sugar alternatives?
Posted by baking_fiend on Jun 16, 2006 · Member since Apr 2005 · 9 posts
hi i want to bake a cake for my health freak friend who won't eat cane sugar. just wondering are there any natural (not artificial sweeteners, yuck) DRY sugar substitutes out there?
thanks! the only reason i wanted dry substitutes is if you use wet ones like maple syrup then you'd have to change other bits of the recipe and i thought it might get too confusing! but i've used maple syrup in cakes and it's really good. i might look for beet sugar too.
my market carries powdered brown rice syrup, but it's pricey!!
i won't eat cane sugar either - the powdered brown rice syrup isn't as sweet.
I saw some dry date sugar at a place by my house. Very sweet and natural.
healthymomma, you may want to try maple sugar which is just evaporated maple syrup...very yummy but pricey.