Glucerna® Challenge Me for Diabetics

Diabetes is a very common word, but do you actually understand what is diabetes? Thanks to the Butterfly Project, I was invited to Glucerna® Challenge Me blogger event last month where I get to know more about diabetes and how Glucerna® Challenge Me program incorporating the new product, Glucerna, can help diabetics to manage their condition better.

Glucerna® Challenge Me is a specially designed program for people with diabetes to learn simple techniques to help them manage their diabetes with a healthy lifestyle. It helps to address three important components of managing their condition - managing blood sugar level, supporting weight management and reducing cholesterol as part of an overall diabetes management plan.

This 12-week program features a robust set of online tools and resources to provide people with diabetes with:

• easy meal plans and recipes
• guides on how to incorporate Glucerna into their healthy diet
• daily exercise plans through step-by-step instructions

Glucerna is a diabetes nutrition product which provides a unique system of ingredients to help patients manage their blood glucose levels, weight and cholesterol. It can help reduce weight when used as part of an overall diabetes management plan. Best part is it can be added into any kind of food or beverages and we're so honored to have Ms. Suraiya to teach us how to bake cupcakes infused with Glucerna. (Y)

So here's the secret recipe of making Glucerna Hokkaido pandan cupcake with panda custard cream filling of 20 servings (credits to Glucerna):

INGREDIENTS	QUANTITY
Batter Ingredient A
Egg yolks	2
Glucerna®	120ml
Vegetable oil	100ml
Few drops  Pandan essence
Ingredient B	4 tbsp
Cake flour	140g
Glucerna® powder	3 scoops
Baking powder	1 tsp
Ingredient A
Egg white
Sugar
Pandan Custard Cream Filling
Glucerna®	250ml
Custard powder	20g
Few drops Pandan essence
Dairy whipping cream, whipped	200g

First you need to mix all ingredient A to smooth paste in order to make the cupcake batter.

Sift ingredient B and add this into ingredient A mixture. Stir and make sure it combine well.

In a separate clean bowl, whisk the egg white to stiff foam, add in sugar gradually and continue to whisk until a stiff peak form. Fold the egg white form into the batter in 2-3 times and mix lightly until egg white is cooperated with the batter.

Then you can pour the batter into the cupcake moulds until 80% full.

Bake the cupcakes in a pre-heated oven at 170C for 15-20 minutes.

In the meanwhile, you can start preparing for the pandan custard cream filling. To make the filling, you need to first dissolve custard powder with Glucerna then cook the mixture to a thick consistency at low heat. Add in pandan essence then let the custard cool completely before fold in the whipped cream. When the cupcake is done, make a small hole at the middle and pipe in the filling and you're done! Easy peasy, isn't it? Now diabetics can have delicious cupcakes too! :D

Note: It is best to chill the filled cupcakes overnight before serving straight from the cup with a spoon.

Apart from learning how to bake delicious cupcakes which is suitable for diabetics, we also get to decorate our very own cupcakes with fresh fruits. Yummm!

Kindly visit www.glucernachallengeme.com to participate in the Glucerna® Challenge Me program. A mobile app is also available for iPhone or Android smart phones for on-the-go access to the program. Even though I'm not a diabetic, I've also downloaded the app to watch my diet and exercise plans. For more information on the Glucerna® Challenge Me, you may contact 1800-88-6233 (Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm).