Low sugar sponge cake recipe?

Thankyou * Mapleleaf* I will try that.

Thank you too, NotTooOld

I've seen recipes that substitute apple purée for the sugar, but never tried it.
For a light sponge it could make it too wet.

Yes, I only put in just over half of the sugar in the recipe and it's fine. Tea breads are lovely but don't they usually have as much sugar in as cake? Oh, if only cake was good for us.

Perhaps make tea breads instead of actual cake?

Hi SparklyGrandma, I often reduce the sugar content by half or sometimes one third when making cakes and it doesn't seem to affect the flavour or consistency. Just give it a try and see what you think. Hope this helps. ?

Let me know how you get on SparklyGrandma and if you find any great low-sugar cake recipes. I'm always careful with sugar - diabetes seems to hit everyone in my family but I've managed to dodge the bullet so far.

Another tip I can pass on is using Skyr when cooking cakes. I find I can use it 50/50 with buttermilk or yoghurt in recipes and it makes no difference to the taste or texture but adds protein and reduces sugar.

Ooo thank you Primrose65 yes I agree about portions being easier to assess and countt. Thank you for the recipe link.

I can recommend her Christmas muffins - I've made them with half the sugar and they're fab.
www.nigella.com/recipes/christmas-morning-muffins

I prefer making muffins to a large cake as they are ready-made portions and it's easier to work out how much you've eaten

Oo thank you for that Primrose65, will have a go at one of her recipes for cake....

I find I can halve the sugar used in most Nigella recipes for cake/muffins and they're still great - works out around 5g added sugar per muffin.