Lemon Spelt Loaf
Author: Nazneen
Recipe type: Cake
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 1 cake
- INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup/140g spelt flour, whole grain
- ¾ cup/85g almond flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup/85g coconut sugar, unrefined
- 2 eggs, large
- 1 cup/ 235ml coconut yoghurt
- 1 large lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup/60ml coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup/21g coconut sugar
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- ¼ cup/60ml water
- 1 lemon, sliced thin for candied lemon on top
- Preheat the oven to 350F/180C
- Line a 9 x 5 inch (23 x 13 cm) loaf tin with parchment and grease or spray with non stick spray.
- In a bowl, add the flours, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix well.
- Wash and dry the large lemon and remove the zest with a micro plane and then juice it, keep aside.
- In a large bowl or a bowl of a mixer, beat the sugar and eggs together, till blended.
- Add the coconut yoghurt, vanilla, lemon zest and juice.
- Slowly add the melted coconut oil.
- Add the flour mixture and mix gently but thoroughly.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin.
- Place in the oven and bake until golden and brown, about 40-45 minutes.
- While the loaf cake is baking, make the syrup and the candied lemons.
- In a small saucepan, add the coconut sugar, lemon juice and water.
- Bring the mixture up to a simmer on medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.
- Add the slices of lemon.
- Simmer on medium low until the lemons have softened and the syrup begins to thicken, about 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat.
- Carefully remove the lemons from the syrup and keep aside.
- Reserve the syrup for the loaf cake.
- Once the loaf is baked and cooling on a rack, pure the syrup all over the loaf.
- Allow to soak and cool completely before removing from pan.
- Place the cooled cake on a plate and decorate the top with the candied lemons.
The coconut sugar, oil and yoghurt can all be replaced with their conventional counterparts.
Recipe by Coffee and Crumpets at http://www.coffeeandcrumpets.com/lemon-spelt-loaf/
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