It’s been a while since I baked a cake. Nothing is better than pottering about in the kitchen, mixing up a few simple ingredients, reveling in the delicious smells coming from the kitchen whilst it bakes. Oh and of course the best thing is the satisfaction of indulging in your tasty homemade treat.
With spring in the air I wanted to bake something light and fresh…does a non-stodgy cake even exist? Enter my Lemon and Almond Cake, a light, low sugar and grain free alternative. It’s freakin’ delicious too!
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Ingredients (adapted from this recipe)
1 cup of coconut oil
1/2 cup of powdered stevia (Truvia)
zest and juice of 2 lemons
2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of almond extract
100g of ground almonds
5 eggs
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Beat the coconut oil and stevia together until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well, getting enough air in the mixture to help it rise. Next stir in the almond extract, lemon zest and juice before adding the baking powder and ground almonds. Stir until well combined (the mixture will be quite loose!) and then pour into a prepared loaf tin. Bake for 30-45 minutes at around 180 degrees until golden brown or when a skewer placed in the centre of the cake comes out clean (timing dependent on oven type).
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Due to all of the eggs this cake has quite a different texture. I was surprised buy how light and fluffy it was inside. It holds together well which means it doesn’t crumble like a cake based on a flour recipe. The use of ground almonds and stevia makes it a much healthier version of the traditional lemon drizzle cake to boot!
Ahhh I’m off for a slice of cake now!
What is your favourite cake flavour? My wedding cake was a four tier red velvet and vanilla sponge cake, which are my favourites, swiftly followed by this lemon sponge. You can have 3 favourites right?
Wow! Lemon cake us my favourite I will definitely be making this!
I hope you like it. Lemon cake is such a classic! 🙂
I do like lemon cake although I am normally a chocolate girl through and through! I will be making this for my Mum however as lemon cake is her favourite.
Oh wow! Please let me know how you get on! 🙂
Wow that sounds delicious! So perfect for summer!
Thanks Liz!! 🙂
I love lemon cakes! Especially when they are a little sticky. Looks perfect for those afternoon cravings 🙂
They are the perfect afternoon treat!
Lemon drizzle is my current fave cake- so fresh and light. This recipe looks similar to the orange and almond cake, although I tried making it with no flour and it fell apart- I think I needed to use more eggs as I think I only used 2 or 3.
Orange and Almonds sounds lovely together- will have to check out the recipe! 🙂
I have a real craving for something lemony, I think its when the sun comes out as lemons are so refreshing! My wedding cake in Italy was lemon cream sponge 🙂
Your wedding cake sounds amazing ans perfect for an Italian wedding!
Mmm sounds yummy. Do you think almond flour would work as I’ve got some in the cupboard? I do love a good lemon cake. One of our tiers was lemon, so good. We also had fruit with marzipan and vanilla sponge. Sadly slowly disappearing!
I think the almond flour would work just as well as it’s just a finer versin of the ground almonds. 🙂
I absolutely love how light and fluffy this cake looks! And it must be the spring or something, because I’ve seriously been craving lemony foods like crazy. I’d have to say that good old chocolate cake is my favorite though. We had some this weekend for my dad’s birthday and it was to die for.
I agree. Lemon just sings spring/summer. You cannot beat a good chocolate cake, yum!
This looks yummy! Can’t wait to try it 🙂 My favourite is classic victoria sponge I think – but ask me again in 5 minutes and I might answer differently! 🙂
Hahaha! I tend to be the same, I just cannot make up my mind.
That looks gorgeous Jemma, I love baking with ground almonds rather than flour!
Thanks! I love the texture that the ground almonds give.
Love how few ingredients you’ve used in this recipe! And it looks delicious 😀 x