabetic cupcake? lol x
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CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
Diabetic cakes/chocolate etc can actually be worse because they contain other stuff. My parrents were told never to touch them by their dietians.
Its all about moderation.
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CommentAuthorMrs Daltry
iv been told to avoid sweetners being diabetic,they contain sorbitol,fructose and so on nd can make your bloods rise even more,as long as they chsck their bloods acount for the sugar eaten with insulin and as dove says eat in moderation they should be fine,this is one of the reasons why im having a cup cake tree,no hacking off massives slices lol
CommentAuthorLisa77
Its a great idea, my cake is plain sponge on the bottom, chocolate in the middle and lemon on top... i just love lemon drizzle cake mmmm (((dribbling))))
