CopyCat Starbucks Mini Lemon Loaves~ These delicious loaves are perfectly lemony and moist!
Save your $4 at Starbucks and make these easy, and delicious Lemon Cakes at home!
The mini cakes are so lemony and moist! The glaze is so delicious! Perfect with your cup of coffee.
This recipe is so simple to put together. Make a batch for home and giveaway wrapped loaves as gifts for friends and neighbors.
Copycat Starbucks Mini Lemon Loaf
This lemon loaf cake recipe has been on my blog for many years. I’ve been making this copycat Starbucks lemon loaf during the holidays and gifting it. Everyone goes crazy for this recipe. If you are a lemon fan, it will be your favorite too!
A wonderful lemon loaf that is so popular at Starbucks that you can make at home.
I made a light glaze, but you can make yours thicker and sweeter by adding more sugar.
I found the cutest Christmas boxes and tins at Ocean State Job Lot. The Lemon Loaves fit perfectly and can be shipped off across the country!
What You Will Need to Make this Recipe:
- eggs
- sugar
- unsalted butter
- vanilla
- lemon extract
- lemon juice
- flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- vegetable oil
- powdered sugar
- half and half
This recipe makes 4 Mini Loaves.
Ready for gifting!
If you’ve ever had Starbucks’ Lemon Loaf, you know how good it is. Full of lemon flavor, moist, dense, and rich. Try this recipe and you will be so happy to have a lemon loaf at home!
Cook’s Notes: Cake will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Don’t store it in the refrigerator because it’ll dry out.
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Note: The mini loaf pan measurement is 3 inches x 6 inches. The recipe made 4 mini loaves.
Nettie Moore is the cook, baker, photographer, and designer behind Moore or Less Cooking Food Blog. Nettie is a self-trained cook and baker. She loves creating easy recipes that don’t call for a lot of unknown ingredients. Nettie’s Blueberry Skillet Cake has been featured in Taste Of Home Magazine and her Peach Raspberry Pie has won awards! She was born and raised in Southern California and now calls New England her home, where she lives with her husband and two children. Follow Nettie on her blog, Moore or Less Cooking, or here: FACEBOOK|TWITTER|PINTEREST|BLOGLOVIN|INSTAGRAM
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CopyCat Starbucks Mini Lemon Loaves
Lemony mini cake loaves with a delicious lemon glaze!
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup powdered sugar (for the glaze)
- 2 tablespoons half and half
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spray bottoms only of 4 mini loaf pans with Bakers Joy.
- In a KitchenAid or a food processor combine 3 large eggs, 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons softened butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon lemon extract, and 1/3 cup lemon juice. Blend until well mixed.
- Add 1 1/2 cups flour to the ingredients and mix until just combined. Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and mix until just combined. Add 1/2 cup vegetable oil and mix until combined.
- Spread into prepared pans.
- Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick test is clean
- Cool on a wire rack while you make the glaze.
- GLAZE
- Mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 2 tablespoons half and half and 1/2 teaspoon of lemon extract. Add more sugar if you prefer a thicker, sweeter icing.
- Glaze the cake, slice, and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 279Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 52mgSodium 183mgCarbohydrates 38gFiber 0gSugar 26gProtein 3g
Carolyn
Saturday 4th of June 2022
Can this be baked in 9x13 pan ? Love lemon anything and this sounds amazing !
Nettie
Saturday 4th of June 2022
Hi Carolyn,
Yes, you could, I would double the recipe and bake at a lower temperature, 325 degrees F, and add 10 more minutes to the baking time.
Nettie
Kathy
Sunday 15th of May 2022
Has anyone found a way to tweak this recipe so that it doesn't sink in the middle?
Nettie
Sunday 15th of May 2022
What does it mean when the center of the cake sinks in the middle? The most common reason why cakes sink in the middle is that they're underbaked. What is this? If a cake isn't fully baked through, the center doesn't have a chance to set and it will sink. This creates a doughy, dense texture in the center of your cake layer. Another reason is, that for recipes like banana bread, lemon loaf, or pound cake, your best bet is to bake in a metal loaf pan. Metal is a quick and efficient conductor of heat. This helps to ensure your recipe will cook through the center and not collapse. Avoid using dark-colored pans as they brown way more quickly and aggressively. Another reason, is if you need to rotate the cake pans during baking then wait until the cakes have baked for around 3/4 of the baking time and are almost fully set. Avoid opening and closing the oven door too sharply and move the pans around gently to minimize the risk of sinking.
Debbie Pruitt
Saturday 20th of November 2021
I'm going to try this, wish me luck.
Tina M Ramsey
Saturday 3rd of April 2021
May I use a hand mixer instead with this recipe? I definitely what to try this one. Lemon and chocolate are my fav as well as caramel!
Nettie
Monday 5th of April 2021
Yes, absolutely use a hand mixer.
Nettie
Gwen Flaskamp
Monday 18th of January 2021
So yummy but my cake fell in the middle. My ingredients aren't old? Thoughts on why this happened?
Nettie
Monday 18th of January 2021
Why Do Cakes Sink in the Middle?
Incorrect oven temperature Underbaking the cake Expired baking powder Too much baking powder or baking soda Incorrect measurement of ingredients Opening the oven door too early Closing the oven door too sharply Overbeating the batter in the last stage Mixing the ingredients in the wrong order Incorrect moisture levels Incorrect pan size Cooling the cake too quickly Batter sitting too long before baking