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Gluten-free Raspberry and Lemon Loaf Cake Recipe (low FODMAP, dairy-free/vegan option)

Gluten-free raspberry and lemon loaf cake recipe - SUPER easy to make and you'd never know it was gf! Simple to make dairy-free, vegan or low FODMAP too.
Keyword coeliac, dairy-free, gluten-free raspberry and lemon loaf cake recipe, vegan, wheat-free
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 15 slices
Calories 262kcal

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 270 g gluten free plain flour
  • 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
  • 125 g butter softened (or dairy free alternative)
  • 225 g caster sugar
  • 2 lemons zested
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 115 g yogurt you can use plain or fruity flavoured yoghurt, dairy free yoghurt works well here too
  • 200 g raspberries
  • 1/2 tsp xanthan gum

For the icing

  • 200 g icing sugar
  • lemon juice
  • pink / red food colouring optional
  • a handful of extra fresh raspberries

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to about 160C Fan / 180C and line a 2lb loaf tin with non-stick baking paper.
  • Cream together your butter and sugar until pale, light and fluffy.
  • Gradually add the eggs a little at a time, beating thoroughly throughout - at this point also add your lemon zest and juice.
  • Fold in your gluten free flour, xanthan gum and baking powder a little at a time. Alternate this with the yoghurt until both the yoghurt and gluten free flour are fully combined.
  • Coat your raspberries for the cake in a little flour (no more than a tbsp is needed).
  • Spoon in about a third of the cake mix into the loaf tin followed by half the raspberries.
  • Spoon another third of the cake mix on top, followed by the rest of the raspberries. Then add your remaining cake mix.
  • Bake for about 50-55 minutes (or up to 65 minutes sometimes), make sure you check it is fully cooked with a skewer as it sometimes take a little longer (I also like to cover the top with foil if the cake looks to be browning too quickly).
  • Allow to cool in the loaf tin for about 15 minutes before leaving to completely cool on a cooling rack.
  • Next up make your icing. Mix your icing sugar with lemon juice until silky smooth and little thick - not runny or watery! Start with a tbsp of lemon juice and then gradually add more as you feel necessary, until your get a fairly thick but smooth glace icing.
  • Take a tbsp or two of the icing and place it in a separate bowl. Add a drop of pink or red food colouring to the small bowl to create a pink coloured icing.
  • Place your white icing all over the cooled cake, it can dribble a little over the edges but it shouldn't be running off. It is does, or it goes see through, you have made it too thin and should've had less liquid (or added more icing sugar to thicken it).
  • With a small spoon, add some of the pink icing on top of the white icing and using a skewer, feather it / swirl it around to create a pattern. Allow the icing to completely set.
  • Finish with fresh raspberries on top.
  • It's now ready to slice, enjoy!

Notes

Due to the fresh raspberries the cake doesn't last as long as other cakes, but a few days should be fine.
I have come to realise that there are different sized 2lb loaf tins - if you are spooning in your mixture and it is very high on the tin, remove some or it might overflow in the oven. You can easily bake a couple of cupcakes with leftover mixture (20 mins in the oven)

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 262kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 135mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 30g