Sweet Lemon Loaf
Aug 25, 2025 12:17 AM
This moist and sweet lemon loaf is so easy to make from scratch, with classic ingredients, and no fancy tools required. It’s positively bursting with bright lemon flavors and the sweet/tart lemon glaze really takes this bread over the top!
If you’re a lemon lover, especially lemon desserts, then you’ll LOVE this recipe! The amazing sweet lemony flavor is so pronounced, and it’s so easy to make.
This lemon loaf is a sweet quick bread recipe, which is a bit of a misnomer.
Quick breads aren’t super quick to bake (they usually take 50-60 minutes), but the “quick” refers to the fact it’s a bread that doesn’t involve any yeast/kneading/rising times.
You just mix, transfer to the pan, and bake!
Ingredients:
Lemon Loaf
- 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 3 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sour cream full fat is recommended
- 3 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp lemon zest
- 3 Tbsp lemon juice (from approximately 1 large lemon)
- 1 tsp lemon extract optional but recommended
Lemon Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar whisked to remove any lumps
- 2 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice (from approximately 1 large lemon)
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract optional but recommended
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
60 minutes
Total Time:
80 minutes
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