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Iced Lemon Loaf Cake (Copycat Starbucks)

Iced Lemon Loaf Cake (Copycat Starbucks)

Iced Lemon Loaf Cake is a copycat recipe that’s better than the original. It’s light and bright, bursting with fresh lemon flavor and is topped with a sweet vanilla frosting that takes it over the top. This copycat recipe that has that citrus kick of lemon that just wakes up your taste buds and has them begging for more!

Author: It is a Keeper

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: MEDIUM

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings: 8 Servings

Calories: 503 kcal per serving

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups - All-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons - Baking powder
  • ½ tbsp - Lemon zest
  • ½ tsp - Salt
  • ½ cup - Unsalted butter
  • 1 cup - Sugar
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1 tsp - Vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons - Lemon juice
  • ½ cup - Milk
  • 3 cups - Powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons - lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons - Milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350℉.
  2. In a small bowl mix together your flour, baking powder, lemon zest, and salt.
  3. In a larger bowl beat together your butter and sugar. Mix well until fully incorporated.
  4. Add in your eggs to your butter and sugar mixture one at a time.
  5. Once your eggs are fully mixed, add in your vanilla extract and lemon juice.
  6. Add to your large bowl a little bit of your flour mixture, followed by a little bit of milk. Continue to alternate between the flour mixture and milk until both are fully mixed in.
  7. Add your batter to a 9 x 5” lightly greased loaf pan.
  8. Place your loaf pan in the oven for about 40 to 50 minutes. Continue to check your loaf pan in the oven as oven times vary. You will know what is complete when removing a toothpick from the middle of the loaf comes clean.
  9. Once your loaf has completed cooking, transfer to a cooling rack.
  10. While you are waiting for your loaf to cool, mix together all of the ingredients for your icing. Your icing should be a thick consistency, not thin.
  11. Once your loaf has cooled for about 15 to 20 minutes, pour the icing over your loaf pan. If you would like more icing for the top, you can make more icing and pour over the top of your loaf.
  12. Slice and enjoy!

Nutrition

Energy: 503 kcal | Total Fat: 13 g | Saturated: 8 g | Trans: 0 g | Unsaturated: 0 g | Cholesterol: 78 mg | Total Carbs: 93 g | Fiber: 1 g | Sugars: 71 g | Proteins: 5 g | Sodium: 175 mg | Polyunsaturated: 1 g | Monounsaturated: 4 g

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