On Sep 14, 8:47*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
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> I was going to say something similar. *The advice I have been given for
> the last few years is that carbs are carbs. *Sugar is no better or worse
> than potatoes, rice and regular white bread. *They are all carbs.

High GI carbs are worse. Potatoes have been shown clinically to be
worse, calorie for calorie, than cane sugar.
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> It depends a lot on how bad the friend's diabetes is. *Also note,
> though, that the sugar in the recipe has twice the weight of the flour,
> so it has twice the carbs.
>
> I would suggest making this cake, with the sugar, and take it to your
> friend. *Ask her to take how much she wants and tell her you will take
> whatever is left down to your "boys". *They can handle it.

Or make a nice, full fat cheesecake, with no flour involved. That
Splenda/Sugar combo is something to look into. I'm sure they have
recipes, well he
http://splenda.allrecipes.com/Recipe...x?nprid=104074
That one looks nice except I can't understand why anyone would ever
use fat free cream cheese. Also, I'd add some vanilla extract.
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> Dan Abel
> Petaluma,

--Bryan