• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Gluten Free Stories | Low FODMAP & Gluten-Free Recipes

This is a place where you can find low FODMAP & Gluten-Free recipes & resources.

  • Home
  • About
    • My Story
    • My Health Journey
    • My Food Philosophy
    • Contact
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast & Brunch
    • Baked Goods
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Desserts
    • Snacks
    • Sauces, Dips & Spreads
    • Recipe Bundles
    • Useful How-tos
  • Resources
    • Cooking Resources
    • IBS Resources
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

May 3, 2021 Desserts

Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake

low fodmap ✓ | gluten-free ✓ | lactose-free ✓ | soy-free ✓ | vegetarian ✓| nut-free ✓ 

This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake comes together in just a few minutes with a handful of ingredients. This cake is light, very easy to make & packed with the bright flavors of lemon and orange.

I never thought the classic Lemon Poppy Seed Cake can get any better (because it’s already one of the yummiest cakes) but yes it can! Try adding orange zest to it and the flavor that you will get will blow your mind! (you will never make lemon poppy seed cake only with lemon????)

This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!

Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake Recipe

This cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!

It is perfect to have it as a dessert or a mid-day snack with coffee or tea.

This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!

You will love this cake if you love:

  • Bright & citrusy flavors
  • Soft & spongy cakes
  • Poppy Seed desserts
This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!

What ingredients do you need?

Eggs

Lactose Free Yogurt

Sugar

1 Lemon (zest & juice)

1 Orange (zest & juice)

Natural Cooking Oil (such as canola or sunflower)

Vanilla Extract

Poppy Seeds

Gluten Free Flour

Baking Powder

Pinch of salt

This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!

How to make this Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake?

This is the easiest cake to make! Here are the 3 simple steps that you will need to follow:

STEP 1 – MAKE THE CAKE BATTER

Start by preheating the oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F). Line a 9×9 inch cake pan with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, yogurt, juice, and zest from one lemon and one orange, natural cooking oil, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth and creamy. Add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until just combined, being sure the batter is completely mixed. Stir in the poppy seeds.

STEP 2 – BAKE THE CAKE

Pour the batter into the prepared bread pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

STEP 3 – MAKE THE LEMON ICING

Stir the powdered sugar and 6 tsp of lemon juice together until you get a thick even mixture. (You can add more lemon juice to make it runnier, or more powdered sugar to make it thicker, as required.)

Pour the icing over the cake, letting it fall down the sides. Let set 5 minutes, slice and enjoy.

What flour to use to make it?

I like to use my universal homemade gluten-free flour blend. Which is a mix of the following flours :

1. White Rice Flour

2. Brown Rice Flour

3. Sweet Rice Flour (Glutinous Rice aka Sticky Rice)

4. Tapioca Flour (tapioca starch is the same as tapioca flour)

5. Xanthan Gum

If you can’t make that one, you can try with any gluten-free flour mix (just make sure it contains xanthan gum because that helps in binding the dough). The final result using different flour mix might vary slightly, depending on what flours your mix contains.

To find the recipe for my gluten-free flour mix click, HERE.

storing tip:

This cake will keep well in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. You can also freeze it, simply cut the cake, put the pieces in a freezer-friendly container, and place it in the freezer. When you want to have it thaw at room temperature. You can keep t in the freezer for up to 3 months.

This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!

*fodmap tips:

*To make sure that your flour mix is fodmap friendly I recommend that you make your own gluten-free flour mix, I always make this one. Or always read the ingredients of the store-bought gluten-free flour mixes. Make sure your mix doesn’t contain soy flour, chickpea/besan/gram/garbanzo bean flour, lentil flour, coconut flour, amaranth flour, or lupin flour.

*All the ingredients used in this recipe are FODMAP friendly, however, As a general rule always read the labels of the ingredients that you use as there can be sneaky FODMAP’s in any product. To educate yourself on which foods are high in FODMAP’s I’d strongly recommend downloading Monash Unversity FODMAP Diet.

*gluten-free tip:

If you are celiac or highly sensitive to gluten, buy certified gluten-free baking powder. Baking powder is naturally gluten-free, however, depending on the manufacturing place and process there can be cross-contamination.

Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake

This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 40 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Baking, Gluten-Free, Lactose-Free, Low FODMAP, Vegetarian
Servings 9 servings

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • 2 eggs
  • 150 g (1/2 cup) sugar
  • 120 ml (1/2 cup) lactose-free yogurt
  • 112 ml (1/2 cup) natural cooking oil (like canola or sunflower)
  • juice & zest from 1 medium lemon
  • juice & zest from 1 mediu oragne
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 190 g (1 ½ cup) gluten-free flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp poppy seeds
  • pinch of salt

For the Lemon Icing

  • 120 g (1 cup)  powdered/icing sugar, sifted
  • 6 tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • poppy seeds for sprinkling

Instructions
 

  • Start by preheating the oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F).

To make the cake

  • Line a 9×9 inch cake pan with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, yogurt, juice and zest from one lemon and one orange, natural cooking oil, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth and creamy.
  • Add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until just combined, being sure the batter is completely mixed. Stir in the poppy seeds.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared bread pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

To make the Lemon Icing

  • Stir the powdered sugar and 6 tsp of lemon juice together until you get a thick even mixture. (You can add more lemon juice to make it runnier, or more powdered sugar to make it thicker, as required.)
  • Pour the icing over the cake, letting it fall down the sides. Let set 5 minutes, slice and enjoy.
  • * This cake will keep well in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. You can also freeze it, simply cut the cake, put the pieces in a freezer-friendly container, and place it in the freezer. When you want to have it thaw at room temperature. You can keep t in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Keyword Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake

IF YOU HAVE PINTEREST, YOU CAN FIND ME HERE. AND DON’T FORGET TO PIN THIS FOR LATER! ????

This Gluten-Free Citrus Poppy Seed Cake is light, spongy, flavourful, zesty, perfectly sweetened and just so delicious!

Sign up for exclusive recipes & tips!

And as a bonus I will directly send you my FREE E-Book:
‘How I Stabilized my IBS Symptoms In Less Than A Year’


You might also be interested in these:

  • Gluten-Free Lemon and Raspberry Loaf Cake
    Gluten-Free Lemon and Raspberry Loaf Cake
  • Flourless Chocolate-Chip Banana Cake
    Flourless Chocolate-Chip Banana Cake
  • Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake With Cheesecake Filling
    Gluten-Free Carrot Bundt Cake With Cheesecake Filling
  • Chocolate Orange Jaffa Bars
    Chocolate Orange Jaffa Bars

Categories: Desserts Tags: Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Low FODMAP, Nut-free, Soy-free, Vegetarian

Previous Post: « Low FODMAP Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
Next Post: Gluten-Free Strawberry and Cream Cake »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Gluten Free Stories is a place where you can find simple and delicious Gluten Free and Low FODMAP recipes. Read More…

  • Email
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Free E-book

Exclusive Recipes and Tips in Your Mailbox + My FREE E-book 'How I Stabilised My IBS Symptoms In Less Than a Year'




Copyright© 2022 · Cookd Pro Theme by Shay Bocks

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT