Best Glazed Lemon Loaf
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| Serves | 12 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 55 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hours, 10 minutes |
| Meal type | Bread, Breakfast, Snack |
| Misc | Freezable, Pre-preparable |
This recipe makes the Best Glazed Lemon Loaf! Moist and sweet with lots of bright lemon flavor. The glaze adds an extra burst of lemon. Perfect for brunch!
Ingredients
Loaf
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoon lemon juice
- lemon zest (optional)
Directions
| Loaf | |
| Step 1 | |
| Preheat oven to 350 In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, oil, sugar, and lemon zest until light and fluffy. | |
| Step 2 | |
| Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Add lemon juice, salt, and extracts and mix well. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Add baking soda, baking powder, cornstarch and half of the flour and mix well. | |
| Step 5 | |
| Add sour cream and mix again. Add remaining flour and mix until well incorporated. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Grease loaf pan well and pour batter into pan. Bake 50-55 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Let cool and remove from pan and cool completely before glazing. | |
| Glaze | |
| Step 7 | |
| In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice until it is the texture of glue. Add more juice if too thick, or more sugar if too runny. Drizzle over loaf. Allow glaze to harden before storing in a lightly sealed container. | |
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Kathleen says
Like recipe. DO you have a good POUND CAKE reipe?
Stephanie Brubaker says
I will work on that! I love getting recipe suggestions from my readers 🙂 Be on the lookout!