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Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf (Pound cake)

This is the natural swap you have been looking for for Starbucks Lemon Pound cake!!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1 Tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ Tsp Baking Soda
  • ¼ Tsp Sea Salt
  • ¼ Cup Salted Butter
  • ¼ Cup Avocado or Grapeseed oil
  • 1 Cup Organic Cane Sugar
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
  • ½ Tbsp Lemon Zest
  • 1 1/1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • ½ Cup Sour cream or buttermilk (May sub whole milk)

Lemon Icing

  • 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1-2 Tbsp Milk or cream

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Grease and flour an 9×5-inch loaf pan, or line with parchment paper (preferred for cooling later)
  • Melt butter in a sauce pan
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside
  • In a large mixing bowl, with a electric mixer or stand mixer on medium speed, mix the granulated sugar and the eggs for 2 minutes. The extra time helps to incorporate more air into the batter which makes the loaf more fluffy.
  • Add the melted butter and the oil. Mix to incorporate
  • Add the vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix on medium speed until all ingredients are combined
  • Add in the sour cream or buttermilk and mix well.
  • Add half of the the dry ingredients to the wet. Mix until almost incorporated and add the rest. Don’t over mix. You can finish mixing by hand to avoid over mixing.
  • Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan
  • Bake for 50 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean and the top feels firm to the touch. If after about 30-40 minutes you can cover with foil if the top is getting too brown.
  • Cool completely. Once the loaf is cool, prepare your glaze by mixing all ingredients together

Icing

  • Whisk together the powdered sugar, cream/milk, and lemon juice until smooth. Add in more powdered sugar or cream as needed to reach desired consistency.
  • Pour all over the top of the loaf. I like to use parchment paper to line the pan because I like to pour the icing on top with the loaf in the pan, let the icing dry and then remove from the pan and cut. This creates a more concentrated layer on icing on top. I you remove from the pan and then pour icing, a lot of the icing will end up running down the side and there will be less on top. Do whichever you prefer!

Notes

Store in an airtight container to keep from drying out.
I use 9x5 inch loaf pans. You will have to adjust cook time and temp if using a different size pan.
You can sub whole milk in a pinch, but it definitely turns out the most moist with sour cream.