I don’t think it’s any secret that I love Lemon. It can be bread, pie, water, curd, chicken, or just about anything. So, when I came across this recipe over at Glorious Treats, I had to try it!
This bread is so moist and has great flavor and the glaze on top is ohhh, sooo yummy!!
The recipe actually made several mini loafs so I packaged a few up and shared them with some friends. The label that I used is a free printable that I found over at It’s a Crafty Life.
Lemon Bread Recipe {Source}
~ For the Lemon Cake ~
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups sugar
8 large eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup grated lemon zest (from about 4 lemons)
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1/2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
~ For the Lemon Syrup ~
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar
~ For the Lemon Glaze ~
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
4-6 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Making the Lemon Cakes (Recipe yields two 9″x5″ loaves)
Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray sides and bottom of pans with non-stick cooking spray. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper and spray the paper as well.
Sift both flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
Blend the sugar, eggs, lemon zest and lemon juice in the bowl of an electric mixer and mix until combined. Slowly add the melted butter, while mixing. Add sour cream and vanilla and mix until just combined. Use a rubber spatula to fold in the flour mixture, one third at a time, until all the flour is combined. Do not overmix.
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes, rotate the pans, reduce the oven temperature to 325*F and bake another 30-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let cool in the pans for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the Lemon Syrup ~
In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat the lemon juice and sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved. Once dissolved, continue to cook for 3 more minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Line a half sheet pan with parchment paper and invert the baked and (mostly) cooled loaves onto the pan. Use a toothpick to poke holes in the tops and sides of the loaves.
Brush the tops and sides of the loaves with the lemon syrup. Let the syrup soak into the cake and brush again. Let the cakes cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
(The soaked, but unglazed loaves will keep well, wrapped in two layers of plastic wrap and frozen, for up to 6 weeks.)
Make the Lemon Glaze ~
In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners’ sugar and 4 tablespoons of lemon juice. The mixture should be thick but pourable. If the mixture is too stiff, add up to another 2 tablespoons lemon juice (a little at a time) and whisk again. Pour the glaze over the top of each loaf and let it drip down the sides. Let the lemon glaze harden, about 15 minutes, before serving.
The glazed loaves will keep for up to 3 days, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature.
Enjoy and I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!
That looks really yummy. I love lemon too – any citrus really. I bet these would make great teacher gifts.
that looks DELICIOUS!!!! i wish i could cook! 🙂
You had me at glaze!!! My son loves lemons so much! When he was just a toddler, we'd go to restaurants and get lemons in our water. We gave him one and he loved it so much, he actually ate the rind, too!!! He's been a lemon fan ever since:-)
These look delicious – I too am a lemon lover! Will have to try these 🙂 Just found you through the blog hop by the way!
oh my goodness this looks yummy! Next month on my blog Blissful and Domestic I am doing 31 days of recipes. It is apart of my Homemade Year. Would you want to be a guest and share one of your recipes? It doesn't have to be new. Anything from your blog would work. Let me know.
Also..I am visiting form the blog hop. I am now following your cute blog. I would love for you to stop by and say hi!
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