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Vegan Lemon Almond Cake
These Vegan Lemon Almond cakes are moist, lemony, nutty, and light. This makes the perfect blend of sweet and citrus. Topped with a classic lemon buttercream frosting. Needless to say, it’s the perfect cake for a celebration, don’t you think? If you’re new to vegan baking – don’t fret. This cake is just like making a traditional cake and yields the same delicious results for all eaters to enjoy.
A few notes about the Recipe:
It’s nice to know that this recipe freezes very well! In fact, I froze half the cake and served it a few days later when we had family visiting. Keep it in the fridge and remove it 3-4 hours before serving.
Vegan Lemon Almond Cake
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
- 1 cup coconut oil melted
- 1 1/4 cup cane sugar
- 2 cups almond milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup lemon juice + the zest of 4 lemons
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt finely ground
- 2 cups almond flour ground blanched almonds
- 1/2 cup coconut yogurt
FOR THE LEMON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
- 1 cup vegan butter or margarine
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 2 tsp lemon juice plus more if needed
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/176C. Wipe two round cake pans lightly with coconut oil. Dust with flour, shake out the excess and set aside.
- Whisk together coconut oil and cane sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl. Pour in almond milk, vanilla, lemon juice, and the zest of four lemons. Mix to combine.
- Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and sea salt into the mixture. Mix gently until just combined, then fold in almond meal and coconut yogurt.
- Divide batter evenly between your two cake tins. Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from cake tins or frosting.
FOR THE LEMON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
- Add vegan butter to a mixing bowl. Sift icing sugar into bowl bit-by-bit while mixing together with an electric mixer.
- Add lemon juice 1 tsp at a time until you've reached desired icing thickness.
- When the cake has cooled. Lather each cake generously with icing sugar and stack it on top of the other for a tiered cake.
Notes
Nutrition
I do hope you’ll give this recipe a try.
If you already tried this recipe, let us know your experience.
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This is a relationship saver.
I have this vegetarean friend who will never eat anything fresh.
Hanging out with him is impossible since he won’t binge on so many foods including cakes that contain eggs.
But this article has just revealed to me that we can have it (he takes diary products)
Thanks relationship saver – Ephra
I’m glad you found it helpful! The cake is truly delicious and even non-vegans like it.
This cake sounds yummy regardless of whether it is vegan or not. The ingredients are very wholesome and healthy. Although I do not bake cakes, my wife does that a great deal. The cake she makes that is in high demand involves crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges. I don’t think it is vegan but it doesn’t use fattening ingredients. Yet it is delicious. Just like this vegan almond cake will I am sure.
Cheers.
Edwin
Your wife’s cake sounds delicious, too! Pineapple and orange are also good fruit and bake up nicely in cakes.
If you try the vegan almond cake with lemon recipe, please share your opinions in our comments. Thank you!
Hello! Thank you for this recipe.
I will have some friends over tomorrow and I was looking for recipes to surprise them, I believe I will try this one because one of them is vegan.
I don’t have coconut yogurth, I think I will try replacing it for coconut milk or even more almond milk, hope it works, what do you think?
The milk options will make it a little runnier. I’d suggest switching to applesauce. Another alternative that works for us is to thicken the plant-based milk using a bit of arrowroot or cornstarch.
I hope you and your friends enjoy this cake!
So glad to know that I can have my cake healthy the vegan way. I recently learnt how to produce my soya milk at home without any form of stress. My wife and children will be happy to see this recipes for healthy cake. Thanks for help us eat healthy with out stress and also the recipes seams achievable with least cost
Homemade soymilk is the best! I’m glad you learned to make it. I do hope your family enjoys the cake.
Vegan Almond Cake with lemon is one of the best recipes for cakes that I have ever tried. Thank you so much for the recipe. This truly is an astonishing cake and the taste is simply awesome. I am very impressed and will make this cake again!
Will you be adding other almond recipes?
I’m glad you enjoyed making and eating the vegan almond cake with lemon. Yes, check back for more recipes soon!
Thank you so much for this post. I’m a really big cake lover. I love to eat that kind of cake. I do not know how to fix. Also I have never tasted this vegan almond lemon cake. Most of the time mom makes the cake. I will give this recipe to my mother and make this for sure. Thanks so much for posting this recipe. keep it up.
It is indeed a delicious cake with great flavor and texture. Please stop back and let us know how much you enjoyed the cake your Mom bakes!
Looks so delicious! I am a foodie and I try all kinds of recipes right from gluten-free, dairy-free and all that is vegetarian. I am printing this recipe right away and will try baking it this weekend. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe – I cant wait to try them.
I’m glad you found the Vegan Almond Cake with Lemon recipe as irresistible as we do! Please send us a comment when you make it. Pictures welcome, too!