Description
Tender, moist mini loaf cakes loaded with fresh mixed berries and finished with a simple vanilla glaze. Greek yogurt keeps the crumb soft and adds a slight tang, while a hint of almond extract gives these berry loaf cakes a subtle warmth. No mixer needed, and the batter comes together by hand in minutes.
Ingredients
Mini Loaves:
- 1 ¾ cup (210 grams) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup (75 grams) canola oil
- ⅔ cup (135 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ cup (120 grams) of whole milk, full-fat Greek yogurt, room temperature
- 1 ¾ cups (200 grams) mixed berries, diced
Glaze:
- ½ cup (60 grams) powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Mini Loaves:
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Generously butter and flour 3-4 mini loaves (see note*) or coat it with a spray like Baker’s Joy or homemade equivalent. Alternatively, you may line a straight-sided loaf pan with parchment paper for another easy removal method.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a larger mixing bowl, whisk together oil, almond extract, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and sugar together for about 3 minutes at a brisk pace.
- Scrape down your bowl of wet ingredients and add your eggs, one at a time (mixing in between) followed by your Greek yogurt.
- Add your dry ingredients to the bowl of wet, mixing together by hand or with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds on medium-low. Use a spatula to fold in your mixed berries.
- Pour batter into pans.
- Bake for 35 minutes* (see notes) or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few crumbs on it and loaves are beginning to pull away from the sides of the pans. Cool loaves in pans for 10 minutes before inverting on a cooling rack.
Glaze:
- Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl until combined.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled loaf cakes. I like to do two coats after the first has set within a few minutes.
Notes
I personally preferred the height and proportions of my mini loaves when I spread them across four pans instead of three. If you only have three pans, this recipe will still work just fine, though. Know that you'll need to increase your baking time, so start checking around the 30-minute mark. Three mini loaves will bake in about 40 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ½ mini loaf
- Calories: 323 kcal
- Sugar: 27 g
- Sodium: 382 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 49 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 49 mg