Sugar Free Lemon Loaf

Sugar Free Lemon Loaf

Ingredients:

• 6 oz cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 3/4 cup sweetener I used swerve confectioners, if I used Truvia (i’d only use 1/2 cup)
• 4 eggs
• 6-8 drops lemon essential oil I used orange when I was out of lemon & it was AMAZING
• 2 cups almond flour finely ground
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp sea salt

Glaze:

• 3/4 cup powdered sweetener I used swerve confectioners
• 1/2 lemon juiced
• 1 Tbs heavy cream optional: or other milk product if you want the glaze less lemony

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: almond flour, baking powder & salt.
2. In a mixer mix the cream cheese, butter & sweetener. Add one egg at a time until mixed and scrape sides between adding eggs. Mix in lemon essential oil. (or other flavor if you like).
3. Add dry ingredients slowly to the mixer and mix.
4. Once mixed, line a pan with parchment paper. My loaf pan is 9″ x 5″ which makes a pretty tall loaf. I’ve split this into smaller pans too (just need less cook time).
5. Add batter to parchment lined pan and bake for 40-50 minutes. The middle needs to not be jiggly

Glaze:

1. To mix the glaze, add confectioners sweetener and lemon juice to mixer and mix. Taste test to see if the lemon is too tart, if so add a little milk.
2. Glaze the lemon loaf while hot and add lemon zest if you like:)