Easy Gluten-free Lemon Snack Cake
This easy and delicious lemon snack/breakfast cake is a delightful treat for lemon lovers and those following a gluten-free diet. By starting with a gluten-free yellow cake mix and making a few simple additions, you can create a moist and flavorful cake with minimal effort. Enjoy a slice of this tangy delight with a dusting of confectioner's sugar, a dollop of cream, or some luscious lemon
Ingredients
- 15 oz GF (gluten-free) yellow cake mix + 1 ½ TBS of any GF flour cassava or almond flour work well
- ¾ cup high quality coconut milk from a can—sourced in Thailand are rich in fat content and work best
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup + 1 TBS coconut oil or butter softened or melted and cooled down, NOT hot
- 3 egg yolks, whipped to cream
- 1 egg white, whipped until stiff peaks form
- Zest of two lemons, about 2 heaping TBS
- Juice of two large lemons, this is about 1/3 of a cup
- 2 tsp vanilla or lemon extract
- Optional – 10 drops of pure lemon essential oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 340 degrees Fahrenheit. This lower temperature is ideal for GF flours. I have experimented with this over the years and it does seem to give time to the harder grains (rice, millet, almond) to absorb the moisture of liquids, yielding a more homogenous texture and softer crumb, not dry and grainy feeling of GF baked goods).
- Separate eggs, and set aside the white of only one (1) egg to whip into merengue. Whip the three egg yolks until creamy in look and texture.
- Mix well the cake mix, flour, milk, water, oil, zest, lemon juice and extract of choice until fully combined.
- Fold in whipped egg yolk first, then fold in egg white.
- Bake in the preheated oven based on the guide below depending on the size of the pan you used. This version was baked in a 9x13 for about 35 minutes. Since oven temperatures vary cook the cake until a tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. 8” x 8 “ -- 39-44 min9” x 9” -- 36-40 min8” or 9” round -- 46-50 min12 cupcakes -- 23-27 min
- Cool completely or serve warm-ish. Add a dusting of confectioner sugar. A dollop of cream and/or lemon curd could transform this into an after-dinner dessert! So delicious!
Nutrition
Calories: 73kcalCarbohydrates: 0.4gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 5mgPotassium: 25mgSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 39IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.4mg
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