Couldn’t Be Easier Lemon Poppy Seed Cake (Gluten & Dairy Free)
Baking a cake does not get any simpler, quicker or healthier than this.
All you need is a bowl, a scale and a whisk – no measuring cup or mixer needed.
And the result? Absolutely delicious. The tart taste of the lemon contrasts nicely with the subtle sweetness of the maple syrup and the crunch of the poppy seeds.
Poppy seeds seem to have fallen out of fashion recently, replaced by the more sexy and almost identical-looking chia seeds whose praise I sung here. Poppy seeds are super healthy as well, containing phosphorous, calcium, fiber, iron, potassium and zinc and are a good source of healthy fats. They are grown in Europe, making them more local to us here than chia seeds and they compliment baked goods like cakes or breads extremely well. They can also be added to salad dressings or sprinkled over porridge or muesli.
This is a great breakfast on the go cake and is also lovely with a cup of tea. It keeps well for several days and you can even freeze it.
Ingredients
100g maple syrup
40g olive oil
2 tbsp almond butter or other nut or seed butter
50g poppy seeds
3 small or medium eggs or 2 large ones
juice + zest of 1 large organic lemon
a pinch of sea salt
150g gluten-free flour of your choice – I used half buckwheat flour and half chestnut flour
2 tsp baking powder
Method
Put a bowl on top of a scale and measure the ingredients one by one, starting from the top and whisking as you go along.
Pour the mixture in a baking loaf, greased if it is not silicone.
Bake in the middle of a preheated oven for about 25-35 minutes at 170 degrees. You will know it is ready when a knife comes out clean.
Take it out of the baking loaf and put it on a rack to cool down.
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As promised, reporting from the family kitchen – the lemon poppy seed cake had a huge success with my boys! We are keeping this recipe in our cook-(note)book. Great job, Hiba!
I loved this cake – it’s light yet filling and oh so tasty. Keep your recipes coming Hiba they’re awesome!
Hiba, this sounds delicious! I am going to make it today. Will let you know the reaction of the family. Hugs!
Yes Lilia, please do! It’s really amazing if I may say so myself
This is the perfect way to break down this inonfmatior.
Now who is this mysterious neo-con, I wonder…By the way, "Most Egyptians want to see Muslims who convert to Islam executed.", I believe it was meant to be "convert from Islam" (though I wholeheartedly endorse the first version – Freudian slip, perhaps?).
Your blog is seriously my absolute favorite to read. Your posts are always so damn witty! Plus, I love pretty much everything you wear which is why I started reading in the first place. You sucked me in with your cute thrifted clothes and now I’m totally addicted to your writing too. Keep entertaining and showing off your sweet style.
Bubbling under the surface of these comments is the growing chasm between the atheistic and theistic UUs. Lately I’ve been hearing more and more atheists mourning the safe space they used to have. Yet as a theistic UU, my experience of their safe space was my silenced space.None of us knows which side is right, and that used to be enough to come together. Ironically, as members stay in covenant longer, and as each of us tries to go deeper into our personal images, visions, and yes, creeds, this superficial commonality no longer suffices.
November 28, 2011 I’m housebound-age 40 living with parents. We loved this growing up-especially my brother who died of cancer at age 12. He loved the message of picking the unwanted tree(I got his empathy) & so after he died it became really special to us. It will just be me-the sick girl & my parents this Christmas, & I would love to have this interactive way to remember! Good luck to all! (& thanks for always working so hard)
Nå som helga er her så skal jeg også sove litt ekstra. Det er veldig veldig godt å sove så jeg skjønner dyra godt jeg.
I loved this lemon cake! It’s also very quick to bake.
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