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Diabetes arises when the body either cannot produce insulin (a hormone that regulates the amount of glucose, or sugar, in the blood) or cannot use the insulin it produces. There are no foods that diabetics should avoid, and there is no need to cut out all sugar if you are making a cake for someone who has the disease. Like everyone, however, people with diabetes should try to eat only small amounts of foods that are high in sugar or fat. You will find low-sugar and low-fat fruit and sponge cake recipes in the Recipes section, which starts on page 111. If you are making a sponge cake for a diabetic, be sure to use only diabetic jam (jelly) and cream filling (see recipe, page 120; the sugar content in ordinary buttercream recipes is far too high for someone with the disease). If you are intent on covering the cake, give it a very thin layer of sugarpaste (rolled fondant or ready-to-roll icing) and suggest the recipient removes it before eating the cake. You will find the recipe for ordinary sugarpaste on page 32.