If you like lemon desserts, you are in for a real treat. This Copycat Starbucks lemon Loaf recipe comes out moist, buttery and topped with a lemon glaze like no other.

When visiting a Starbucks cafe, I almost always order a hot or cold beverages on the way out and sometimes one of Starbucks delicious baked items.

The last time I was there, they had just put out their lemon loaf slices.

I most defiantly had to have one of those lemon slices with my hot cup of light roast that I drizzled with some half and half.

  I got to my car, took a few sips of my coffee then set it down in the holder to take a bite out of the lemon loaf slice.

The lemon scent from the bag was so lovely, I just knew this was going to be one delicious slice of lemon bread.

Oh yea, it was. Moist on the inside with a lemony icing on top that reminded me of a perfectly glazed donut.

If you have seen any of my Copycat Starbucks recipes here on this blog, you know ninety nine percent of them are some kind of beverage.

Also, most of them are from Starbucks like this one, which happens to be my favorite at the moment. A thick and delicious Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino

There are some other delicious copycat beverages on here from different restaurants and shops.

Since Starbucks is my favorite place to go for anything from a plain cup of coffee or latte to a cold and luscious frappe, This is the reason I love to copy these to a homemade version that should and does taste like an original you enjoy when out.

(For all copycat recipes, just put in “Copycat” in the search bar upper right and all the copycat recipes will pop up.)

However, today I’m branching out with a very popular Starbucks bakery item that I recently made a copycat version of.

It’s so close to the original that no one in my family knew when given a blind taste test between Starbucks Lemon Loaf or my copycat Starbucks lemon loaf version.

 I even had glasses of water to cleanse their pallets in between each piece of each loaf.

I must tell you a secret, this recipe was not an easy task to recreate.  It took three tries before I felt this was just about as close to the original as I was going to get.

But, the recipe is an easy one to make. It’s just the creating part of trying to get it just perfect is the hard part.

I hope you try my version of this popular Starbucks bakery item that the Starbucks Baristas tell me is the first bakery item to get sold out on most days.

You won’t even have to worry about that happening if you make it yourself, so go for it and enjoy every lemony bite of this Copycat Starbucks Iced Lemon Loaf.

Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf 

Yields: 8 to 10 slices

At a glance, here are the everyday ingredients to make this delicious recipe…

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea or kosher salt
• 3  large eggs, room temperature
• 1 stick unsalted butter, softened (1/2 cup)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup buttermilk 
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3/4 teaspoon real vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon real lemon extract
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest, no white pith
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• full printable recipe with amounts below in recipe card

Lemon Glaze:

• 1 or more cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1 tsp milk, cream, or cold water
•  pinch fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Most common question I get about this recipe. Is it an easy recipe to make?

Answer, it sure is like I said above. Once the recipe was finally finished the way I wanted it to be, I made sure it was an easy one to follow.

That’s a big part of getting the recipe for everyone to enjoy. If, a recipe is difficult, it will take the fun out of trying new ones. This Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf is made with everyday ingredients as you see above and easy-peasy directions below.

 Recipe note: You can skip the electric mixers and use a whisk to mix by hand.

Here’s how to make a Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf…

Here are the directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 9 x 5 loaf pan with baking spray or grease and flour the pan. Set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl. Combine softened butter and sugar. Whisk until fluffy, You can use a hand held blender or whisk. Add in buttermilk, mix again.
3. Continue with wet ingredients. Add one egg at a time. Mix after each egg. When all wet ingredients have been added. Scrape sides down of bowl. Set aside for a minute.
4. In a medium bowl. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk together and gently pour dry into wet ingredients. Using a rubber spatula, fold wet into dry until completely incorporated.
5. Scrape down to the bottom to make sure no dry ingredients are hiding. Try not to over mix. Some small lumps may still be present. That is fine.
6. Bake for about 45 to 60 minutes. Check after 45 minutes. If you see the top is getting too dark. Place a sheet of foil loosely over the top of the cake. Check with a toothpick. Should come out clean or with some moist to dry crumbs but no batter. The top of the cake should be slightly firm and should spring back when gently touched.
7. Take out and let cool in pan on a wire rack for at least 1 to 2 hours before inverting on to wire rack. The cake needs to be completely cooled before glazing.
8. To glaze the lemon loaf, in a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar, salt, lemon juice, along with water, milk or cream. Use a small whisk or fork to desired thickness. Add more or less sugar or more lemon juice if needed. (If the glaze is still a bit thin, you can put the bowl in the freezer for 1 to 2 minutes to firm up, this way you don’t have to keep adding sugar) Then just take out of the freezer and mix well.
9. Place cake on wire rack or serving plate. Drizzle glaze over the whole top of the cake front to back. Let the glaze drip down the sides. keep going until you have the amount you want over the top of the cake. Let set up.

If  you like this Starbucks baked recipe, you are sure going to love this one too!

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