Healthier Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf
This healthier lemon poppy seed loaf recipe is my absolute favourite spring recipe, and I’m so excited to share it with you! I daydream about making it all the way up until spring season! It’s my spring tradition in the kitchen because there’s just something about lemons and the beginning of the blooming season! My recipe is made free of any refined sugars and processed ingredients, making it so much healthier and nourishing! It can be the perfect breakfast loaf, snack and dessert! This lemon poppy seed loaf is everything you could want and more when it comes to a lemon poppy seed loaf. It’s light, fluffy, so moist, and most importantly packed full of flavour with that beautiful lemon essence and zest! The lemon glaze on top is perfection and makes every bite so memorable! I have spent quite some time perfecting this lemon poppy seed loaf recipe and trust me when I say it’s perfect in every way! This will be ne
What You’ll Need
The ingredients for this lemon loaf are simple, nourishing and made without processed sugars and oils! It seriously makes all the difference in the taste and how you feel when you enjoy this! The plain greek yogurt adds in healthy proteins, and makes for the most fluffy and moist texture! I love using avocado oil or olive oil for a rich flavour, and to really help bring out that fresh zesty lemon tang! It also adds in healthy fats to this recipe which I love, you could also use coconut oil as well! I definitely don’t recommend ever using processed seed oils such as canola oil or vegetable oil in any way shape or form in the kitchen they are highly inflammatory and your body has no way to properly digest them! You’ll definitely want to use avocado, olive or coconut oil for this recipe! The lemon glaze is very simple and I love using monk fruit sweetener which is an all-natural powdered sugar replacement and it works wonderful! It’s my go to for any type of icing or glaze!
LEMON POPPY SEED LOAF CHECKLIST
organic all purpose flour
baking powder
salt
eggs
cane sugar or date sugar
plain greek yogurt
avocado oil or olive oil
fresh lemon juice and zest
vanilla
poppy seeds
LEMON GLAZE
monk fruit sweetener (natural powdered sugar)
fresh lemon juice
almond milk or your choice of milk
Making the Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf
Start by Preheating your oven to 350 degrees, and line a loaf pan with parchment paper for easy removal! I like to do one sheet going across the sides so I can pull it out of the loaf pan easily! Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl by whisking together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside for now.
Now combine your wet ingredients. Start by cracking your room temp eggs into a large bowl, add the sugar, and whisk vigorously until pale yellow and frothy. I typically do 30 seconds to a minute! This gives you a super fluffy lemon loaf! Then whisk in the yogurt, oil, vanilla, lemon juice and zest.
Now add the dry ingredients that we set aside to the bowl with the wet ingredients. Folding it in until just combined (be sure to not over mix.) Then fold in the poppyseeds and mix one more time. Pour the batter into the baking dish and bake for 40-45 minutes! I find the sweet spot is 43 minutes for my oven, but keep checking after 35 minutes!
While the loaf bakes, prepare your lemon glaze by whisking all the ingredients together, adding more milk if you need to reach your desired consistency. You don’t want it super runny, but also you want some run off and movement over the bread! I start adding slowly until I reach my desired consistency! Once the loaf is done, allow it to cool for 15 minutes before then pour your glaze on top! Slice and enjoy this beautiful lemon loaf!
This lemon loaf is absolute perfection and I can’t wait for you to try it! This will be your go to lemon poppy seed recipe from now on, I can promise you that! Happy Spring season, I love you!
Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf Recipe
Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf
The dreamiest lemon poppy seed loaf, its light, fluffy, so moist and beautifully flavoured with fresh lemon. It's everything you could want in a lemon loaf poppy seed loaf and more! The lemon glaze perfects every bite, and makes it just so memorable!
Servings 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups organic unbleached flour
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs at room temp
- ¾ cup cane sugar or date sugar
- 1 cup plain greek yogurt at room temp
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 zested lemons
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2-3 tbsp poppy seeds
Lemon Glaze
- 1 cup monk fruit sweetener powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp almond milk or regular milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, line a loaf pan with parchment paper for easy removal
- Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl by whisking together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside for now.
- Combine the wet ingredients. Crack eggs into a large bowl, add the sugar, and whisk vigorously until pale yellow and frothy. Then whisk in the yogurt, oil, vanilla, lemon juice and zest.
- Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet ingredients. Folding it in until just combined (be sure to not overmix.) Then fold in the poppyseeds and mix one more time.
- Pour the batter into the baking dish and bake for 40-45 minutes! I find the sweet spot is 43 minutes for my oven, but keep checking after 35 minutes!
- While the loaf bakes, prepare your lemon glaze by whisking all the ingredients together, adding more milk if you need to reach your desired consistency
- Once the loaf is done, allow it to cool for 15 minutes before then pour your glaze on top! Slice and enjoy!
