Baby Shower Help
I am co-hosting a dear friends baby shower in a few weeks, the decorations have been picked out, the invitations have gone out, and the games (not by my choice) have been picked. What's left you say? The cake, well lack there of.
I am responsible for the cake, food, and drinks, however our guest of honor found out today that she has gestational diabetes therefore it seems cruel to have a cake that she can't enjoy.
She meets with the dietician early next week to get her list of haves/nots and I plan to make the menu centered around that. Have any of you had gestational diabetes or known someone who has? Do you have any yummy suggestions that we might be able to include for the shower?
3 comments:
I wonder if she could have angel food cake. I think gestational diabetes depends on how severe it is, so she may have more leeway than she thinks. (However, THANK GOODNESS I don't have that because I have the biggest sweet tooth ever!)
I think I would make a regular cake, and then also have a lighter dessert option, like angel food cake topped with fresh fruit.
But let us know what those dietary restrictions are and maybe we can help you better after we know that.
My sister had gestational diabetes when pregnant, but the thing I remember her restricting most was soda. I don't know what else she did. This will not be diabetes friendly, but Pioneer Woman Cooks has an excellent muffin recipe called French Breakfast Puffs and I made these and they are heavenly! You could make mini muffins to make sure you have plenty. But, they are dipped in butter and then sugar, so probably not good for the Mom-to-be. As for food, lots of fruit would be good. And you can serve unsweet iced tea (decaf!) and coffee instead of punch, if you want to keep the sweet to a minimum. I would have more ideas after knowing what restrictions there might be.
You can go online to www.splenda.com. It has a lot of dessert recipes that are diabetes friendly, maybe that could work for you?! I don't know much about gestational diabetes but my father was diabetic, and D's grandmother is and we make recipes from the Splenda website and cookbook all the time. They are sugar free, low carb and low calorie and are really yummy! We made the cookies for Christmas and no one noticed the difference!
You can also go to www.diabeticgourmet.com
to find appetizers and finger foods.
This is just my opinion, but even though the cake is a "tradition" I certainly wouldn't make one that the mommy couldn't enjoy. That's just mean! ;)
Hope that helps!!
Love, Auntie M
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