Can sugar free frosting really taste good? It certainly can - and here we'll give you
some easy recipes to help you frost your baby's first birthday cake
WITHOUT adding sugar!
Cream Cheese Frosting with Maple Syrup
8oz (1 cup) cream cheese
4oz (1/2 cup) pure maple syrup
About 1/2 an hour before you start, take the cream cheese out of the refrigerator to bring it closer
to room temperature.
Whisk the cream cheese until light, then add the maple syrup and continue to whisk until mixed thoroughly.
Frost your cake as soon as it's cool.
Apple and Cream Cheese Frosting
8oz (1 cup) cream cheese
4oz (1/2 cup) sugar free apple juice concentrate
2tsp pure vanilla extract
Soften the cream cheese as described above.
Simply whisk the cream cheese with the fruit juice concentrate and vanilla extract until creamy!
Alternatively, try mixing the softened cream cheese with your baby's favourite pureed fruit.
First, you need to drain both the pineapple and the yogurt.
Draining yogurt takes some time - so you need to start the day before you need the frosting. Once the yogurt
is drained, it has quite a firm texture - making it ideal for the job in hand!
To drain yogurt...
Place 4 layers of cheesecloth in a colander and sit the colander on top of a bowl.
Pour the yogurt into the colander.
Place the colander and bowl in the refrigerator and leave overnight.
To make your sugar free frosting, simply combine the drained yogurt with the drained pineapple, stirring
carefully until mixed.
Is It Safe to Use Stevia?
A visitor to our site told us how she combines strained yogurt with stevia to make a sugar free frosting for cakes.
If you haven't come across it before, stevia is a South American shrub with 300 times the sweetness of
sugar. Although commonly used as a sweetener in many parts of Asia, South America and Israel, it has
yet to be approved as a food additive in the US, Canada and the EU.
Subsequently, there are no guidelines or recommendations as to the use of stevia in food intended for
your baby.
You can read more about the controversy surrounding stevia here.
Whipped Cream Sugar Free Frosting
8oz (1 cup) whipping cream
1tsp pure vanilla essence
Simply whip the cream with the vanilla essence (use pure vanilla essence, not the imitation).
You can add a little fruit juice to the mixture if you prefer! Messy but yummy!
Tofu Sugar Free Frosting
8oz (1 cup) silken tofu
1/2 tsp pure vanilla essence
3tbsp pure maple syrup
Using a food processor, whip all the ingredients together until nice and creamy!
For more ways to keep baby's first birthday sugar-free, take a look at our
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