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The Best Lemon Loaf Recipe (Better-Than-Starbucks Copycat)

Arleena
The Best Lemon Loaf - A Starbucks® favorite that you can copycat in your own kitchen. Recipe shared with me by a friend. Delicious with a cup of fresh-brewed coffee.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Servings 2 loaves

Ingredients
  

Cake:

  • 1 18.25 ounce package yellow cake mix
  • 2 2.9 ounce packages non-instant lemon pudding mix
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 8 ounces sour cream
  • ½ cup milk
  • 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Icing:

  • 2 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice or more to taste

Instructions
 

  • Step 1
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 loaf pans.
  • Step 2
  • Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs, sour cream, milk, and 6 tablespoons lemon juice into bowl of stand mixer; beat for 2 minutes and pour into prepared loaf pans.
  • Step 3
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 20 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Step 4
  • Whisk confectioners' sugar and 3 tablespoons lemon juice together in a bowl until smooth; spoon evenly over the loaves and let set before slicing, about 30 minutes.