Lemon and blueberry loaf

Ingredients: Crumble

  • 2 tbsp vegan butter
  • 3tbsp white sugar
  • 43g plain flour
  • pinch of salt

Loaf:

  • 200g white sugar
  • 2 tbsp lemon zest ( approx. 2 lemons)
  • 195g plain flour, 1tbsp for blueberries
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 168g vegan butter, room temp.
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 4 tbsp lemon juice (approx. 2 lemons)
  • 60ml oat milk or milk of choice
  • 230g frozen blueberries ( Leave some for top)

Method:

Crumble:

  • Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
  • Store in fridge while the batter is being made.

Loaf:

  • Preheat oven to 176 degrees Celsius and grease line a 9×5 loaf tin.
  • In a medium bowl add sugar and zest, use your fingers to rub them together to release aroma from the lemon.
  • Sieve in flour, baking powder and salt, using a stand mixer or a hand mixer mix to combine. Add the soften butter 1 tbsp at a time, mix on a low speed until the mixture turns crumbly but you can no longer see any lumps of butter.
  • Scrape down the bowl, mix in the vanilla and eggs one at a time. Then milk in the lemon juice and the milk.
  • Get a plastic spatula, mix so you get any unmixed bites at the bottom of the bowl.
  • Cloth the blueberries (leaving some aside) in flour and fold them into the batter.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared tin, topped with blueberries and crumble that was prepared earlier.
  • Bake for 55 min -1hour or until a knife or a metal pick comes out clean only having a few moist crumbs.
  • When done take out of oven allow to cool in tine, serve and enjoy.