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I regularly bake and as my father is diabetic I often bake without sugar or sweeteners for him and had no problems to date.
Be careful with making fruit cakes with dried fruit as they can sometimes have more sugar in them than normal sugar. However, a sprinkling of mixed fruit is ok.
For my dad I like to make lemon and orange sponge cake or mini cup cakes, minus icing and using the lemon/orange juice and zest for the flavour. I use half oil and half butter and again try to reduce the quantity of it generally.
Apple crumble is a dessert which tastes fine without the need for sugar.
I make cookies too, again minus the sugar but with raisins and oats.
Try making the brownies with diabetic chocolate, but even those chocolates contain sweeteners so don't use too much.
I have to say I can't eat them but my dad enjoys the cakes and cookies when he does have them. You can bake without the sugar, but it is just not to everyone taste. Aslong as you get the basic flour, butter and egg base ok, a cake can be made.
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