This healthy lemon protein cake is moist and dense with the perfect touch of lemon flavor and topped with a lemon glaze!
Author: Spencer Miller
Serves: 8 pieces
Ingredients
Lemon Cake
1 cup (120g) oat flour
1 scoop Beast Sports Nutrition vanilla protein powder
3 tbsp. (21g) coconut flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. cinnamon
2 whole eggs
½ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
¼ cup granulated stevia or erythritol
¼ cup pure maple syrup
¼ cup lemon juice (1 large lemon)
2 tbsp. oil (I used olive oil)
zest of ½ lemon
Lemon Glaze
3 tbsp. powdered sugar
½ tbsp. lemon juice
⅛ tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. Mix flour, protein powder, coconut flour, baking powder, and cinnamon in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, add eggs, Greek yogurt, stevia, maple syrup, lemon juice, oil and lemon zest.
Combine wet and dry ingredients. Gently fold together until a smooth batter forms. Be careful not to over mix.
Line a 4x8 loaf pan with foil. Spray with nonstick spray. Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake for about 25 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
Let completely cool. Mix powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract to make lemon glaze. Drizzle over top of cake. Cut into 8 pieces and enjoy!