Sugar free desserts?

[mamabear1]

We all try to avoid sugar for our kids...but do want them to occasionally enjoy something...recently I came across a sugar free banana cake recipe...it had honey, sultanas and of course the ripe banans that made it sweet.

Was wondering if there are any mums out there with dessert recipes that do not include sugar? My daughter is 15 months old. Would really appreciate it x

ummm... honey is sugar. And ripe bananas have very high fruit sugars.

Stewed rhubarb, sweetened with Splenda (you may have issues over this as it's artificial - depends which is worst in your eyes!) and served with full fat Greek yoghurt and a bit of vanilla extract.

I make rice pudding without sugar and add either fruit or 'high fruit content spread' which is jam without the sugar!

I assume you mean allowing fruit sugars?

Thanks kewcumber, the reason why i'm not concerned about honey being the sweetener is because it is quite healthy...taken moderately of course lol

Honey is exactly the same thing as sugar, it's still empty calories (usually the honey ahs been pasteurised to death).

What about just fruit? At 15mo my DD didn't know that sugary treats existed so I made the most of that. Pudding was just fruit with or without plain yogurt or ice lollies made with fresh fruit and evaporated milk.

I personally prefer to use molasses in baking, at least that contains iron. It also makes cakes a bit moister. I make a banana cake too but use more bananas than indicated and replace much of the brown sugar with molasses. I also sweeten porridge with molasses or dried fruit.

Thanks PSW and BIWI...fruit sugars is ok!

um, apart from the fact we don't all try to avoid sugar for our kids...

fruit
plain yoghurt and fruit puree

I don't think honey is any healthier than sugar unless its freshly collected from a local hive.

You can use fructose rather than normal sugar if you are happier with that. At 15 months my DS didn;t know anything sweeter than fruit/dried fruit/fruit puree/yoghurt existed and was quite happy with that.

Sadly at 2yrs, the outside world has impinged...

Mamabear, a little sugar won't harm your child, as Brangelina says honey is practically the same as are fruit sugars. I'm not advocating lots of sugar in a 15 mnth olds diet, just that everything in moderation is probably a good rule when it comes to childrens diets.

Brangelina - wehre can you buy Molasses?

Holland & Barrett etc, or our Waitrose has it

they also have 'molasses sugar' ie really unrefined cane sugar, which is nice for baking but I don't know how much iron it has in it

KC - health food stores. I think they also sell it in supermarkets - I think it's the same thing as black treacle (can anybody confirm?) so Tate and Lyle do it as well. It doesn't have to be from cane sugar, the one I use is German and made from sugar beet.

Pancakes. (Flour, egg and milk) With fruit and yoghurt/fruit puree/icecream

and in the same vein, scones, drop scones and (trust me) Yorkshire pudding. Delicious drizzled with honey or syrup and cream.