Can you believe these Lemon Drizzle Muffins right before your very eyes are Slimming friendly?
Some of the low calorie cake recipes out there are pretty disappointing when you bite into them, they look good, but they either taste far too bitter from sweeteners or are just like a mouthful of egg - not pleasant at all.
These however are delicious and low calorie and great for when you have a craving for some cake but don’t want to bust the daily allowance.
Served with a nice cuppa and some fresh fruit (my favourite is raspberries) and these are delicious.
That’s pretty good right?
Mmmmmmmm, eat me now!!
Lemon Drizzle Muffins
Ingredients
- 160g (5.5oz) of plain flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda
- ½ cup (8 tablespoons) of fat free lemon yoghurt
- ¼ cup (4 tablespoons) of granulated sweetener of choice
- 2 large eggs
- Juice and rind of 1 small lemon (or use 1 tsp of lemon extract)
- low calorie spray
For the drizzle
- 30g of icing sugar
- juice of half a lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160c fan, 180c or 350f
- Add the yogurt, egg, sweetener, juice and rind of lemon to a bowl and whisk thoroughly.
- Sieve in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and mix until all ingredients are combined.
- Spray 8 muffin cases (or use a silicone muffin tray) with low calorie spray
- Bake in oven until lightly golden and a skewer entered in the centre comes out clean (approx 30mins)
- Pierce all over the top of the muffins with a small wooden skewer and allow to cool.
- For the drizzle
- Add the icing sugar to a bowl
- Slowly add the juice of half a lemon, stirring after each little bit, until you have an icing that can be easily drizzle (not to thick, not too runny)
- Once muffins have cooled, drizzle icing over the top.
- These are great with some fresh fruit (especially raspberries)
Notes
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- Calories - scroll down to nutritional info box
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Nutrition Information
Yield 8Amount Per Serving Calories 93.4Total Fat 1.2gSaturated Fat 0.4gSodium 79.3mgCarbohydrates 16.7gFiber 0.5gSugar 5.0gProtein 3.9g
Emma Richards says
These look really good, I may ahve to give them a go.
I'm not really a 'cup' person. Could you possibly advise how many ounces or grammes in a cup please?
Peter Miller says
you need firm cases or they spill over but verey nice will do again
Laura Davis says
Hi Siobhan
Could I make this recipe in a 1lb loaf tin instead and cut into 8 slices?
Thank you xxx
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I don't see why it wouldn't work, you just may need to cook for a little longer. 🙂
Rhodawillis says
Your recipes look delicious cant wait to try some of them thanks
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
thanks so much Rhoda. I hope you enjoy 🙂
Tina says
These are absolutely delicious and so easy to make!! Definitely helping with the sweet cravings!!
Lauren Totman says
Made these for a Slimming World taster (haven't been yet, will let you know how it goes!), had to make a few adjustments to the recipe cos of my oven. Made several batches to perfect them, they are absolutely delicious! I used double the amount of icing sugar cos I like it really sweet and the original amount didn't seem enough for my cakes for some reason. But it only pushed up the value of the cakes up to 3 syns each. Still really good! I'll probably make these 100 x more in the future. Really great recipe, thanks!
Bobbie says
If you don't have lemon yoghurt, could you use plain yoghurt and add lemon juice instead ?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
You can definitely give that a try.
Ruth Thomas says
I tried these as a change from lemon drizzle which I find so tasteless, sinks after cooking and uses 5 eggs. These on the other hand are absolutely gorgeous and hit the spot. I have with my afternoon cappa and are lovely with sw custard.