Pistachio Lemon Loaf
Enjoy this moist lemony loaf with crunchy pistachios and a hint of cardamom, The perfect after dinner sweet or breakfast.
Ingredients
2 Eggs
½ cup Olive Oil
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
½ cup Sugar
Zest and juice of 1 Lemon
¾ cups plain Flour
¼ cup Flaxseed Meal
2 teaspoons Ground Cardamom
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
2 tablespoons Almond Milk
½ cup de-shelled lightly crushed Pistachios
For the glaze:
1/3 cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Method
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease or line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
In a bowl, mix together the olive oil, eggs vanilla extract, sugar, almond milk, lemon juice and lemon zest.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, flaxseed meal, cardamon, baking powder and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and start to whisk together. Once combine, fold in the pistachios.
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Once done, remove the loaf from the oven and take the cake out of the loaf pan to cool.
Glaze: Mix powdered sugar and lemon juice. If youd like, keep adding lemon juice/powdered sugar until you reach your desired taste and consistency. Drizzle over the cooled cake and sprinkle on crushed pistachios.
