The Sweet Star for Diabetics

The Sweet Star for Diabetics

Traditional recipe with beaters and also with the Bimby
Today I wanted to consider us diabetics who always have to struggle to find a suitable Christmas sweet for us.
The Sweet Star for Diabetics, you can eat it as is or fill it with protein creams or a ketogenic mousse I made just for us.

Besides the star shape, you can make this cake with a 9-inch round pan.

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The Sweet Star for Diabetics
  • Cost: Economical
  • Preparation time: 10 Minutes
  • Portions: 6
  • Cooking methods: Oven
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

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  • 6.35 oz erythritol
  • Half lemon (only the peel without the white part)
  • 1 packet vanillin
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 5.64 oz Greek yogurt 0% fat
  • 1 egg (60 g)
  • 2 yolks
  • 3.53 oz flour (Fiber or low G.I.)
  • 2.82 oz whole spelt flour (or other whole grain)
  • 1 tsp baking powder

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Tools

What we need to make

  • 1 Blender or the Bimby
  • 1 Electric whisk or the Bimby
  • 1 Mold star-shaped

Steps

Let’s go to the kitchen to prepare

  • Preliminary:
    Take the eggs out of the fridge at least 3 hours before, and sift the flours and baking powder together

  • Preheat the oven to 340°F. Butter and flour a star mold or a 9-inch round springform pan.
    Place the erythritol in your blender jug and pulverize it.

    erythritol
  • Remove 0.88 ounces of powdered erythritol and set aside.
    To what remains, add the lemon zest, vanillin, and salt, and pulverize.

    erythritol
  • Now transfer the freshly pulverized ingredients into a bowl, add 1 egg, and the 2 yolks
    and whisk for about 3 or 4 minutes or until the mixture is nice and frothy.

    eggs whisks
  • As soon as the mixture is frothy, add the yogurt spoonful by spoonful, always with the beaters in motion,

    foamy eggs
  • and as soon as you’ve finished the yogurt, set the beaters aside and take a spatula, and add the sifted flours with the baking powder little by little,

    sifted flour
  • gently mixing from top to bottom with circular motions, so we don’t deflate the mixture

    star mixture
  • Now pour it all into the mold and bake in a hot oven for 40-45 minutes at 340°F.

    The Sweet Star for Diabetics
  • After the time has passed, take the cake out of the oven and let it cool. Sprinkle with the reserved powdered erythritol.

    Here is The Sweet Star for Diabetics ready.

    The Sweet Star for Diabetics
  • Preheat the oven to 340°F. Butter and flour a mold
    Place the erythritol in the jug and pulverize: 10 sec./speed 10. Remove 0.88 oz and set aside.
    Add in the jug the lemon zest, vanillin, and salt, pulverize: 20 sec./speed 10.

    erythritol
  • Add the Greek yogurt and mix: 1 min./speed 4.
    Position the butterfly. Add the egg and mix: 20 sec./speed 4. Gather at the bottom with the spatula.
    Add the yolks and blend: 20 sec./speed 3. Gather at the bottom with the spatula.

    eggs flour
  • Add the previously sifted powders, distributing them around the butterfly, mix: 10 sec./speed 3.
    Remove the butterfly and gently mix with the spatula if the mixture is not perfectly blended.

  • Transfer the mixture into the mold, and bake in a hot oven for 40-45 minutes at 340°F.
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    The Sweet Star for Diabetics
  • As soon as the star has cooled down, serve, sprinkling with the reserved powdered erythritol.

    The Sweet Star for Diabetics

The Sweet Star for Diabetics

FAQ

The Sweet Star for Diabetics can be stored for up to 4 days under a cake dome

  • If I wanted to make the star chocolate, how do I do it?

    Just replace 1 oz of flour with 1 oz of unsweetened cocoa

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The cooking blog Rita Amordicucina offers a wide range of recipes, with a particular focus on the cuisine of Northeastern Sicily and Messina. It specializes in fish recipes, pastries, and diet dishes, demonstrating how one can eat deliciously while maintaining a healthy weight. Its motto, "Do what you can with what you have, wherever you are," reflects its desire to teach cooking with limited resources. In addition to the blog, it has participated in television shows and food festivals.

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