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Lemon Loaf Cake with Glaze

a moist Lemon Loaf Cake with Lemon Glaze 🍋✨ Soft, buttery, and perfectly tangy!

Here’s the full recipe:


🍋 Lemon Loaf Cake with Glaze

🧁 Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 1½ cups (190 g) all-purpose flour

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • ¼ tsp salt

  • 1 cup (200 g) sugar

  • ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter (softened)

  • 2 large eggs

  • ½ cup (120 ml) milk

  • 2 tbsp lemon zest

  • ¼ cup (60 ml) fresh lemon juice

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract


For the Lemon Glaze:

  • 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar

  • 2–3 tbsp fresh lemon juice


👩‍🍳 Instructions

Step 1: Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).

  2. Grease and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.


Step 2: Make the Batter

  1. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.

  2. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

  3. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well.

  4. Stir in lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla.

  5. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix until just combined.


Step 3: Bake

  1. Pour batter into loaf pan and smooth the top.

  2. Bake for 45–55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

  3. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.


Step 4: Glaze

  1. Mix powdered sugar with lemon juice until smooth and pourable.

  2. Pour over cooled cake.

  3. Let glaze set before slicing.


💡 Tips for Extra Moist Cake

✔ Add 2 tbsp yogurt or sour cream for extra softness
✔ Brush warm cake with 2 tbsp lemon juice + 1 tbsp sugar syrup for stronger lemon flavor
✔ Don’t overmix the batter


If you’d like, I can also give:

  • Starbucks-style lemon loaf version

  • Super moist lemon yogurt loaf

  • Lemon blueberry loaf variation

  • No-butter oil-based version

Just tell me 😊🍋

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