Boysenberry, lemon and almond loaf – dense, citrussy and bright, and studded with juicy boysenberries. The perfect morning tea treat!  Jump to Recipe 

It is about at this point in the semester, with just under three weeks to go until “swot vac” (the worst kind of vacation) and exams begin, that everyone starts to get a little tired of university, tired of studying, tired of assignments, tired of being at college, and just wants to get out and go home. I am starting to reach that point as well. A proper break, with no looming assessments, is really what I want. However, that break is currently 5 weeks away, and, like a carrot dangling in front of my nose, is what will get me through this final push through to exams.

Renal physiology, a complicated balance of mechanisms keeping us all alive, is reeaaally doing my head in at the moment (my body is much smarter than I am!), while the Melbourne weather is making us all want to curl up in a sleeping bag all day – it has been hailing with snow down to 600m and freezing cold winds and torrential rain greeting us on our way to lectures. I’m pretty sure this is not normal for May – it isn’t even winter yet!

In saying all this…life is pretty good. Cafe trips, the college ball next week, birthdays, high pressure games of assassins on the floor at college, formal dinner tonight – we keep busy, and this blog has become my favourite outlet, or change of pace, from the intense workload and consuming nature of medical school.

However, life would definitely improve if I could have a slice of this Boysenberry, Lemon and Almond Loaf right now. Next year, when I will be out flatting and actually have a kitchen to bake in and people to bake for, cannot come soon enough. I know that food probably shouldn’t be linked so closely to my emotional state, but I definitely live to eat, not eat to live. You can’t deny that a good meal and better company can do wonders, right?

Perfect on wintery days, summer days, autumn days – anytime at all (thanks to frozen berries.!), this simple loaf will immediately make you feel a little better. A dense citrusy loaf, made moist and flavourful by the addition of almond meal, dotted with juicy purple berries, and dusted with icing sugar, it is a day-brightener and a people-pleaser. It also has the amazingness of being made in one pot, without any need to cream butter and sugar, and after whipping it up in about 15 minutes, you can sit back, clean your single pot and spoon, and enjoy the smells emanating from your oven.


 You can easily replace the boysenberries with any other berries that you have lying around, and alter the orange/lemon ratios to make it more orangey or lemony to suit. I do like the tangy but still sweet mixture that the current amounts give, however.

So please, for me, and for your friends and family, make this loaf. It will make your day, and the next day as well when you can sit down with your coffee or tea and a warmed up slice of boysenberry, citrusy goodness for morning tea.

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