Learn how to make Eggless Lemon Almond Cake recipe with detailed step by step pictures. Sweet & tangy lemon almond drizzle cake egg-free recipe! Perfect as dessert, served with a hot cup of coffee or tea.
Preheat oven at 160°C (with fan) for 10-12 mins and grease, line a 9” loaf pan with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, add all dry ingredients – 1.5 cups all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ¾ teaspoon baking soda. Mix it really well.
In another mixing bowl, add the rest of the wet ingredients – ⅓ cup oil, ½ cup sugar, ¾ cup warm milk and 2 tablespoon lemon juice along with zest from two lemons (~1 tsp).
Mix the ingredients with a whisk until the sugar has dissolved.
Now using a sieve over the bowl, add the flour mix and sieve it into the wet mixture.
Fold it in gently such that there are no lumps.
Next add 1 cup finely ground almonds/almond meal and mix it in.
Pour the batter equally into the greased, lined baking pan. Tap it gently to remove any air bubbles.
Bake at 160°C (with fan) or 180°C (without fan) for 40-45 mins until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven.
While the cake is baking, prepare the lemon syrup by adding ¼ cup of sugar in a bowl with 2 tablespoon water. Heat on low flame until the sugar dissolves.
As the sugar begins to boil and is sticky, remove from heat.
Add 2 tablespoon lemon juice and mix it well.
Rest them for 5 mins and then invert the cake & remove the parchment paper. Poke holes all over the cake using a skewer when the cake is still warm.
Brush liberally with prepared Lemon Syrup all over the cake. This should be done when the cake is warm for the syrup to be absorbed thoroughly. Brush generously repeatedly all over the top and let the syrup soak into the cake.
Now prepare the lemon icing drizzle by mixing ¼ cup icing sugar with 1-2 teaspoon lemon juice.
Mix well until the icing is thick. Drizzle all over the cake once the cake has cooled down completely.
Store the cake refrigerated in an airtight container for upto a week. Serve with hot cup of coffee or tea or as a dessert!
Notes
If you do not have almond meal, you can easily make it by grinding almonds until they are powdered fine.
Both lemon syrup and lemon icing drizzle are optional and can be adjusted as preferred.