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January 1, 2021 By Brandy 6 Comments

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cake Recipes

Easy Lemon Loaf Cake Recipe (Video)

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The easiest lemon loaf recipe! Made with the ease of a cake mix and homemade lemon icing, it is absolutley delicious. You’ll love this cake! This post was originally shared in 2016 and has been updated with a video.

You might also like our lemon sugar cookies! Our famous bakery style sugar cookies taken up a notch with a delicious lemon frosting and lemon wedge.

Watch our step by step video!

Easy Lemon Loaf

If you’ve been around for a minute, you know how much I love lemons. You also know that I rarely make cakes from scratch. Why go through the effort when boxed cake mixes work amazingly well?

I took a series of cake decorating classes years ago, and one of the biggest takeaways that I got from my instructor was that boxed cake mixes are the way to go 90% of the time. She shared several tips for doctoring up a cake mix to make it your own and I’ve found it super helpful over the years! This lemon cake is no exception. Our lemon loaf is ridiculously easy to make with the aid of a lemon cake mix, but don’t worry—-you still get ALL THE CREDIT.

slices of easy lemon cake on platter
The addition of sour cream makes this lemon loaf amazingly moist, and our homemade lemon frosting is my FAVORITE to add to cookies and cupcakes. I like spreading it across my cooled lemon loaf, then letting it chill until it sets up, making it easier to cut into slices.

Loaf Ingredients

  • lemon cake mix
  • eggs
  • water
  • oil
  • sour cream

Lemon Frosting Ingredients

  • butter
  • lemon juice
  • powdered sugar

Baking your loaf couldn’t be easier. Mix the ingredients together using an electric mixer. Stir in sour cream. Bake for about an hour in a loaf pan then let the pan cool for 10 minutes before removing the loaf and letting it cool completely on a rack.

slice of easy lemon loaf cake on plate
Frost the cooled loaf with the lemon icing then chill until the icing is set. This recipe yields 12 slices of delicious, tangy, cake. This cake can be stored in the refrigerator or at room temperature for several days.

piece of lemon cake on fork

More lemon recipes you’ll love!

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lemon loaf sliced on platter

Easy Lemon Loaf Recipe

slices of easy lemon loaf cake on platter

Easy Lemon Loaf Cake

The easiest lemon loaf recipe! Made with the ease of a cake mix and homemade lemon icing, it is absolutley delicious. You'll love this cake!
3.50 from 4 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Cool: 2 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 435kcal

Ingredients

Lemon Loaf

  • 1 box lemon cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sour cream

Frosting

  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 3-4 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    Spray a 9x5" loaf pan with non stick cooking spray. Line bottom with a piece of parchment paper.
  • Stir cake mix, oil, water and eggs together. Beat with electric mixer 1 minute.
  • Stir in sour cream.
  • Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
    Bake for 55-60 minutes. Insert a toothpick in the center of the loaf. If it comes out clean, it is done.
  • Let loaf cool 10 minutes. Run butter knife around edges of loaf and pan. Turn pan over to remove cake. Peel off parchment paper from the bottom of the cake.
  • Let cake cool completely.
  • Mix butter, lemon juice and powdered sugar togehter. Beat with electric mixer until smooth.
  • Frost top of lemon loaf. Refrigerate until set.

Nutrition

Calories: 435kcal
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Sany says

    April 18, 2022 at 11:20 am

    Hi! How do you think I could adjust this with a yellow cake mix?

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      April 18, 2022 at 11:35 am

      You could add lemon zest and lemon extract to the cake batter!

      Reply
  2. Debbie james says

    June 15, 2022 at 7:49 pm

    Do you use a regular lemon cake mix or the lemon pound cake mix?

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    • Brandy says

      June 15, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      Regular lemon cake mix!

      Reply
  3. Kelly says

    February 1, 2023 at 8:04 pm

    1 star
    I followed your recipe to a T.. the middle never cooked I was so excited lol

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      February 1, 2023 at 8:40 pm

      Every oven cooks differently so adding time should have helped. It’s basically just a cake baked in a 9×5 pan instead of a 9×13.

      Reply

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