STARBUCKS COPYCAT LEMON LOAF

If you love the lemon desserts – then you need to try this Starbucks Copycat Lemon Loaf! It’s buttery, moist, bursting with lemon flavor, and topped with sweet lemon glaze!

Starbucks Copycat Lemon Loaf Recipe

To develop the perfect lemon loaf from scratch – I had to do some sleuthing. I first looked at the Starbucks website to see the ingredient list for their lemon loaf. While there’s a ton of ingredients I didn’t understand that is obviously only used in commercial kitchens, I did learn a lot about the ingredients they use.

They use butter instead of oil for the fat.

They’re using lemon juice & lemon peel for the lemon flavor.

Both baking powder & baking soda to help it rise beautifully.

And there’s buttermilk to keep it moist.

So in order to get a recipe that’s close as possible to the original – I wanted to make sure I had those ingredients in my recipe too. Obviously, they don’t show the exact proportions on their website, so from there it was time to start experimenting in the kitchen.

The first lemon loaf recipe I tried was too dry – so I knew I needed a little more milk and an extra egg to keep it tender and moist. Then the next one wasn’t quite lemony enough. Finally, #3 was juuuuuuuust right. Tender, moist, and bursting with fresh sunshine lemon flavor.

Whether you’ve tried the lemon loaf from Starbucks or not – you definitely need to try Starbucks copycat lemon loaf recipe. It’s perfect for breakfast, a midmorning snack, or even dessert. And the bright lemon flavor makes it taste like sunshine in delicious pound cake form.

Ingredients

Lemon Loaf

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• zest of 1 large lemon or use 1 and 1/2 lemons for extra lemon flavor
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/3 cup buttermilk sour cream works too

Lemon Icing

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1-2 tablespoons cream or milk

Instructions

Lemon Loaf

• Preheat the oven to 325F degrees. Grease and flour an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan, or line with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt.
• In a separate bowl beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy - this will take at least 3 minutes.
• Mix in the eggs 1 at a time. Then mix in the vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
• With the mixer on low speed, mix in about 1/2 of the flour mixture followed by about 1/2 of the buttermilk. Turn off the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Repeat the process with the rest of the flour mixture and buttermilk.
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