Easy lemon cake perfect dessert for keto diets. This dairy free cake recipe is packed with lemon flavours and made light and fluffy using avocado too!
Avocado cake
Ingredients
1 1⁄4 cups plain wholemeal flour
1⁄4 cup cornflour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup raw caster sugar
1⁄2 cup desiccated coconut
1⁄4 cup coconut oil
2 eggs
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
2 medium avocados, mashed (1 1⁄4 cups mashed)
1⁄2 cup coconut milk
¼ cup shredded coconut
Method
Preheat oven to 160C fan forced and line a loaf tin with baking paper
Place flour, cornflour, baking powder, sugar and coconut in a large bowl and mix together. Make a well in the centre and add the oil, eggs, lemon rind, avocado and coconut milk. Whisk until just combined
Pour into loaf tin and bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool in tin completely
Meanwhile, make the icing
When ready to serve, spoon the icing over the cake and scatter with shredded coconut
coconut icing
Ingredients
400ml tin coconut cream
1 1⁄2 tablespoons honey
Method
Place the coconut cream in the fridge for 24 hours. Once chilled completely, remove the top firm creamy layer and place in a large bowl (you should have about 3/4 cup).
Add the honey to the coconut cream and whisk until slightly thickened and combined. Refrigerate until required.
Tips & Hints
Coconut cream varies in consistency from brand to brand and after refrigeration, some coconut creams may be thicker than others. If your icing is very thick, add a few tablespoons of coconut milk or water to thin the icing
