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Questified Lemon Cake Using a Lemon Cake Quest Bar, How Meta

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How about a recipe that calls for not one, but two types of Quest Protein Powder and a couple of Quest Lemon Cake Protein Bars? Yeah, we thought you’d find that interesting. This lemon cake isn’t just delicious (it is), it’s got 2g of net carbs and 3g of sugar. See? This keeps getting better. It’s also got 13g of protein, so maybe we’ll put this on our list of things we might even make for ourselves.

Check out the full recipe below:

NUTRITIONAL INFO

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QUESTIFIED LEMON CAKE 

Yields: 12 servings |  Serving Size: 1/12 of the cake

Calories: 322  | Protein: 12g  | Fat: 24g | Net Carb: 7g

Total Carb: 14g   | Sugar: 2g

Ingredients

QUESTIFIED LEMON CAKE 

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Ingredients:

  • 1 1⁄2 cup almond flour
  • 1⁄4 cup coconut flour
  • 1⁄2 scoop Quest Multipurpose Protein Powder
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1⁄8 tsp salt
  • 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1⁄4 cup cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1⁄4 cup zero calorie sweetener
  • 4 eggs
  • 1⁄4 cup egg whites
  • 1⁄4 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 3 tbsp almond milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Zest from 1 lemon

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare two 6-inch round pans with non-stick spray and parchment paper at the bottom.
  2. In a mixing bowl, stir together the almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder and salt.
  3. In another bowl, beat together the oil, cream cheese and sweetener until well blended.
  4. Add in the eggs, egg whites, applesauce, milk and vanilla and beat until combined. Stir in the zest.
  5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Divide the batter between the pans and bake for 25-30 minutes and cooked through. Let the cakes cool completely.
  6. Once cooled, beat the heavy cream until fluffy and then mix in the protein powder and extract.
  7. Place one cake layer onto a serving tray and add a layer of frosting.
  8. Sprinkle with half of the Lemon Bar crumbles.
  9. Top with the second cake and cover in the frosting.
  10. Finish with remaining crumbles and lemon slices.
  11. Chill until ready to serve.



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