I have some leftover low-carb Cake Donuts to use up. They are getting a little too dry now to just eat plain, so I’ll ‘dress them up’ a bit today. I’ll turn them into coffeecake! This is just as good made with canned, drained peaches (water pack) if you don’t have fresh peaches on hand. Frozen peaches work well here, too. Yes! Since retiring, my husband always sleeps later than me and Meg (my new little 1½ year old rat terrier-chihuahua mix seen below) who loves to jump in the bed and wake him up in the mornings. He loves anything sweet, so he loved these. This quick coffeecake can also be created with leftover low-carb muffins, biscuits or neutral-tasting low-carb bread slices.
I don’t care for sweets too much, but I try to bake some low-carb sweet treat for my husband once in awhile. This one is delicious and we both love it. I make it with berries when I need to cut the carbs even more, but today, I have no berries on hand so canned peaches will do. This tastes every bit as good as the pic makes it look! This is not suitable until Atkins Pre-maintenance or Maintenance (the higher carb fruits rung of the OWL carb ladder).
VARIATION: Use blackberries, raspberries, blueberries (for lower carbs) or perhaps a wee bit of grated apple, sliced pears or sliced plums for about the same in carbs. Of course, changing the fruit will require you recalculate the net carbs per serving on a food tracker.
INGREDIENTS:
4 my low-carb cake donuts
3 small ripe peaches (1½-13/4″ diameter), sliced thinly
3 T. butter
1 T. + 1 tsp. sweetener of choice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350º. If not already made up, bake the donuts by that recipe’s instructions and cool. Slice 4 of the donuts in half laterally and place in the bottom of a non-stick cake pan, non-stick tart pan or greased baking dish. Top evenly with the sliced peaches. Sprinkle 1 tsp. sweetener on each serving. Sprinkle cinnamon over all servings. Dot evenly with butter (about 2 tsp. per serving). Pop into the heated oven and bake for about 30 minutes so the peaches slightly cook. Serve warm.
NOTE: You can substitute 4 small slices any low-carb bread for the donuts, but be sure to sprinkle a little extra sweetener on top of them if you make that change.
NUTRITIONAL INFO: Makes 4 servings, each contains:
217 cals, 17g fat, 19.42g carbs, 10.2 g fiber, 9.22g NET CARBS (lower using berries), 6.22g protein, 112 mg sodium
Meg wanted a bite, too, but we don’t give her anything made with artificial sweeteners. She was happy to sublimate with her squeaky toy.
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