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Best Fluffy Whole Lemon Loaf (sugar free, df)
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Best Fluffy Whole Lemon Loaf (sugar free, df)

September 2, 2021
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This recipe is a true definition of a fluffy, moist lemon cake with an easy lemon glaze. It’s indeed delicious and irresistible. It is also vegetarian, dairy free and sugar free. You can have it for breakfast with a warm cup of tea, coffee, milk or even as is. You can enjoy a slice also as dessert or snack. Depending on the sweetener of choice, it can be sugar free thus guilt free.

Using the lemon zest or the squeezed lemon juice does not bring out the intensity and full flavour of the whole lemon. Using the whole lemon is basically the secret to having a true lemon loaf in my perspective. Zero waste! And no need of using an artificial lemon essence.

It is sugar free if only you use the monkfruit sweetener.

It is also dairy free since no milk or milk product has been used.

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Preparation & baking:

Begin by preheating your oven to 180°C then line a loaf pan with parchment paper.

Clean your lemon then roughly chop it. Put in a blender together with the water and blend on high then sieve the puree.

In a large bowl add the flour, baking powder, sweetener/sugar and salt. Whisk till everything is well combined.

In another bowl, mix together the wet ingredients, that is the eggs, oil and sieved lemon puree until well combined.

Mix the contents of the two bowls together till well incorporated.

Pour the batter to the prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let it cool for 5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.

Lemon glaze (optional)

In a small bowl, mix the icing sugar and the lemon puree with a spoon to make a thick glaze or to your desired consistency. Spoon the glaze over the loaf (you may not need it all) and let it set for 30 minutes. Serve.

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Gwen Jikoni

The Best Fluffy Whole Lemon Loaf

This recipe is a true definition of a fluffy, moist lemon cake with an easy lemon glaze. It’s indeed delicious and irresistible. It is also vegetarian, dairy free & sugar free.
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Servings: 1 loaf
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup (240g) fresh lemon puree*
  • 3 cups (390 g) all-purpose flour**
  • 5 tsp baking powder**
  • 1 cup  (200 g) monkfruit sweetener*** or granulated white sugar
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 4 eggs
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
Lemon puree
  • 1 large lemon, cleaned & roughly chopped
  • 4 cups water
Lemon glaze (optional)
  • 1 cup (130 g) icing sugar
  • 3 tsp lemon puree

Method
 

  1. Begin by preheating your oven to 180°C then line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
  2. Clean your lemon then roughly chop it. Put in a blender together with the water and blend on high then sieve the puree.
  3. In a large bowl add the flour, baking powder, sweetener/sugar and salt. Whisk till everything is well combined.
  4. In another bowl, mix together the wet ingredients, that is the eggs, oil and sieved lemon puree until well combined.
  5. Mix the contents of the two bowls together till well incorporated.
  6. Pour the batter to the prepared loaf pan and bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let it cool for 5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
Lemon glaze (optional)
  1. In a small bowl, mix the icing sugar and the lemon puree with a spoon to make a thick glaze or to your desired consistency. Spoon the glaze over the loaf (you may not need it all) and let it set for 30 minutes. Serve.

Notes

* I used the yellow imported lemon in this recipe. Should you use the local lemon, the taste and colour of the cake will definitely be different.
**Incase you don’t have all purpose flour and baking powder, you can use self raising flour instead of the two.
***Monkfruit has zero calories, no carbs, no fat like regular sugar, honey or maple syrup and thus cannot spike your blood sugar. Best suited for diabetic people, anyone watching their calories intake yet want sweet things and it promotes weight lose. It is  a guilt free sweetener. In short, using it makes the cake sugar free. Incase you don’t have it on hand, feel free to use castor sugar which is a granulated white sugar.
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