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Monday, March 20, 2017

Acne and sugar: Can you have your cake and eat it too? (+ ombre cake recipe)

Here's a low glycemic load ice cream cake recipe from The Jen Project, a skincare blog for busy people. This cake will be less acne-triggering than most other sugary cakes.

tl;dr - Eating sugar (or any processed carbs) can cause inflammation and acne. Bad news for acne-prone me: I love sweets, especially cake. So here's my go-to low-sugar (but still impressive-tasting and impressive-looking) ombre cake recipe for when I'm craving something sweet and want to keep my skin clear.