Recipe: Sugar-Free Banana Caramel Cake

I saw this Sugar-Free Yellow Cake mix and decided to give it a try. I've done quite a bit of sugar-free baking using Keto-friendly recipes, but couldn't pass up the chance to try something a little less labor intensive. A ready-made mix should be easy-peasy, right?

But then...

On the back of the box was a recipe for Banana Caramel Cake, and I couldn't resist going for it, especially since I already had all of the necessary ingredients in the house. Now, before you start in with "but bananas are high in sugar/carbs", bananas get a bad rap, thanks to Dr. Atkins and his low-carb fad diet. Bananas are a good source of fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and they're considered a "resistant starch" so they don't have as big an impact on blood sugar levels. (Still think bananas are bad for you? Take a minute to read this article from Healthline.)

Although I did have store-bought sugar-free caramel in the house, I opted to make my own from this amazing sugar-free caramel sauce recipe by Carolyn Ketchum at All Day I Dream About Food.  If you're looking for some fantastic, sugar-free baking recipes, look no further--her recipes are THE BEST when it comes to taste and texture. She posts most of them on her website, but her book (linked below) is definitely worth buying. 

The finished cake was delcious, even before the caramel drizzle, and my husband also gave it a big thumbs up. You can easily use this recipe with regular cake mix, too, if sugar-free isn't your thing.

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