Honey Lemon Chia Seed Cake
This cake is as easy as cakes go. Mix together the dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl, the wet in a larger bowl, mix them together and finally pour the batter into a loaf or muffin pan – depending on what you feel like at the moment. The easier the cake the better in my books π
Honey Lemon Chia Seed Cake
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 10 1x
Description
This is a simply healthy lemon cake that makes the perfect light dessert. I recommend using coconut oil for its added sweetness or a melted butter-y type spread as a substitute. When testing this recipe with vegetable oil I did not like it nearly as much. Make sure to not over stir the ingredients after adding the flour in order to get the fluffiest and lightest possible cake!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour (white whole wheat or all purpose)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp chia seeds (or poppy seeds)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (juice from 2 medium size lemons)
- Lemon Zest from 2 lemons
- 3/4 cup milk of choice
- 1 tsp vinegar (apple cider of white vinegar)
- 1/3 cup cane sugar (or light brown sugar)
- 2 tbsp honey (or agave syrup for strict vegans)
- 4 tbsp melted coconut oil (or melted butter or buttery type spread)
- 2 tbsp icing sugar for sprinkling on top (optional)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350f / 180c. Grease a loaf pan or muffin tin with coconut oil or non-stick spray.
- Measure out dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt and chia seeds) into a medium sized bowl. Mix together ensuring that baking soda, salt and chia seeds are evenly dispersed.
- Squeeze and zest two lemons into a large bowl. Add the milk and vinegar and stir together with the lemon juice. Leave to sit for a couple of minutes (this makes a buttermilk!). Add the sugar, honey and melted coconut oil to the lemon-y buttermilk. Whisk together with an electric of hand whisk.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Lightly fold in the dry ingredients into the wet until you reach a cake batter consistency.
- Bake for 30 – 35 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out perfectly clean (12 – 15 minutes for muffins).
- Take out of the oven and leave to cool in pan for about 10 minutes before taking the cake out of the pan (Tip: Using a butter knife, go lightly around the edges of the cake before prying it out of the pan in order to loosen any edges that might be stuck to the sides of the pan!).
- Devour, Share and Enjoy π
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 30
I’ve been having your chocolate chip muffins for breakfast almost every morning for months but I wanted something different so I tried these out today. They are so good! I used half and half white and white whole wheat flour and replaced half the coconut oil with applesauce. It did take 16 minutes for them to cook but now I know that for next time. Thanks for the recipe!
I am so glad you enjoyed the muffins and also the chia seed bread! Thank you for the lovely feedback. π
Ceara, how do you make all these recipes in Europe? Do you have a hard time finding some of the ingrediens you use? I’ve lived in Germany and sometimes we had to be very creative…or just couldn’t make what we were wanting to.
Hi Elliot! I do find some of the ingredients at local organic shops but not at the standard grocery stores. I do order a lot of my ingredients online using Vitacost.com. They have great prices and I just did a big haul from them yesterday getting some goodies that are harder to find (even with shipping their prices are still the best). π Hope this helps!
Great idea! I love Chia seeds and have wondered about cooking with them but never tried it. This looks amazing!
Thanks Samantha for stopping by and the kind words!! I can’t get enough of cooking with chia seeds π
This looks delicious Ceara! I’m always looking for more ways to use chia seeds (I have a huge amount in my fridge at the moment), and I also LOVE anything lemon baked goods. This is right up my alley!
Thanks for the kind words, Laura π Hehe – I know what you mean, the ginormous bags of chia seeds can be hard to finish (probably why they make their way into so many of my meals :D). Thanks for stopping by!
This looks amazing!! Love chia seeds! so good for you! Happy Easter btw!!
Thanks Miss Joy!! I can’t seem to get enough chia seeds π Happy Easter to you and your family as well π
Happy Easter Ceara!!! Lovely cake, I had know clue chia seeds could be added to a cake what a lovely ideal!! You and your grandma look a like! I hope she loved the lemon cake π
Happy Easter Shundara! Thanks for the kind words! We both enjoyed the lemon cake each time I made it since she’s come here (hehe!)! Have a great weekend π