Lemon Blackberry Loaf
This Lemon Blackberry Loaf is moist, tender, and bursting with fresh citrus flavor and fresh blackberries tucked into every slice. Finished with a light lemon glaze, it’s the perfect balance of bright, tangy, and sweet—ideal for breakfast, brunch, or an afternoon treat.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ cup softened butter
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour + 1 tbsp for berries or 1:1 gluten free flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 ⅓ cups blackberries
Lemon Syrup
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Glaze
- ⅔ cup icing sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °Fahrenheit. Grease and line a 9 x 5 inch loaf tin with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, combine the buttermilk and lemon juice. Let it sit while you prepare the rest.
- In a stand mixer cream together the softened butter and coconut sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, vanilla extract and lemon zest and continue mixing. It may look slightly split, but this is fine.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add half of the dry ingredients and half of the buttermilk mixture to the butter mixture. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk, taking care not to overmix.
- Toss the blackberries with 1 tbsp flour and then gently fold the blackberries into the batter
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin. Bake for 50–60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- While the loaf is baking, mix the lemon syrup ingredients in one bowl and the lemon drizzle/glaze ingredients in another.
- Once baked, remove the loaf from the oven. While still warm, spoon over the lemon syrup. Let the loaf cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then lift out and cool completely on a wire rack. Once cooled, drizzle with the lemon glaze.
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 372mg | Potassium: 141mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 493IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 2mg