A spin off on the Twinkie ~ a favourite snack cake from our youth
Lemon Twinkles are a diminished sugar model to go well with us properly into maturity!
Tender and spongy lemon cake stuffed with diminished sugar buttercream!
Really easy to make and even simpler to eat so beware!
These generally tend to vanish manner too quick!
When you’ve got been following my sugar free baking journey during the last yr
You’ll know that I actually solely like utilizing Monk Fruit sugar as a substitute in my baking recipes
I’ve additionally had good luck with allulose though I don’t desire it as I discover it has a bitter aftertaste
Moreover I don’t change the overall quantity of sugar withe the substitutes sugar since I discover it alters the feel a bit an excessive amount of
Make sure to click on by way of and watch the YouTube video all about Sugar Free Baking
In addition to my in depth article that will help you decipher between sugar free baking and refined sugar free baking since these should not the identical factor!
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Notes for Success:
You have to a particular Twinkie Pan to make these Lemon Twinkles *not sponsored
In fact if you’re not interested by sugar free baking merely use common granulated sugar instead of each sugar quantities listed under
For many who desire the vanilla model merely omit the lemon juice and zest change with extra plant milk
Nonetheless you should definitely add 2 teaspoons of vinegar to the milk to assist activate the baking soda
Gluten free flour in a 1:1 mix like Bob’s Pink Mill might be substituted for the all objective flour in the identical quantity as listed *not sponsored
Though I’m not an avid gluten free baker I’ve realized that by permitting the batter to sit down for about half-hour earlier than baking will assist the ultimate texture
In addition to baking for a further 10 to twenty minutes longer than the recipe specifies *this time depends upon the scale of the pans you’re utilizing
Lemon Twinkles

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Elements
- For the Cake Batter
- Granulated Sugar ¼ cup (50g)
- Monk Fruit Sugar ½ cup (100g)
- Recent Squeezed Lemon Juice 6 Tablespoons (90ml)
- Lemon Zest 1 Tablespoon *from 2 small lemons
- Plant Milk 1 cup (240ml)
- Vegetable Oil ½ cup (118ml)
- All Function Flour 2 cups + 2 Tablespoons (265g)*see notes for Gluten Free
- Baking Powder 1½ teaspoons
- Baking Soda ½ teaspoon
- Salt ¼ teaspoon
- Lemon Extract ¾ teaspoon
- ½ Recipe Low Sugar Buttercream
- OR Your Favourite Buttercream Recipe
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F
- Flippantly Spray your Twinkie Pan
- Wash after which zest your lemons then squeeze out all of the juice to make 6 Tablespoons
- Mix the entire dry cake elements together with the sugar into a big mixing bowl to whisk by hand
- Add the moist elements to the dry elements and whisk by hand for about 50 strokes till clean
- Portion the batter into the Twinkie pan filling ¾ approach to the highest and bake for roughly 15-18 minutes or when they’re springy to the contact once you gently press the facilities
- Cool the truffles within the pan till you possibly can safely flip them out onto a cooling rack to chill the remainder of the best way.
- In the meantime put together your buttercream recipe and as soon as the truffles are cooled poke 3 holes into the underside and pipe some buttercream into every one
Notes
Lemon Twinkles will keep contemporary at room temperature flippantly coated for as much as 3 days
For longer storage refrigerate for as much as 1 week
Freeze for 1 month wrapped properly
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