Gluten-free & Dairy-free Lemon Cake Bars

I wasn't really sure what to call these, but I decided lemon cake bars was the way to go! They remind me of brownies, but without the chocolate and instead alllll the lemon! They are super simple to make, gluten-free, dairy-free, and absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you'll need:

• lemons and lemon juice
• gluten-free flour
• sugar
• non-dairy butter or ghee
• eggs
• baking powder
• vanilla extract

See recipe card for quantities.

Storage

Store in the fridge or freezer!

Gluten-free & Dairy-free Lemon Cake Bars

These lemon cake bars are gluten-free, dairy-free, easy to make, and absolutely delicious!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 22 minutes mins

Servings: 12 bars

Course: cake, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• ½ cup non-dairy butter can sub ghee or regular butter
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 ½ tablespoon lemon juice
• ¾ cup gluten-free flour I use King Arthur measure for measure flour!
• ½ cup sugar can use a sugar substitute
• ⅓ teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• splash of vanilla extract

For the Icing:

• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoon lemon juice
• water to thin

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 350℉ and line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper.
2. In a bowl using a hand mixer, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs and lemon juice and cream again until combined. Add in the sugar and whip again until combined.
3. Fold in the dry ingredients until smooth. Fold in the lemon zest.
4. Spread the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 22-24 minutes. Let cool before mixing up the icing and drizzling over top. Enjoy!