Spelt Lime & Poppy Seed Loaf
A delicious tea time treat loaf, made with Spelt flour, lime and poppy seeds.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 2 cups Spelt flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp. lime zest
- 2 tbsp. poppy seeds
- 1 cup Greek yoghurt can substitute dairy-free yoghurt or coconut cream
- 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 medium eggs
- 1/3 cup butter or coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Icing
- ½ cup of icing
- 15 ml milk
- Lime Zest & edible flowers to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190C and grease a loaf tin
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Mix all the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until combined, ensuring not to overmix.
- Spoon the batter into the loaf pan filling 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
- Make the icing by combining the milk with icing sugar. If too runny, add a bit more icing sugar, if too stiff add a few drops of water.
- Then pour icing over the cake when it is cooled
- Finally, sprinkle lime zest and decorate with edible flowers.