The Diabetic Pastry Chef’s Sugar-Free Gingerbread Cake Recipe

Last night, our friend, Stacey Harris, the Diabetic Pastry Chef, demonstrated how to make her favorite recipe for Sugar-Free Gingerbread Cakes at Divabetic’s Holiday Sugarfree Baking Party on Zoom.

The Diabetic Pastry Chef’s Sugar-Free Gingerbread Cake Recipe

Ingredients

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar substitute of your choice

3/4 cup molasses

3/4 cup butter, melted

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsps baking powder

2 tsps ground ginger

1 1/2 tsps cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 cup boiling water

Directions

Grease an 8×8 inch pan, or grease a pan with 12 square cavities; set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl of an electric mixer, beat eggs until well combined. Add sugar substitute, molasses, and melted butter. Beat well.

In a separate bowl, sift together all dry ingredients.

Alternate adding the dry ingredients and boiling water into the batter, beating until each addition is combined and smooth and no large lumps remain. Pour into pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

You may want to sprinkle sugar-free confectioner’s erythritol on top of the cooled cake for decoration. Serve each slice of gingerbread with a dollop of whipped cream.

Stacey’s Notes: I used White Lily All-Purpose flour to make the cake light in texture. Feel free to mix your flours to decrease the carbs, but your cake will not be as light in texture. I also used Splenda Magic Baker as my sugar substitute (white or brown sugar can be used) in this recipe.

At the start of our Holiday Sugarfree Baking Party, GUIDE Beauty Founder and Makeup Artist Terri Bryant, who works with Selma Blair, shared how she found beauty in her health challenge.

At the height of her makeup artist career, Terri Bryant started to experience a loss of hand dexterity, leading to challenges applying makeup.

Eventually, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Empowered by knowledge and a life-long love of makeup, she created a new line of easy-to-use makeup applicators for mascara, eyeliner, and more for those of us who may be dealing with neuropathy in our hands.

Divavbetic Image & Style Advisor Catherine Schuller spotlighted her new jewelry line of heroic adornment, Power Pieces, created to help you shine your inner gifts.

At the end of our program, three of our favorite Divabetics, Arlene, Seveda, and Leola, won Raffle prizes (GUIDE Beauty products, Power Pieces, and a Divabetic Gift Box filled with our favorite gift ideas for 2023).