Earl Grey Lemon Poppyseed Loaf Cake – a delicious gluten free and paleo lemon poppyseed loaf cake infused with Earl Grey Rooibos Tea.
I promised you guys this Earl Grey Lemon Poppyseed Loaf Cake recipe and I delivered! Seriously, you must try this easy paleo cake out! If you have checked out my Homemade Earl Grey Paleo Jam post, you’ll see that I made the sweet paleo jam as an accompaniment to this cake. The flavours pair beautifully because they’re pretty much made of the same unique ingredient: Earl Grey Tea!
You can use any Earl Grey Tea you have; I used a mix of two types but my favourite is this Earl Grey Rooibos Tea. The flavours are a match made in heaven, this Paleo Lemon Poppyseed Cake has been given a delectable upgrade!
I’ve always wanted to make a gluten free cake that is moist and flavourful and finally, I have created something I will pass to my great-grandchildren! It’s that good! To be fair, most of my delicious recipes will end up in a recipe book for my future generation somewhere – they might even make some money off it lol!
Back to this recipe though, this is actually my first paleo loaf cake on this blog; however, I do have this really delicious paleo mug cake that I absolutely adore! You might want to give that one a try next!
This easy gluten free lemon poppyseed cake should take no longer than 50 mins to make from prep to plate. Not that you would plate up a cake but you know what I mean ha. I used my trusted 2lb (9″ x 5″/ 23cm x 13cm) loaf tin to bake this. It will come out so moist and it will stay that way for up to 4 days (if by some amazing reason it lasts past 2 days lol) in a fridge. You can simply bring it back up to room temperature to enjoy.
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- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 eggs (whisked)
- 1/3 cup coconut milk
- 1/3 cup raw honey
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1+ 1/2 cups almond flour
- 3 tbsp coconut flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tbsp lemon zest (1 lemon’s worth)
- 1 tbsp earl grey tea leaves
- 1 tbsp poppyseeds
- Preheat your oven to 175C/350F.
- In a mixing bowl, mix together your wet ingredients till fully incorporated.
- Next, sieve in your flours. Then, add in the rest of your dry ingredients and mix to fully incorporate.
- In a 2lb loaf pan lined with parchment paper, pour in your loaf cake mixture.
- Bake for 35-40 mins, until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Serve with Homemade Earl Grey Paleo Jam and enjoy!
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Sandy Stanford says
Can you please help me understand what type of flour the recipe calls for. The measurements are confusing. 1 + 1/2 cups + 1/2 almond?
WhittyPaleo says
Hi Sandy, I totally apologise, a little issue when switching recipe templates.. the recipe should now read 1 + 1/2 cup of almond flour (one and a half cups of almond flour, the plus sign was to distinguish the two). I hope this hasn’t deterred you – please let me know what you think when you try it out 🙂
Lemongrass says
I have to try this bread. I love poppy seed breads and muffins, but cannot find poppy seed now that I moved to Grenada in the Caribbean. I had to give up on almond and coconut flour. Too Expensive. Instead, I use freshly grated coconut and grated cassava to make my gluten free and grain free breads. Am in luck cause I can find great homegrown honey. Thanks for the recipe..
Msjdanley@gmail.com says
I am making this today…thank you !!
WhittyPaleo says
Awesome! How did you find it?
Jolene says
This looks like the perfect thing to serve with coffee or tea on a cold winter’s day! Absolutely delicious!
WhittyPaleo says
Ooh it is definitely perfect with some earl grey tea! Haha! Thanks for stopping by Jolene!