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Gluten-Free Lemon Cake with Lemon Frosting

January 19, 2016
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Delightful Gluten-Free Lemon Cake. Perfect for birthdays and holidays! But any day will work! Sugar-free, Dairy-free, Keto, Low-carb, THM-S

Gluten-Free Lemon Cake - Keto, Dairy-Free, Trim Healthy Mama, Grain-Free

 

This delightful cake is full of healthy ingredients! It goes perfectly with the Keto, Low-Carb, and Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle.

Gluten-Free Lemon Cake - Keto, Low-carb, THM_S

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Gluten-Free Lemon Cake - Keto, Low-carb, THM-S

 

Gluten-Free Lemon Cake - Keto, Low-carb, THM-S

The first time I made this cake it was deep in the middle of winter and it was so delightful to taste a burst of lemon in this cake! It brought some sunshine right into the kitchen!

Gluten-Free Lemon Cake - Keto, Low-carb, THM-S

Tips and tricks for making Gluten-Free Lemon Cake:

  • I used 9″ round cake pans for this cake. If you want the cake to be a little taller you may want to use 8″ pans.
  • You could easily switch this recipe to cupcakes and bake them around 20-25 minutes.
  • If you do not need it to be dairy free, use your favorite frosting recipe and add in the lemon extract.
  • The frosting calls for your sweetener to be powdered. You can easily do this by putting your sweetener in a blender or coffee grinder and blend until powdered.
  • The palm shortening that I use is Spectrum Organic Shortening. You may be able to find it cheaper at your local grocery store.

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Gluten-Free Lemon Cake with Lemon Frosting

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Delightful Gluten-Free Lemon Cake. Perfect for birthdays and holidays! But any day will work! Sugar-free, Dairy-free, Keto, Low-carb, THM-S


Ingredients

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Cake Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 2/3 cup non-GMO erythritol
  • 2/3 teaspoon Now Better Stevia
  • 1/2 cup almond, cashew, or coconut milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract
  • 1 1/2 cup blanched almond flour
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Lemon Frosting Ingredients:

  • 1 cup palm shortening
  • 1/3 cup coconut milk
  • 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon powdered homemade sweetener* or powdered xylitol
  • 4 teaspoons coconut flour
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted

Instructions

Cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line two 8″ or 9″ round cake pans with parchment paper or spray a 9″ x 13″ cake pan with coconut cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together melted coconut oil, erythritol, stevia, almond milk, eggs, and lemon extract.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and beat until smooth.
  5. Divide batter evenly between round cake pans and smooth out with a spatula. Batter will be thick.
  6. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes. Place the cake pans on a wire rack to cool. Cool completely before adding frosting.

Frosting Instructions:

  1. Put all ingredients, except coconut oil, in medium size bowl and beat until smooth.
  2. Add in the coconut oil and mix until well blended.
  3. Fill and frost round cake layers.

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  1. Olivia

    April 22, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    Is the coconut milk in this recipe canned or carton? My birthday is coming up, and I’m scouting out THM appropriate cakes. This one definitely looks like a contender! 😀

    Reply
    • MamaShire

      April 22, 2016 at 6:21 pm

      Hi Olivia! I used canned coconut milk. And Happy Birthday early!

      Reply
  2. Loni

    July 26, 2016 at 11:22 am

    could this be made using coconut oil instead of the palm oil?

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    • MamaShire

      July 27, 2016 at 9:37 am

      Hi Loni, the palm shortening has a different texture than coconut oil, so I don’t think it would work out very well, but you could try a smaller batch of it and see how it works. The palm shortening has much more body to it and doesn’t liquify as easily as coconut oil does. If you do try it, be sure to let me know how it works.

      Reply
  3. vicky jepson.

    September 12, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    Hi can you tell me what Shortening is as we live in the UK and i dont know what to buy.
    Many thanks
    Vicky

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    • MamaShire

      September 14, 2016 at 5:50 pm

      It is palm shortening. It is different than coconut oil. It is similar to vegetable shortening or Crisco, but is made only from palm.

      Reply
  4. Julissa Alcantar

    November 27, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    How many carbs does this have? I made it and want to eat it but now am scared! Help!

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    • MamaShire

      November 29, 2017 at 10:43 am

      I don’t have the exact carb count for this, but it is low-carb.

      Reply
  5. Alisha

    March 10, 2019 at 7:38 pm

    Thank you thank you thank you! This is going to be the go-to recipe for our family events. I made it vanilla as my 4yo birthday girl didn’t want lemon. I could see this easily being adapted with different extracts. We doubled it, made a Wilton 5 layer rainbow cake (plus a few cupcakes with leftover batter). Tip my hat to you!

    ★★★★★

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    • MamaShire

      March 11, 2019 at 2:35 pm

      That sounds amazing! And you’re so welcome! I’m so glad that it was a hit for you!

      Reply
    • Belinda

      April 19, 2022 at 10:22 pm

      Can you use some real lemon juice too?

      Reply
      • MamaShire

        April 20, 2022 at 10:01 pm

        You can add real lemon juice if you would like but the lemon extract is more flavorful.

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