Recently, the term “healthy food” or what is called “healthy food” has appeared, and it has become associated with many in their daily lives, such as food, drink, or sports to organize life.

Healthy life interfered with many daily details, especially when these details are associated with occasions and holidays that have different rituals, most notably the “Eid cakes”, of which the small cake contains the equivalent of 300 calories, because of the flour, butter, sugar and milk it contains. Healthy living people are finding new alternatives to healthy cakes that don't make them worry about their weight measurements after Eid Al Fitr.

The types of healthy cakes vary according to the types of diet followed, there are “keto diet” cakes, or low-calorie cakes, and gluten-free cakes, in addition to whole wheat flour cakes.

The prices of healthy types of cakes are much higher than the price of regular cakes, and half a kilogram of them costs about 300 Egyptian pounds ($16.22), and with this it finds a great demand from those interested in a healthy life.

Types of healthy cakes vary according to the types of diets followed (communication sites)

Keto cakes

The method of preparing keto cakes is to replace the ingredients of regular cakes with other ingredients that are low in carbohydrates, so that they are suitable for owners of the keto diet.

The most important ingredients that are used are almond flour or coconut flour, as a substitute for regular flour, and sugar is added to it as an alternative to regular sugar. Stevia or fruit sugar can be used. Natural butter is certainly used for keto owners, in addition to fennel, anise or cinnamon flavors, to add flavor Natural cakes.

As for the filling, it is not possible to use dates, dates, or malban for the keto diet, so it was replaced by using crushed nuts with the addition of natural butter on them. This recipe is low in carbohydrates, giving one piece of keto cake 3.5 grams of carbohydrates.

The way to make keto cakes is to replace the ingredients of regular cakes with other ingredients that are low in carbs (Pixabi)

Low calorie cake

This method is suitable for diabetics and those with calorie-based diets.

In it, regular flour is replaced with oat flour, which is cheaper than its counterpart of almonds in keto, and to get a kilo of cake, we mix 5 cups of oatmeal, with a cup of melted municipal ghee, with an amount of warm water, a tablespoon of roasted sesame, and two tablespoons of yeast The instant, a spoonful of sugar, and with them the smell of cakes from al-Attar, and fennel, anise or cinnamon, as desired.

As for the filling, it can be a small piece of ajwa, or crushed nuts, according to what the economic situation and calories allow.

Whole wheat flour cake

Ingredients:

a kilogram of whole wheat flour, add to it a cup of wheat germ, and take into account that the flour is not sifted, so that its healthy components do not come out of it, add a cup of natural ghee in addition to two cups but a quarter of milk, add a tablespoon of dry beer yeast, and a spoonful of aroma Cakes, and a quarter of a spoonful of salt. You can use fillings of the dates, nuts, or plain with the addition of fennel and star anise.

When preparing whole wheat cakes, do not sift the flour, so that its healthy ingredients do not come out (Pixabi)

Gluten Free Cake

For gluten-sensitive patients, regular flour is replaced with corn flour, or gluten-free flour, 4 cups of corn flour are used, a cup of melted municipal ghee is added, a cup of sugar, a cup of gluten-free milk, and soy milk, eggs and regular milk are prohibited.

Baking powder and vanilla can be used and can be dispensed with, and star anise, fennel and cinnamon are also optional flavors as desired, and it is necessary to use non-hydrogenated animal ghee, as vegetable ghee is absolutely prohibited.