Light, soft, and irresistibly moist, this super easy vegan lemon bread is sure to be a hit with friends and family!
Frosted Vegan Lemon Loaf
This delicious recipe is perfect for breakfast or brunch.
If you are a fan of the popular classic lemon cake from Starbucks, hopefully you will love this one too!
It calls for only basic ingredients, comes together without much fuss, and can be enjoyed all week long. Leftovers can also be frozen for later.
Also be sure to try these Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
This iced lemon bread recipe has been a long time in the making.
It was inspired by reader feedback I received on a Healthy Lemon Cake I posted a few years ago. People loved the subtly tart and sweet flavor of that cake, but many of you were saying the same thing: that you wanted a lemon cake that was taller, with a much lighter and fluffier texture.
So here it finally is – a bigger, fatter, bolder vegan lemon loaf!
I thought about simply doubling the ingredients of the original to make a larger loaf. But with half a cup of lemon juice already in the recipe, I feared this might make things way too acidic.
So I played around and was even able to cut down the oil in the process.
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I made the recipe for a brunch last Sunday, because of course I did.
You know how much I love brunch!
(For the record, brunch is always lunch for me. No way I can go until after noon before eating any food.)
Our potluck brunch also included english muffins, frosted donuts, roasted potatoes, Vegan Mac And Cheese, and vegan lasagna soup… so, um, lots of carbs.
While I do love all of the Keto Dessert Recipes on the blog, we also really love carbs over here.
This secretly vegan lemon bread recipe can be soy free, gluten free, and oil free (although I personally prefer the version with oil).
Because so many readers ask about using almond flour in my recipes, I did go ahead and test it here. The results were delicious but not very attractive.
The recipe will also work as Vegan Lemon Cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 F, and bake 17 minutes or until the cupcakes have risen and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out mostly clean.
If you make the lemon bread, please feel free to leave a comment or share photos and let me know your thoughts.
When you guys make my recipes, it is my favorite part of what I do.
Watch the vegan lemon bread recipe video above
Vegan Lemon Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour (For flourless, make this Keto Lemon Bread)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup sugar, or xylitol for sugar free
- 3/4 cup milk of choice
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt, such as almondmilk yogurt
- 1/4 cup oil, or sub applesauce for fat free
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- zest of 1 large or 2 small lemons (1 tbsp total – don’t omit)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- The recipe works with spelt, white, or oat flour. It technically works with almond flour (and tastes delicious) but won’t rise or look pretty. Gluten free all purpose flour can work but will be much denser. I prefer the oil version’s flavor and texture, but if you’re used to the texture of oil free baked goods it’s fine to sub applesauce.Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9×5 loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Whisk liquid ingredients in a separate bowl, combine wet and dry, then stir until just evenly mixed. Spread into the pan. Bake 50-55 minutes, or until loaf has risen and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If desired, frost with either melted Coconut Butter or 1/2 cup powdered sugar combined with 1 tbsp milk of choice.View Nutrition Facts
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Thanks so much for the delicious recipe! I made this for an office treat for a co-worker’s birthday and it went over very well with rave reviews! Of the options given, I used King Arthur’s GF flour, melted coconut oil, So Delicious brand unsweetened vanilla coconut yogurt and unsweetened original oat milk. I also cut the sugar in half (so only used 1/2 cup) and I found it to be plenty sweet. I didn’t frost it either (it was good as is!) I will definitely make it again!
This is by far the best lemon loaf. I run a bed and breakfast and served this to the guests. They went crazy. It’s so moist and packed with flavour. It’s a staple on my menu now ❤️
This was the best lemon loaf I’ve ever made. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for trying it!
I have never had much luck with vegan baking until this recipe! Had no yogurt so subbed for 1x mashed banana, which worked perfectly and wasn’t too overpowering to the lemon flavour
why did my mix come out so dry?! I used coconut flour
Unfortunately coconut flour is not an ingredient listed in the recipe, and it is not a 1-to-1 substitute for regular flour in baked goods because it soaks up liquid like a sponge.
I made this bread by the recipe and even though the lemony flavor is perfect, mine didn’t turn out nice and yellow like yours. Did you use food coloring??
No food coloring for this one 🙂 We have a video that shows everything that went into the lemon bread. Yours might be a different color depending on the type of flour and other ingredients you used. Glad it tastes good!
Favorite here !! Made minis tonite – two w poppy seed and one w blueberries. YUM
Hi, I used unsweetened almond milk, cashew yogurt, and turbinado sugar..the bread looks and smells perfect, hopefully my Vegan neighbor approves..lol
Thanks for the recipe
This looks so yummy and easy. Thank you!
I made this last night & it is Perfect!!! What a great recipe, easy to follow & tastes Amazing!!