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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!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword lemon cake, lemon loaf, starbucks
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
  • 1/2 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 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.

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Notes

This bakes in a standard 9x5” loaf pan and the pan will be very full. It may take over an hour to bake.
To make this in two smaller loaf pans (8x4”) start checking for doneness around 35 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 435kcal