Description
Here's the recipe for a lemon pound cake made with low-carb ingredients and without using sugar or wheat flour.
Ingredients
Low Carb Lemon Cake
- 80 g unsalted butter, melted
- 80 g erythritol
- 20 ml lemon juice (from about half a lemon)
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 eggs (room temperature)
- 90 g yoghurt
- 160 g almond powder
- 1 tsp (4 g) baking powder
Low sugar lemon frosting
- 100 g powdered erythritol
- 40 ml lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
Instructions
Preparations
- Melt the butter in the microwave or using a double boiler.
- Grate the lemon zest and squeeze the juice.
- Line a pound cake pan with reusable oven-safe parchment paper or use regular parchment paper.
- Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F) about 10 minutes before using.
Low Carb Lemon Cake Dough
- Add the melted butter to the bowl and mix in the erythritol.
- Add lemon juice and lemon zest.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing well each time.
Note: If the batter appears to have separated and doesn't come back together, try warming it in the microwave or over a double boiler. - Add yogurt and mix.
- If almond powder cannot be sifted, roughly crush lumps before adding it to the batter. Add the baking powDrizzle the icing over the top of the cake, then use a palette knife to drop the icing down the sides from the top surface. Sprinkle with grated lemon zest.
- Pour the dough into the molds and bake in the oven at 160°C (320°F) for 40 minutes.
- The cake is delicious on its own, just sliced and served. However, if you'd like to take it to the next level, I recommend trying the icing for decoration!
Low sugar lemon frosting
- In a bowl, add powdered erythritol and gradually add lemon juice while mixing with a whisk. Keep adding lemon juice until you achieve your desired consistency. If you run out of lemon juice, you can adjust the consistency by adding water or milk.
- After baking the cake, flip it upside down and place it on a serving plate. Then, drizzle the icing over the top of the cake and sprinkle lemon zest on top.
- If you need to transfer the cake to a different plate after applying the icing, make sure to do so before the icing dries. If you try to move it after the icing has dried, it may crack.
- Once the icing is completely dry, your lemon pound cake is ready to enjoy!
Notes
When using erythritol in the batter, it tends to separate more easily compared to using regular sugar. However, in this recipe, if you add the ingredients one after another to the melted butter and swiftly incorporate them at room temperature, it should help prevent separation.
In case the batter does separate or if you forget to bring the ingredients to room temperature, gently heat the mixture over a double boiler or in the microwave while stirring to bring it back together.
Moreover, be cautious of browning too quickly, so I recommend lowering the baking temperature by about 10°C (18°F) compared to what you would typically use for baking pound cakes.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Low Carb Recipes
- Cuisine: french
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 239
- Sugar: 2
- Sodium: 206
- Fat: 16
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 10
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 20
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 6
- Cholesterol: 55