Lemon Drizzle Cake
According to stats, one of the nation’s favourite cakes. Here’s my low cal version with no refined sugar!
It comes as no surprise to me that Lemon Drizzle Cake is on the nation’s list of top 12 cakes. Zingy and upbeat, this version is also deliciously guilt free, as the refined sugar element has been replaced with Xylitol grain sugar. The advantage of these two sugar substitutes is that Xylitol has 40 per cent fewer calories than sugar (and Erythritol has zero calories), but both products retain all the sweetness you expect of sugar. Best of all, only 142 cals a slice! PS. If this tickles your fancy my book contains 47 low cal, delicious recipes…
Ingredients
For the cake
6 eggs, separated
Pinch of salt
150 g Xylitol - https://amzn.to/42A6MTH
2 tbsp Lemon juice
Zest of 2 lemons
150g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
For the lemon syrup
Juice of 2 lemons
4 tbsp xylitol
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a 2lb loaf tin with a pre-formed baking case or greaseproof paper. Put the egg whites into a bowl, add the salt and whisk until the egg whites form soft white peaks. Set aside. Put the egg yolks, Xylitol, lemon juice and zest into another mixing bowl and whisk until lightened and almost twice the volume. Sieve half the flour and the bicarbonate of soda into a separate bowl and then fold into the egg yolk mixture. Fold in half the egg whites and then the remining flour. Finally, fold in the remaining egg whites. Try not to overfold the mixture and make sure you scrape the bottom and sides of your bowl with a spatula so the batter is evenly mixed.
Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool. For the syrup, put the juice and Xylitol into a small saucepan and heat gently until the ingredients are mixed. Prick the cake with a skewer a few times and pour in the syrup. Stand for a couple of minutes then turn out onto a cake stand.
Nutritional Breakdown (per slice, based on 12 slices per cake)
142 cals
4g protein
24g carbs
3g fat
