WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS. . .🍋+🍞 = 💞
If this doesn’t scream summer, I don’t know what will. For you Starbucks’ lemon cake lovers, and the rest of you lemon addicts. This is the cake for you.
It’s moist, lemony, and not too sweet with a tight crumb. AND, I’m not missing the poppy seeds. You know the ones that stuck in your teeth for-EVER?! Delicious but I’m all set 😉
⭐KITCHEN NOTES⭐
- Make sure that the butter is at room temp. If not there will be bits of cold butter and you want this batter to be nice and smooth
- When checking for doneness, poke the toothpick/skewer right down center in the middle of the loaf; the thickest part
- Keep in mind about carry over cooking because this is will be left to cool down in its vessel for an hour
Lemon Loaf with Glaze
This is is a moist, dense, lighter than pound cake kind of cake. It has a thin not too sweet icing to top it all off.
- 0.5 Cup Unsalted Butter (softened, 1 stick)
- 1.25 Cup Sugar
- 3 Eggs (large, room temperature)
- 1 Cup Sour Cream (substitute with Greek yogurt)
- 2 TBS Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 TBS Lemon Zest
- 1 TBS Vanilla Extract
- 1.5 Cup All-purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt (kosher)
Lemon Icing
- 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 TBS Milk
- 2 TBS Lemon Juice
MAKE THE CAKE
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Preheat the oven to 350 F / 180 C
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Grease a 9" x 5" loaf pan with a thing coat of butter and line it with parchment paper
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In a large bow, cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer, 3-4 minutes
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt
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Add teh eggs, 1 at a time, and beat to incorporate, scraping down the side of the bowl between additions
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In a medium bowl, mix otgether sour cream (sub yogurt), lemon juice, zest, and vanilla until smooth
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Alternating, add the dry and wet ingredients to the batter, about 1/3 at a time. Beat between each addition until just combined
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Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top
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Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
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Let cool completely in the pan about 1 hour
MAKE THE LEMON ICING
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Sif the powdered sugar into a medium bowl
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Add the lemon juice and milk and whisk until smooth
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Pour the icing evenly over the top fo the cake
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Let the glaze set completely about 30 minutes
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