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Sugar-free lemon drizzle cake

Sugar-free lemon drizzle cake sliced on a white plate

Sugar-free lemon drizzle cake

Name: Sugar-free lemon drizzle cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Cuts into 8-10 slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225g self-raising flour sifted; ½ tsp baking powder; 225g xylitol (see tip below); 2 lemons zest only; 2 large eggs at room temperature; 125ml sunflower oil; 1 tbsp milk; 200g 0% fat Greek yogurt; 1 lemon juice only; 50g xylitol

Caroline Hire – Food writer

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Cuts into 8-10 slices

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 1 hr - 1 hr and 10 mins

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Sweetened with all-natural xylitol, this lighter lemon sponge cake has a dense, syrupy texture and keeps well for a few days

Freezable

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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225g self-raising flour

sifted
½ tsp baking powder
225g xylitol

(see tip below)
2 lemons

zest only
2 large eggs

at room temperature
125ml sunflower oil
1 tbsp milk
200g 0% fat Greek yogurt

Drizzle

1 lemon

juice only
50g xylitol

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal280
fat14g
saturates2g
carbs44.3g
sugars1.2g
fibre0.7g
protein5.4g
salt0.3g

low

Method

step 1

Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ Gas 4. Grease and line a 1.2 litre loaf tin (22cm x 13cm width, 7cm depth) with baking parchment. Mix together the flour, baking powder, xylitol and lemon zest in a large bowl.
step 2

Mix the eggs, sunflower oil, milk and yoghurt together in a separate bowl or jug and stir them into the flour mixture.
step 3

Spoon into a tin and smooth the surface. Transfer to the oven immediately, bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 1 hour – 1 hour 10 mins. Check after 50 mins, if the cake is becoming too dark, cover loosely with foil.
step 4

Just before the end of cooking time, make the drizzle by heating the lemon juice and xylitol. Stir over a low heat until the xylitol has dissolved. Once the cake is cooked, take it out of the oven and pour over the drizzle.
step 5

Cool in the tin before turning it out.

RECIPE TIPS

XYLITOL

Xylitol is a natural sweetener made from the bark of birch trees. It looks and tastes like sugar and can be used as a substitute in many recipes. It is low GI and therefore has less impact on blood sugar levels. It is available from large supermarkets and health food shops.

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