Gluten Free Lemon Loaf
on Jun 06, 2024, Updated Apr 14, 2025
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Perfect bright citrus flavor and perfectly moist loaf this Gluten Free Lemon Loaf is the perfect pairing to any coffee or tea.
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What Makes This Recipe Great
We just finally took all of them lemons off of our lemon tree because it was about to fall over it was so full! Now we have a massive bag of lemons to use and I am so excited. This lemon loaf is gluten free and dairy free but of course I had to make a thick lemony glaze on top. Lemons have high amounts of vitamin c which is amazing for immunity so you know the kids need lots of this loaf.
We love this recipe for many reasons quick, easy, delicious but mainly we love it because this loaf has the perfect amount of sweetness. The coconut sugar adds just the right amount sweetness to this loaf without having an overbearing sting-your-teeth because the pure sugar overwhelms the rest of the loaf flavor.
Ingredient Information
- Almond flour
- Arrowroot flour
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Coconut sugar
- Unsweetened vanilla almond milk– regular dairy milk will also work
- Ghee– butter can also be used
- Dairy-free yogurt– use any yogurt you like
- Eggs– make sure these are room temp
- Vanilla extract
- Lemon extract
- Lemon zest– be sure to roll your lemon before you zest
- Powder sugar
Step By Step
- Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl including almond flour, arrowroot flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and coconut sugar.
- Next add the wet ingredients including unsweetened vanilla almond milk, melted ghee, dairy free yogurt, eggs and vanilla and lemon extract. Mix completely.
- Pour into loaf pan and bake for 40 minutes, make sure you check with a knife to ensure that it’s cooked all the way through.
Pro Tip
- With so many dry ingredients it’s best to sift them all together before you add them to your wet ingredients.
- You can top this loaf with powder sugar or the powder sugar and lemon juice glaze, or leave it bare.
Frequently Asked Question
I don’t have a loaf pan.
- You can use any pan that you have, 8×8, muffins tin, mini muffin tin, cake pan anything will work
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Gluten Free Lemon Loaf
Ingredients
Loaf:
- 2 cups blanched almond flour
- ½ cup arrowroot flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- ¼ cup ghee, melted
- ½ cup dairy free yogurt*
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 2 tsp lemon zest
Icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice*
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a bowl combine almond flour, arrowroot flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and coconut sugar and whisk to combine. Then add in almond milk, ghee, dairy free yogurt, eggs, vanilla extract, lemon extract and lemon juice and whisk to fully combine.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned and doesn’t jiggle in the middle when you lightly shake it.
- Once cooked, let it cool completely.
- In a small bowl combine confectioners sugar and lemon juice and stir until smooth. It should be thick and spreadable – add more lemon juice if needed!
- Pour icing over the cooled cake and spread evenly. Let sit to firm up.
Notes
- My favorite dairy free yogurt is kite hill.
- If you aren’t dairy free you can use regular plain yogurt.
ahhh, this looks so good!! but we can’t have almond flour, any subs? thank you!
You can try any flour that works for you!
Girl! Can’t wait to try this!!!
Yess!
Just tried it! Thank you for making simplistic recipes that a hard working mama can make for her family!
Soo glad you loved it!
I just made this, YUM! Didn’t have Arrowroot, so I used light buckwheat flour instead. It worked great. The loaf was devoured! Thanks for the great recipe!
Yesss!!
Could lemon juice be used in place of the extract?
Yes, it will just not have the intense lemon flavor.
Ah-ma-zing! So super fast and easy, and honestly I think better than the Starbucks version!
Yes, love this!!
This is incredible . I can’t tell you how many years I’ve been wanting lemon bread and this was everything I wanted and more . My kids who are Starbucks lemon loaf snobs loved it too and i much prefer giving them this over that . Thank you for making this recipe .
Sooo glad you love it, enjoy!
This turned out spectacular! Moist and light, amazing texture and flavor! I followed the recipe exactly!!
Amazing, I love to hear this!