Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Bread

I was recently sent a sugar replacement product called Xagave as well as a cookbook and I was excited to try some recipes. I love that the Xagave is all natural without a bunch of chemicals. It has a very delicious sweet taste and absolutely no after taste. The kids and I found a recipe for a lemon cake bread that sounded really tasty and fun to make. We adapted the recipe a bit by adding some lemon juice, lemon extract and poppy seeds - the cake turned out very moist and delicious. I loved the lemony flavor of this bread and the tiny crunch from the poppy seeds - it was a huge hit with the entire family. I am very impressed with Xagave and look forward to making more recipes using it.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Bread:

Recipe and photo by For the Love of Cooking.net

Adapted recipe from Delicious Meets Nutritious - Xagave

• 1 cup of Xagave
• Zest and juice of 3 lemons
• 3/4 cup of canola oil
• 6 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp lemon extract (not pictured)
• 1-2 tsp poppy seeds

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Coat to 8x4 loaf pans with canola cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk Xagave, lemon zest, lemon juice and oil together. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each is added. Stir in remaining ingredients just until dry ingredients are combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool and serve. Enjoy.

Click here for a printable version of this recipe - For the Love of Cooking.net