Lemon Loaf Cake
This lemon loaf cake is soft, buttery, and bursting with lemon flavor! It comes together in one bowl and no mixer needed!
Prep Time :15 minutes
Cook Time :50 minutes
Total Time :1 hour 5 minutes
Servings :8
Ingredients
Lemon Loaf
- 200 g white sugar 1 cup
- Zest of 2 lemons
- 115 g melted butter ½ cup
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 110 g plain yogurt ½ cup
- 1 tbsp milk
- 180 g all-purpose flour 1½ cups
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
Lemon Syrup
- 100 g white sugar ½ cup
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp water
Lemon Glaze
- 65 g icing sugar ½ cup
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Prep the pan. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Then grease and line a loaf pan (8x4 or 9x5 inch).
- Rub the zest into the sugar. In a large bowl, rub the lemon zest into the sugar with your fingers for about a minute until it looks damp and smells fragrant.
- Whisk in the wet ingredients. Add the melted butter, eggs, vanilla, lemon juice, yogurt, and milk. Whisk until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt directly into the bowl. Mix gently just until combined, the batter should look thick and smooth with no dry streaks.
- Bake. Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake 38 to 40 minutes for an 8x4 pan, or 30to 35 minutes for a 9x5 pan, or until a toothpick comes out clean. (I used an 8x4 pan for this recipe for a taller loaf cake).
- Make the syrup. While the loaf bakes, combine the syrup ingredients in a bowl and microwave 40-60 seconds, or heat gently in a small pot until the sugar dissolves.
- Soak it while it's hot. Pour the warm syrup over the loaf immediately after it comes out of the oven. Let it soak in as the loaf cools in the pan, this is what keeps it so moist.
- Glaze. Whisk the glaze ingredients together and drizzle over the top.
- Slice and enjoy!
Notes
- Rubbing the zest in the sugar is super importanly. It's what pulls the most lemon flavor out of the peel.
- Pour the syrup while the loaf is hot, it soaks in far better than if you wait for it to cool.
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