Sugar Free Cake Recipes

Looking for sugar free cake recipes? These recipes contain no added sucrose yet taste awesome and are so light and fluffy. Your friends won't believe they are sugar free! Dextrose makes cakes taste so much better than artificial sweeteners: no icky after-taste!

I've been experimenting with a few cake recipes using dextrose to find out if my favourites can all be converted easily to this wonderful sweetener. In most cases it is a roaring success. Dextrose makes baked products light and fluffy which is ideal for cakes and muffins. A dextrose cake should not be dry or flavourless - if it is you have done something wrong! Overbaking is the main cause of a dry cake. Dextrose needs to be baked at a lower temperature than sugar. Usually about 10 degrees lower will be perfect.

Sugar Free Cake Recipes - Chocolate Cake

You may prefer to start with a classic chocolate cake. My family adores chocolate in all its forms, so I have made a few variations on the chocolate theme with dextrose.

1. This simple sugar free chocolate cake recipe can be made either way: a single bar cake or as muffins.
2. My gluten-free chocolate cake is dense and fudgy and a winner with all chocolate lovers.
3. Chocolate cupcakes are perfect for parties, portion control and for decorating. Delicious with or without icing. 
4. Chocolate Whoopie Pies are marvellous for portion control delights.
5. Chocolate Zucchini Loaf is a clever way to get some more vegetables in your life!

Sugar Free Cake Recipes - Fruit Cake

I have always been a fan of fruit loaf and fruit breads of all kinds. This date and walnut loaf reminds me of my childhood. Mum would serve it cool with thick butter or toasted with the butter melted in .... Mmmmm. She inherited some "proper" round loaf tins that give this recipe an added magic. Unfortunately, I don't have any myself. A rectangular bread loaf tin does the trick instead.

In the lead-up to Christmas I decided to try a portion-controlled Christmas cake by baking it in cupcake papers. This drastically shortens the cooking time too! It worked out rather well - why don't you try it here. 

Sugar Free Cake Recipes - Cupcakes

My sugarfree cupcake recipe is very adaptable for kids parties or portion controlled cakes. Chocolate, vanilla or apple flavours. 

Sugar Free Whoopie Pies

These portion-controlled little cakes delight your senses! They are made of two little cakes sandwiched together with a cream filling. If you haven't tried Whoopie Pies, you are really missing out on something special. I have here my recipes for Chocolate Whoopie Pies, Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies and Orange and Almond Whoopie Pies, with more to come.

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