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There are many Starbucks copycat recipe versions of this famous lemon loaf pound cake, but they all fall short of the real thing. Some use the boxed yellow cake mix – so boring. Others don’t even look like the Starbucks lemon loaf. This version of the lemon pound cake recipe looks the part and tastes the part. It uses all from-scratch ingredients and real lemons! This is the last Starbucks lemon loaf copycat recipe you will ever need.
Can you imagine how good this cake smells? I just want to put it up against my nose! The smell of the lemon cake is the best part… that is until you taste it 🙂 It’s bursting with the fresh lemon flavor. Only fresh lemons can achieve this amazing depth of lemonness! Fresh, not fake – yes yes yes!
The lemon loaf pound cake uses freshly squeezed lemon juice and a fresh lemon zest. The icing is lemon too, made with lemon juice and powdered sugar. This lemon loaf uses very simple ingredients – flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, butter, eggs, milk and lemons. All from scratch and very easy to make!
Starbucks Lemon Loaf Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp grated lemon zest
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2¼ cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp yellow food coloring (optional)
- Frosting
- 1½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350F.
- Spray the non-stick 9x5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray or grease with butter.
- Put flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a food processor bowl fitted with a steel blade. Pulse several times until mixed.
- Cut the butter into pieces and add to the food processor. Process until the mixture is combined and resembles coarse crumbs, scraping down the sides of the food processor bowl when needed..
- In another bowl, add eggs and whisk with the fork. Add the milk and whisk with fork until combined. Add the lemon juice and mix until combined.
- Pour the liquid ingredients into the food processor bowl. Add the lemon zest to the food processor bowl. If using the food coloring, add it to the food processor as well. Process until the mixture is smooth.
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