Starbucks Copycat Lemon Loaf Recipe

This sweet, dense copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf is very easy to make and tastes every bit as delicious as Starbuck’s version.

After I shared my Starbucks copycat Pumpkin Spice Latte recently and shared that I’m totally intimidated walking into a Starbucks I got a ton of messages and emails from readers that felt the same! I had a few people ask me if I knew a knockoff recipe for their famous Lemon Loaf.  I sent my Starbucks-loving husband on a recon mission for me to get me some of this supposedly amazing Lemon Loaf and I have to admit-it was good.

Really good.

And when I tasted it, I thought it also tasted amazingly FAMILIAR.  I dug through my stash of old handwritten family recipes and found one for Lemon Bundt Cake that had been handed down to me.  I whipped it up in loaf form and I swear to you-it’s the exact same-amazing lemon flavor, dense texture, and sweet lemon flavored icing.

Try it and let me know if you think it’s a perfect match like I do!!

Starbucks Copycat Lemon Loaf

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• Author: Melissa Riker
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 35 minutes
• Total Time: 50 minutes
• Yield: 10 1x
• Category: Dessert
• Method: baking
• Cuisine: American

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Description

This sweet, dense lemon loaf is very easy to make and tastes just like the Starbuck’s version.

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Ingredients

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• 1 box Golden Butter or Yellow Cake mix
• 1 5 oz box instant lemon pudding
• 4 large eggs
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup milk
• juice of 3 lemons (~5–6 tbsp)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• Juice of one lemon (~1 tbsp)
• 2 tbsp heavy cream or milk

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray pans with nonstick spray-2 loaf pans or 4 mini loaf pans
3. In a large bowl mix cake and pudding mixes.
4. In another bowl mix eggs, oil, milk, lemon juice and sour cream until well blended.
5. Add half of liquid mixture to dry ingredients and mix for 10 seconds.
6. Add remaining liquid and stir until just blended-no more than 30 seconds.
7. *DO NOT OVER STIR*
8. Add batter to pans and bake for 25 minutes for mini loaves and 35 minutes for regular loaves. Toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaf should come out clean.
9. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pan before cooling on wire rack.
10. To make icing blend powdered cugar, heavy cream and lemon juice on high speed until smooth.
11. Ice loaves and allow to set before serving.

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Keywords: starbucks lemon loaf