Dinky little vegan lemon drizzle mini loaf cakes. Full of zesty flavour with a sticky sweet lemon drizzle. Perfect lunchbox, picnic or because it’s Tuesday sweet treat!

Ironically I’ll almost alway choose chocolate something for dessert.  And every time I have something lemony I always disproportionately enjoy it.  Phil loves anything tart.  Saying that he also loves anything sweet.  Or savoury.  But having long been a fan of lemon drizzle cake and having some Foodie Flavours lemon flavouring and no lemons (gasp!) I thought I’d try something a bit different.  And I’ve not used my mini loaf tin for far too long.  So mini lemon drizzle loaf cakes were born.

Aren’t mini loaf cakes just the cutest?  One hotel I worked at I used to make fresh bread mini loaves for the guest’s tables, where they’d cut and butter it themselves on a little wooden board.  THE cutest!

And yes, lemon drizzle cakes without a single lemon do actually taste totally legit lemon drizzle.  Much like this Jamaican Ginger Cake or this Raspberry Meringue Pie or even this Thai Coconut Curry, Phil couldn’t believe they didn’t contain the main ingredient that gave them their name and flavour.

And that’s one of the main reasons I love Foodie Flavours.  You may not have a specific ingredient, especially if it needs to be fresh, but that doesn’t mean you have to lose out on something you fancy.  Oh and it’s very easy to control the strength of flavour with these little bottles.  They’re highly concentrated so a little goes a long way and you can really pack a punch of flavour.

How to make mini loaf cakes:

Well first and foremost you’ll need a mini loaf tin.  You can make these into muffins and bake in muffin cases but where’s the fun in that 😉

To make the cake start by mixing the ground flax seeds with 3 tablespoons of water.  This is called a flax ‘egg’. Set it aside to thicken and become gloopy!

In a bowl or jug whisk together the rest of the wet ingredients.  That’s the yoghurt, oil, milk, vinegar, Foodie Flavours lemon drops and vanilla.

In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients.  The flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and caster sugar.

Mix the jug of wet ingredients along with the flax egg into the dry.  Mix well, stirring up from the bottom of the bowl to make sure you don’t leave any flour pockets.

Pour into your tin.  Divide the mixture equally  between the holes – this mixture makes 12 lemon drizzle mini loaves in total.  You may wish to grease your tin first – just brush with a little margarine or lightly spray with oil.  If your tin is relatively new you shouldn’t need to do this.  The beauty of this tin is its loose bottoms, so you can just push up from the bottom of the tin to remove your little loaf cakes.

Bake for 25-30 minutes.  The cakes should be springy to touch and lightly golden.  You can test if the cakes are cooked by inserting a skewer or cocktail stick into one of the mini loaves.  If it comes out clean with no raw cake clinging to it the cakes are cooked.  If not, just return to the oven for a few more minutes until cooked through.

While the cake is baking make the lemon drizzle.  Put the demerara sugar, water and Foodie Flavours lemon drops into a bowl and stir together.

When the cakes are cooked remove from the oven.  Poke a couple of holes in each cake then immediately spoon or brush over the drizzle, coating each cake well with the syrup.

These are just divine warm with some vegan vanilla ice cream or whipped vegan cream – Elmlea has a fab whippable vegan cream!  These mini lemon drizzle loaf cakes also store very well in an airtight container at room temperature.

Looking for more lovely vegan lemon recipes?  Try these:

Blueberry Lemon Rustic Tarts

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Mini Lemon Meringue Pies

Lemon and Herb Orzo with Roasted Tomatoes

Herb and Lemon Tomato Salad

I’d also love to hear from you if you make this Lemon Drizzle Mini Loaf Cakes! Just leave a comment as it’s so helpful and I love to hear how the recipe worked out for you! Thank you so much!

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