Cakes are a delicious way to celebrate, but one of the main reasons people buy them is to get their sugar fixed. Look no further if you’re looking for something new and exciting to add to your cake-making repertoire! Here are some alternative ingredients to sweeten cakes:
Maple Syrup
Syrup is a natural sweetener in cakes, cookies, and other desserts. It is a liquid form of sugar and can be substituted for granulated sugar in recipes.
Maple syrup may have some calories, but it does contain trace amounts of minerals, including copper, iron, and manganese, which help to promote good health by strengthening bones and teeth.
Coconut Sugar
Coconut sugar is made from the sap of the coconut tree and is a low-glycemic sweetener. It has a light caramel flavour which makes it perfect for adding to cakes and other desserts. Coconut sugar can get substituted for brown sugar or raw cane sugar in any recipe that calls for either one!
Agave Nectar or Agave Syrup
It is a naturally occurring sweetener derived from the sap of the blue agave plant. It has a low glycemic index, which also means it does not cause as much blood sugar spike as other sweeteners.
Fruit Concentrates
Fruit concentrates are syrups made from fruit juice and have the same sweetness as sugar. You may use them in cakes instead of sugar, but you’ll need to use more because they’re not as sweet.
Honey
Honey is a natural sweetener from bees, who collect the nectar from flowers and store it in honeycombs. It is one of nature’s best sources of antioxidants, which help your body fight off disease, and it has a low glycemic index (GI) rating—meaning it doesn’t spike blood sugar levels like other sweeteners.
Honey is also high in moisture content; as such, you may need to add more water when using honey as an ingredient in recipes where excess moisture will lead to clumping or caking up during baking or cooking.