Quick breads are one of my favourite treats! They are so easy to make! You pretty much just mix all of the wet ingredients, mix the dry ingredient, mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and bake in a pan! Even though they are super quick and easy to make, there are near limitless flavour combinations and the one that I am currently crushing on is this lemon and coconut bread. This bread layers on the coconut flavours with coconut oil, coconut sugar, coconut extract, coconut yogurt and coconut flakes and the lemon is represented with lemon zest and lemon juice. This lemon coconut bread is amazing all by itself and I also enjoy it topped with a coconut and lemon flavoured cream cheese frosting. I like to make this bread on the weekend and enjoy it then and the leftovers are great during the week, whether for breakfast, dessert or snacks!
Lemon Coconut Bread
An easy to make quick bread with lemon and coconut in a creamy frosting!
ingredients
- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil (or oil, or melted butter)
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar (or granulated sugar)
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup coconut Greek yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup icing/powdered/confectioners sugar *
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
- 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
For the bread:
For the frosting:
directions
- Mix the oil, sugar, eggs, yogurt, vanilla extract, coconut extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients before folding in the coconut.
- Pour the batter into a greased 9×5 inch loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until golden brown on top and a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes.
- Let cool and remove from the pan.
- Spread the frosting over the loaf and let set before slicing.
- Mix everything!
For the bread:
For the frosting:
Option: Add white chocolate chips!
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Ala says
I wanna try this 😍
Martha says
It looks so good!!! I want to make this for a niece, by marriage who just joined the family…she loves lemon.
Joan says
This was excellent, even without the frosting!! Will def. make again.
Was concerned with how stiff the frosting was at first. Will make sure the cream cheese is room temp. next time. Yum! It’s a keeper!
tracy says
can I substitute equal parts of almond flour >?
kevin says
You should be able to substitute up to 25% (1/2 cup) of the all purpose flour with almond flour without changing the rest of the recipe. Enjoy!