Oatmeal Cake
(Diabetic)

SERVES :16 (1 cake)

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t nutmeg
1/2 cup dry buttermilk
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine at room temperature
3 large egg whites at room temperature
1/4 cup dark molasses
Liquid sugar substitute equal to 3 T sugar
3/4 cup water at room temperature, divided
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 c raisins

 

1. Place flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and dry buttermilk in mixer bowl and mix at low speed to blend.

2. Add margarine, egg whites, molasses, sweetener, and 1/2 cup water to flour mixture and beat at medium speeed for 1 minute to mix well.

3. Add 1/4 cup water, oats, raisins to batter and mix a medium speed only until blended.

4. Spread batter evenly in a 9-inch square pan that has been greased with margarine.

5. Bake at 375F for about 30 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean and the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan.

6. Cut cake 4 x 4 into 16 equal servings.

NUTRITIVE VALUE PER SERVING:

CAL:104
CHO(gm):14
PRO(gm):3
FAT(gm):3
NA(mg):194

FOOD EXCHANGES PER SERVING:

1 bread, 1/2/fat

(LOW-SODIUM DIETS: Omit salt. Use salt-free margarine.)

Recipe from "The New Diabetic Cookbook" by Mabel Cavaiani, R.D., pg 289, ©1989 Contemporary Books

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